A. the spotlight effect
B. an Electra complex
C. an internal locus of control
D. unconditional positive regard
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 students are motivated by a fear of failure - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
