Sania expects that diligent study will enable to earn good grades on her tests. Paula’s belief best illustrates:

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1. Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness B. the framing effect C. the representativeness heuristic D. overconfidence...

2. Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness B. the farming effect C. the representativeness heuristic D. over confidence...

3. The tests are developed as instruments to enable the collection of data about individuals, such as intelligence tests and examinations, attitude scales personality assessment, test of creativity and:

   A. Evaluation tests B. Aptitude tests C. Questionnaires D. Analytical tests...

4. Rowena expects to be rewarded by her parents with a major present, such as a new car, if she graduates from college with honors. Her resulting hard work in college best illustrates the_________theory of motivation.

   A. instinct B. drive reduction C. incentive D. evolutionary...

5. Lauren and Curtis spend six hours per week studying for the botany course. Lauren is concerned that if she doesn’t study she will fail the course; Curtis is concerned that if he doesn’t study he won’t earn the highest grade in the class. In this example:

   A. Lauren is motivated by both a fear of failure and a need for achievement, while Curtis is merely motivated by a need for achievement B. Lauren is motivated by a fear of failure and Curtis is motivated by a need for achievement C. both students are motivated by a need for achievement D. both...

6. 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...

7. Sania just caught sight of a red hummingbird. The neural impulses from her eye will eventually travel to her occipital lobe, but first they must pass through:

   A. the hypothalamus B. hippocampus C. the reticular formation D. the thalamus...

8. Five-year-olds who were surprised to discover that a Blind-Aids box contained pencils subsequently delighted in anticipating their friend’s false belief about the contents of the box. This best illustrates that the children had developed a(n):

   A. conventional morality B. theory of mind C. concept of conservation D. secure attachment...

9. When psychological tests are used in personal selection, an important concern regarding the tests is ___________?

   A. Cost B. Ease of administration C. Validity D. Objectivity E. None of these...

10. A psychologist expects that rats raised in toy-filled cages will become better learner. This expectation of him is ___________?

    A. research hypothesis B. observer expectancy effect C. independent variable D. inferential statistics...