Asena ERDEM

Recently, Turkish Psychological Association established an Ethics Committee to assert the ethical principles of professional psychology, including I/O psychology. The committee, consisting of professors from different universities and professional psychologists, started its work by examining the American Psychological Association's code of ethics and started to adapt the code for use in Turkey. The goal is to develop a national code of ethics for psychologists in line with professional standards acceptable in the rest of the world. This committee is already in action in warning psychologists of inappropriate practices which may cause drawbacks to the development of applied psychology in the country. It is already clear that with regards to I/O psychology, other standards will also need to be established. Hopefully, these will eventually include the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures, and ...

Mood and emotion are words that are used interchangeably. Both emotion and  mood  are related to each other that makes the distinction a bit hard. One of the main differences between mood and emotion can be seen in the expression. Mood is something a person may not express whereas emotions may be expressed. Another difference is that moods may last longer than the emotions. Emotions are aroused in people by some specific objects or situations. On the other hand, moods are not created in someone because of any specific object or any particular situation. For example, if a person gets angry, he expresses that emotion  towards   someone. If a person is in a sad mood, he cannot express it to others. The concept that emotion is object- based has  been  proven even during Aristotle’s times. The object- directed distinction has always been a criterion to differentiate between moods and emotions. Mood may for a long period whereas emotions only last fo...