Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

Related Mcqs:

1. Aima believes that she will succeed in business if she works hard and carefully manages her time. Her belief most clearly illustrates:

   A. reciprocal determinism
   B. an internal locus of control
   C. reaction formation
   D. the self-reference phenomenon

2. A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:

   A. availability heuristic
   B. belief perseverance phenomenon
   C. framing effect
   D. confirmation bias

3. Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutives. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of:

   A. farming effect
   B. the gambler’s fallacy
   C. functional fixedness
   D. the conjunction fallacy

4. According to Wolfgang Kohler, when one of his chimps fastened two sticks together to reach a bunch of bananas, it was showing an evidence of _________________?

   A. trial-and-error learning
   B. a fixed-action pattern
   C. instinctual drift
   D. insight

5. The reporting of conceptual enquiry style of research can take a variety of formats. it usually involves persuasion based on a preferred basis (e.g. discovery learning), use of examples showing the effectiveness of the new idea, and often____________or other evidence:

   A. Psychological
   B. Technological
   C. Logical
   D. Strong

6. Mr. Walters has many years of experience as a personal officers for a large corporation. He does not review most job applicants’ reference files because he is confident of his ability to predict their future work performance based on his direct face-to-face conversations with them. Mr. Walters’ confidence best illustrates:

   A. the interviewer illusion
   B. social leadership
   C. 360-degree feedback
   D. the halo error

7. Jackson had a huge breakfast this morning and is still feeling stuffed when he arrives at work. However, one of his colleagues has brought some delicious-looking donuts to the morning staff meeting and Jackson just can’t resist. Although he feels full, he eats donuts. His behavior is inconsistent with:

   A. incentive theories of motivation
   B. drive theories of motivation
   C. evolutionary theories of motivation
   D. the Cannon-Bard theory of motivation

8. As the individual continues his growth after birth, the neural cells in his brain _______________?

   A. change in their chemical composition
   B. increase in number
   C. both a and b
   D. none of these

9. Who emphasized that social development continues throughout life, not just for the first 5 or 6 years?

   A. Sigmund Freud
   B. Anna Freud
   C. Erik Erikson
   D. Jean Piaget

10. Education broadly interpreted at_______and continues throughout a person’s life span:

    A. Birth
    B. Home
    C. childhood
    D. Youth age