Exam 2 Review ( SP 2025)

1. Intelligence tests are "biased" in the sense that

• test performance is influenced by cultural experiences.

• the validity of intelligence tests is close to zero.

• the heritability of intelligence is very high.

• numerical scores of intelligence serve to dehumanize individuals.

In recognizing the inaccuracies of one's own ethnic stereotypes and revising his or her beliefs, an individual most clearly illustrates the process of

• habituation

• attachment

• accomodation

• assimilation

In laboratory experiments, men have been found to be ________ willing than women to blast people with what they believed was intense and prolonged noise. Outside the laboratory they have been found to be ________ willing than women to support war

• less;less

• less;more

• more;less

• more;more

1. Which profession is most directly involved in the application of psychology's principles to optimizing human behavior in the workplace?

• 1. social psychology

• personality psychology

• developmental psychology

• industrial-organizational psychology

If interviewers instantly like a job applicant because of his or her good looks, they may judge the person's complimentary remarks as indicating "polite manners" rather than "manipulative flattery." This best illustrates the impact of ________ on the interpretation of interviewees' responses.

• 1. transformational leadership

• interviewers' preconceptions

• 360-degree feedback

• strengths-based leadership

1. Matching people with existing jobs is to ________ psychology as modifying jobs and supervision is to ________ psychology.

• human factors; organizational

• organizational; human factors

• personnel; organizational

• organizational; personnel

Managers who set standards and keep a group focused on its goals are said to excel in

• task leadership.

• 360-degree feedback.

• a democratic management style.

• human factors psychology.

Russell does not like his work but he knows that he has no choice but to go to work. He needs the paycheck each week to pay his monthly bills and save for retirement. He views his work as a

• job.

• career.

• calling.

• position.

1. Andrea views her work as primarily an opportunity to climb the corporate ladder in pursuit of increasingly better positions. Andrea apparently views her work as a

• calling.

• job.

• contract.

• career.

1. Those who view their work as a calling report ________ work satisfaction than those who view their work as a job and ________ work satisfaction than those who view their work as a career.

• more; less

• less; more

• more; more

• less; less