PSY 105 QUIZ 6

PSY 105 QUIZ 5 (5)

PSY 105 QUIZ 5 (2)

Which of the following speakers is most likely to change the attitudes of members of an audience? Answer

• Question 2

3 out of 3 points

The term __________ refers to the fact that close neighbors are more likely to like each other. Answer

• Question 3

3 out of 3 points

Advertisements that are designed to sell by having a "star" endorse the products are using the __________ route to persuasion. Answer

• Question 4

3 out of 3 points

An effort to increase your appeal to a target person before you ask that person to grant a request is called Answer

• Question 5

3 out of 3 points

The central route to persuasion refers to Answer

• Question 6

3 out of 3 points

The topics of attribution, prejudice, social influence, and love are most likely to be studied by __________ psychologists. Answer

• Question 7

3 out of 3 points

A type of social influence in which individuals change their attitudes or behavior in order to adhere to existing social norms is known as Answer

• Question 8

3 out of 3 points

Suppose you see a mother grab her child and pull him back sharply. If you decide the mother has done this to protect the child from a passing car, you have made a(n) __________ attribution. Answer

• Question 9

0 out of 3 points

Cognitive frameworks consisting of knowledge and beliefs about specific social groups  frameworks suggesting that by and large, all members of these groups possess certain traits  are called Answer

• Question 10

3 out of 3 points

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice Answer

• Question 11

0 out of 3 points

Cognitive rules-of-thumb we create for making judgments or decisions very quickly are called Answer

• Question 12

3 out of 3 points

The correspondence bias is the tendency to explain the behavior of others in terms of __________ causes. Answer

• Question 13

3 out of 3 points

Milgram's studies of obedience indicate that in response to an order to harm another person, Answer

• Question 14

3 out of 3 points

Serious errors in group decision making that result from a lack of dissent in the group is known as __________. Answer

• Question 15

3 out of 3 points

The tendency of a supervisor to give an employee lower ratings than their performance deserves is termed the __________. Answer

• Question 16

0 out of 3 points

Research on group processes suggests that a group decision made in the absence of group dissent Answer

• Question 17

3 out of 3 points

Charisma is a characteristic of transformational leadership that involves __________ self-confidence and __________ vision. Answer

PSY 105 QUIZ 5

The term attachment refers to Answer

• Question 2

4 out of 4 points

A gender schema is Answer

• Question 3

4 out of 4 points

Research indicates that there are differences in children's __________, in that some children are easy, some are difficult, and some are slow-to-warm-up. Answer

• Question 4

4 out of 4 points

The major difference between children in the concrete operational stage and the preoperational stage of development is that in the concrete operational stage, children Answer

• Question 5

4 out of 4 points

When a child understands that he or she is a boy or a girl the child has acquired Answer

• Question 6

4 out of 4 points

The visual cliff apparatus is used to study Answer

• Question 7

4 out of 4 points

According to Kubler-Ross, the order or sequence that patients face when they are told that they have a terminal illness that eventually results in their death is Answer

• Question 8

4 out of 4 points

Morality judged in terms of abstract principles and values, rather than in terms of existing laws or rules of society, is characteristic of Kohlberg's __________ stage of moral development. Answer

• Question 9

4 out of 4 points

A year after her husband of 54 years died, Lisa began helping out in the library and started to feel more comfortable about life. This reaction would belong in which stage of bereavement? Answer

• Question 10

4 out of 4 points

In Piaget's theory of development, the two processes that together control how someone deals with new experiences are

PSY 105 QUIZ 4

Research indicates that __________ levels of __________ is associated with greater likelihood of adhering to a treatment regimen. Answer

• Question 2

3 out of 3 points

The field that combines behavioral and biomedical knowledge for the prevention and treatment of medical disorders is Answer

• Question 3

3 out of 3 points

The alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages in reaction to stress make up what is called the Answer

• Question 4

3 out of 3 points

A major feature of stress is that Answer

• Question 5

3 out of 3 points

Carcinogens are Answer

• Question 6

3 out of 3 points

Growing evidence suggests that in order to be effective in reducing the spread of AIDS, educational programs must provide not only information but also Answer

• Question 7

3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is most likely to have contributed to recent changes in the leading causes of death? Answer

• Question 8

3 out of 3 points

One of the reasons that even mild stress could interfere with task performance is that such stress could Answer

• Question 9

3 out of 3 points

As a result of continued stress, you seem to catch every flu bug that comes around. Which stage of the general adaptation syndrome are you most likely to be experiencing? Answer

• Question 10

3 out of 3 points

Studies of the role of television in promoting healthy lifestyles indicates that Answer

• Question 11

3 out of 3 points

Recent research suggests that __________ play(s) a role in excessive drinking of alcohol. Answer

• Question 12

3 out of 3 points

The role of parents and peers in influencing the tendency of an adolescent's to smoke is an example of a Answer

• Question 13

3 out of 3 points

People who have AIDS eventually die from Answer

• Question 14

3 out of 3 points

Research indicates that most people who undergo sex change operations Answer

• Question 15

3 out of 3 points

A pattern of grandiosity in fantasy or behavior (plus lack of empathy) characterizes __________ disorder. Answer

• Question 16

3 out of 3 points

A disorder that involves alternating episodes of binge eating followed by various forms of compensatory behavior designed to avoid weight gain is called Answer

• Question 17

3 out of 3 points

Disturbances of an individual’s behavioral or psychological functioning that are not culturally expected and that lead to psychological distress, behavioral disability, and/or impaired overall functioning are known as Answer

• Question 18

3 out of 3 points

The risk of suicide is greatest for individuals with the mental disorder of Answer

• Question 19

3 out of 3 points

The most common perceptual distortions experienced by schizophrenics are __________ hallucinations. Answer

• Question 20

3 out of 3 points

A child with __________ will have difficulty paying attention to stimuli, may show hyperactivity or impulsivity, or both. Answer

• Question 21

3 out of 3 points

A major type of schizophrenia characterized by an absence of affect, poorly developed delusions and verbal incoherence is known as __________ schizophrenia. Answer

PSY 105 QUIZ 2

Primitive centers for vision and hearing reflexes are located in the Answer

• Question 2

4 out of 4 points

The evolutionary perspective suggests that we inherit __________, which will be enhanced by environmental factors. Answer

• Question 3

4 out of 4 points

The neurotransmitter that is involved in the control of wakefulness and alertness is Answer

• Question 4

0 out of 4 points

Endorphins are chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to Answer

• Question 5

0 out of 4 points

It appears that our brains process information in a Answer

• Question 6

4 out of 4 points

Chemicals known as __________ travel across the synaptic gap to specialized receptor sites on the next neuron. Answer

• Question 7

4 out of 4 points

The brain structure that controls the body's activity level, including sleep and wakefulness, is the Answer

• Question 8

4 out of 4 points

Researchers sometimes destroy portions of the brains of animals in order to Answer

• Question 9

4 out of 4 points

The __________ lobe is concerned with vision. Answer

• Question 10

0 out of 4 points

The __________ is a key brain area for the regulation of emotions.

PSY 105 QUIZ 10 (3)

A specific job analysis technique that analyzes jobs along thirty-two distinct dimensions is a (an) Answer

• Question 2

0 out of 3 points

Research on group processes suggests that a group decision made in the absence of group dissent Answer

• Question 3

0 out of 3 points

Evaluation of the behavioral category of training measures Answer

• Question 4

3 out of 3 points

Which of the following occupations were shown through job analysis to have similar job dimensions to that of "homemaker"? Answer

• Question 5

0 out of 3 points

Standardized tests that assess __________ may be useful for __________. Answer

• Question 6

0 out of 3 points

An employee about to have a performance appraisal would hope for a supervisor who shows the __________ and hope to avoid one who shows the __________. Answer

• Question 7

3 out of 3 points

Leaders such as Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Franklin Roosevelt are examples of __________ leaders. Answer

• Question 8

3 out of 3 points

The tendency to evaluate certain employees as exceptional based on their exceptional performance along one dimension is known as __________ error. Answer

• Question 9

3 out of 3 points

Serious errors in group decision making that result from a lack of dissent in the group is known as __________. Answer

• Question 10

3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is an example of utility? Answer

• Question 11

3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is a reason as to why the assessment center method is not used to select all employees? Answer

• Question 12

3 out of 3 points

A style of leadership in which the leader gives orders to their followers is termed Answer

• Question 13

3 out of 3 points

A goal of industrial/organizational psychology is to