Carlos is so friendly and likable that is job supervisors and co-workers often appraise his work skills and performance more positively than is actually warranted. This best illustrates evaluators’ vulnerability to:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

3. Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:

   A. dissociative amnesia
   B. dissociative fugue
   C. dissociative identity disorder
   D. multiple personality disorder

4. After he suffered a stroke, Mr. Salim’s physical coordination skills and responsiveness to sensory stimulation quickly returned to normal unfortunately, however, he began to experience unusual difficulty figuring out how to find his way to various locations in his neighborhood. it most likely that Mr. Salim suffered damage to his:

   A. cerebellum
   B. autonomic nervous system
   C. thalamus
   D. association areas

5. Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the availability heuristic
   B. confirmation bias
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. the belief perseverance phenomenon

6. 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

7. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

8. Although many people tend to associate PTSD with war – related violence, it is actually the event which most often leads to a PTSD diagnosis

   A. Domestic violence
   B. Victims of robbery
   C. Car accident
   D. Rape

9. Improved job satisfaction result in__________ in work performance and ___________ in turnover?

   A. Decrease: decrease
   B. Increase: no change
   C. Increase: increase
   D. No change: decrease

10. By scripting specific job-relevant to be asked of all those applying for a particular work position, a personnel psychologist is most clearly developing a frame work for:

    A. a refractory period
    B. the experience of flow
    C. structured interviews
    D. 360-degree feedback