A. A male who has a history of violence
B. An individual with high self- esteem who received negative feedback recently
C. A person who has a history of conflicts with co- workers
D. A female who recently received increased job responsibilities
Related Mcqs:
- The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individuals to engage harmless activities that allow them to “blow off self esteem” is ___________?
A. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
B. Displacement hypothesis
C. Sublimation hypothesis
D. Catharsis hypothesis - The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individuals to engage harmless activities that allow them to “blow off self esteem” is __________?
A. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
B. Displacement hypothesis
C. Sublimation hypothesis
D. Catharsis hypothesis - Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 4
D. 3 & 4 - All of the following studies examined productivity in the workplace except:
A. Time and motion
B. Revery obsession
C. Hawthorne studies
D. Stanford- Binet - All of the following are circumstances of today’s workplace that seem to require adaptive performance except:
A. Reliance on the status quo
B. Globalization
C. Changing technologies
D. Corporate restricting - The subject concerned with studying human behavior in workplace is _____________?
A. clinical psychology
B. personality psychology
C. industrial/organizational psychology
D. psychiatry - Which profession is most directly involved in the application of psychology’s principles to the workplace?
A. social psychology
B. development psychology
C. industrial-organizational psychology
D. personality psychology - Stroebe and Diehl (1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Stroebe and Diehl(1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - On which of the following tasks would the presence of observers be least likely to lead to better and faster performance?
A. raking leaves
B. bicycle racing
C. washing dishes
D. solving a crossword puzzle
