A. running
B. adding numbers
C. taking a final examination
D. memorizing a script
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Nasira is afraid of speaking to a large audience. Her therapist suggests that prior to a speaking engagement she should reassure herself with comments like, “Cheer up, Nasira. You know what you’re talking about and your topic is really interesting!” This approach to reducing Nasira’s most clearly illustrates:
A. psychoanalysis
B. client – centered therapy
C. stress inoculation training
D. aversive conditioning - Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:
A. the number of times they hear a given word
B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules - Presence of others may interfere with performance due to___________?
A. Social inhabitation
B. Social loafing
C. Distraction
D. All of these - According to research, which of the following individuals would be least likely to engage in workplace violence?
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 - You have practice for weeks to perform in the fall play at school. In practice on occasion you have messed up your lines or forgotten a movement, however on the evening of the performance you are flawless. Which of the following phenomena did you likely experience?
A. social loafing
B. self- serving bias
C. social facilitation
D. deindividuation - in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.
A. independent
B. extraneous
C. dependent
D. control - We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be _________________ encoded?
A. automatically
B. visually
C. proactively
D. implicitly - Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:
A. increase; increase
B. decrease; increase
C. decrease; decrease
D. eliminate; eliminate - Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?
A. the humanistic approach
B. the psychoanalytic approach
C. Skinner’s approach
D. the behavioral approach
