Exam 4 module quiz

general

Alan is a bright young man, who scored very high on both the critical reading and mathematics sections of the SAT. He is an excellent map reader and his reasoning abilities are fantastic. According to Charles Spearman, _____ intelligence is likely underlying these abilities.

50

One study reported in the textbook found that people's minds wander about _____ percent of the time.

are not familiar with the person they are observing.

People are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error if they:

Deindividuation

Which concept refers to the loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension that occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms?

2/3

Which fraction BEST approximates the proportion of Americans who received no praise or recognition in their workplace over the past year?

diminishes performance on difficult or new tasks.

According to the social facilitation effect, the presence of others:

average

Alessa achieved an intelligence test score of 100 on a current version of the Stanford-Binet test. This indicates that relative to other adults her age her intellectual abilities:

stereotype

An experiment finds that men who take a spelling test have lower scores after they read an article about how women typically outscore men on this kind of test. This finding supports the concept of _____ threat.

genetic; environmental

As people age, _____ factors seem to have increasing influence on intelligence test scores, and the influence of _____ factors seem to diminish.

conceptual

Bill, a young man with an intelligence quotient of 65, has relatively good interpersonal skills and is able to take care of his own personal grooming needs. However, he has difficulty with reading and counting money. If he is to live independently, Bill would probably have MOST difficulty with _____ skills.

cognitive dissonance theory

Bob has very strong opinions about the tuition increase at his university. However, once he is the student representative for the college board, he develops a more favorable attitude about the tuition increase. Which theory BEST explains why?

task

Calvin is a vice president for a large corporation. He has hundreds of people reporting to him. He is very bright and excels at setting standards, organizing work, and focusing attention on important goals. Calvin uses a _____ leadership style.

calling

Career counselors suggest that, instead of finding a job, people should find their _____; people who have report the highest satisfaction in their work and lives.

unstructured interview

Carlos met with a number of people today during his interview. All of the interviewers asked a number of open-ended questions and took notes throughout, asking follow-up questions when necessary. What kind of interview was this?

peripheral

Celebrity endorsements represent one way to influence an audience via _____ route persuasion.

social

Chelsea is a department manager who oversees several employees. She focuses on explaining decisions, mediating conflicts, and building high-achieving teams within her department. Chelsea excels at _____ leadership.

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.

Savannah is taking the MOST commonly used intelligence test for adults. Savannah is taking the:

predictive validity.

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict is known as:

group think

The tragic decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger resulted in part from the minimal expression of dissenting views among NASA personnel and advisers. This example illustrates the dangers of:

transformational

Natural extraverts who articulate high standards and who motivate employees to be more engaged, trusting, and effective, use _____ leadership.

calling

Recall the three categories of attitudes toward work identified in the textbook. Individuals who perceive their work as a _____ report the highest level of satisfaction with their work and lives.

career

Recall the three categories of attitudes toward work identified in the textbook. Individuals who view their work as an opportunity to advance from one position to another perceive their work as a:

Three; Eight

Robert Sternberg believed that there was/were _____ type(s) of intelligence while Howard Gardner was convinced that there were _____.

job knowledge tests work samples past job performance

A company is hiring several new employees for high-level positions. Which assessment tool should the human resources department use instead of informal interviews to determine which employees will be most successful?

This remedial math program might create a self-fulfilling prophecy that could cause lower scores on math tests.

A high school implements a remedial math program targeted at incoming freshmen who failed previous math classes. Stereotype threat research would predict which result for the program?

fluid

A person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly is referred to as _____ intelligence.

Validity

A professor hands out an exam that is supposed to be on chapters 11 and 12. The students are shocked to see that the exam is covering chapters 13 and 14 instead. The exam clearly lacks _____ in relation to chapters 11 and 12.

flow

According to Csikszentmihalyi, the sweet spot between underwhelmed boredom and overwhelmed anxiety is called:

the mental age of 9

Seven-year-old Jarrod is in the second grade. He is quite bright and can do the work of a 9-year-old child in the fourth grade. If Jarrod was scored based on Alfred Binet's original scoring system, he would have:

the importance of genetic influences on intelligence test scores

Similar intelligence test scores for identical twins reared apart are taken as evidence for the:

Conformity

Suggestibility and mimicry are subtle types of:

Because the intelligence test is in the culture's dominant language, a language she cannot hear, she will not perform as well.

Susan was born deaf to hearing-impaired parents. She is fluent in sign language and successful in school. How will she perform on a standard intelligence test compared to hearing children her age?

6

The U.S. Department of Labor's career interest questionnaire identifies _____ clusters of vocational interest.

underestimating situational influences on another's behavior.

The fundamental attribution error involves:

structured interview

This interview process asks the same job-related questions of all applicants, each of whom is rated on established scales.

the fundamental attribution error.

Tim's new roommate Jaxon leaves dirty laundry all over his room, and Tim assumes Jaxon must be a slob. Tim ignores the fact that Jaxon is currently studying for finals and working 30 hours per week. Tim is demonstrating:

crystallized

When Loretta uses knowledge that was acquired through experience, she probably relies MOST heavily on her _____ intelligence.

dispositional

When behavior is ascribed to a person's relatively enduring tendency to think, feel, or act in a particular way, this is a(n) _____attribution.

longitudinal

When he was very young, William took an intelligence test as part of a research study. Decades later, William is asked if he would be willing to take another intelligence test in order to test the stability of intelligence. By agreeing to take another intelligence test, William is engaging in a(n) _____ study.

stereotype threat theory

Which concept is MOST likely to impact a test-taker's score on an aptitude test?

flow

Zach's wife complains that every time he practices his guitar he loses track of time and of the needs of the family (for example, crying baby, hungry toddler, and dirty dishes). He seems to be zoned out and in another world. What is this focused state of consciousness called?

it will be more similar to her biological parents test scores.

Zelda was adopted when she was an infant. Her adoptive parents' intelligence test scores are in the average range. Her biological parents, on the other hand, have test scores that are well above average. When Zelda is 30, what can be predicted about her performance on an intelligence test?

flow

_____ is a focused state of total absorption in a challenging, goal-oriented activity.

stereotype threat

_____ is a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

central

_____ route persuasion uses evidence and argument to motivate careful thinking.

calling

Recall the three categories of attitudes toward work identified in the textbook. Individuals who view their work as fulfilling and socially useful perceive their work as a:

cohorts

Baby boomers, generation X, and millennials refer to groups of people born within several years of each other; that is, they refer to:

has an angry and volatile personality

Barry is watching golf and sees Tiger Woods scowl after a missed putt. Barry would be making the fundamental attribution error if he assumed that Tiger Woods:

emotional intelligence.

Bethany's roommates play video games every night for a week, right outside her room. Bethany would love to play, but she chooses to stay in her room and study that week instead because she keeps thinking of her eventual goal of becoming a veterinarian. Based on this explanation, Bethany may have high:

a growth mindset

Carol Dweck's research indicates that a _____ is MOST advantageous for future learning.

stereotype threat

Having students participate in self-affirmation exercises, such as writing for 15 minutes about significant accomplishments, might be effective in combating:

very close to 100

Identical twins Skyler and Sloane live with their biological parents. Skyler took an intelligence test when he was 9 years old and got a score of 100. Sloane took the same test. What would one predict Sloane's score to be?

almost as similar as those of a single person taking the same test twice.

Identical twins reared together have intelligence test scores that are:

savant

Immortalized in the movie Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's character performs mind-boggling feats of mathematical calculations, yet cannot perform the simplest of tasks such as determining how much change he would receive when buying a candy bar. This is known as _____ syndrome.

282,000

In 2010, Facebook showed 61 million people a message that encouraged their voting, with a link to a local voting place and a clickable "I voted" button. This action led to an additional _____ votes.

65

In the original Stanley Milgram obedience experiment, men aged 20 to 50 complied _____ percent of the time.

emotional intelligence

In very stressful or embarrassing situations, Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others to feel comfortable. Sanura's ability BEST illustrates the value of:

The infants' language development increased dramatically, and most of the children were adopted.

J. McVicker Hunt tried to help children raised in a destitute Iranian orphanage by using language-fostering games and other environmental enrichments.

normative social influence.

Makayla has heard that the teachers are considering switching her to the gifted class. Makayla decides to dumb down to act more like her friends. She begins answering questions incorrectly in class, on purpose, in order to be more like her friends. Her behavior is an example of:

peripheral

Martina knows little about politics and is not especially interested in the outcome of political races. Martina would MOST likely be persuaded by a campaign message relying on the _____ route to persuasion.

obedience; Festinger

Milgram is to _____ as _____ is to cognitive dissonance.

organizational

Dr. Grimm has been hired as a consultant to determine the reasons for a company's loss of morale and low productivity. She is MOST likely a(n) _____ psychologist.

checklist

During a performance appraisal, a manager reviews with an employee a number of items, such as always meeting vendor needs, using time effectively, and multitasking. These are all checked yes or no. This is an example of a(n) _____.

structured

Farrah is exhausted after a two-hour job interview. The interviewer described a series of job-specific situations and asked her to explain how she would handle them. Throughout, the interviewer took notes but did not ask any follow-up questions. This was a(n) _____ interview.

Nina

Zac and Nina are studying for a psychology test. Zac states that heritability refers to the extent to which genes are responsible for an individual's level of a particular characteristic is genetic. Nina disagrees, stating that heritability refers to the extent to which genes are responsible for variation among individuals in a particular characteristic. Which of these students is correct?