A top executive never receives negative information from her staff. This is known as _______ and is a disadvantage of _____ communication
a. proximity effect / downward
b. MUM effect / horizontal
c. MUM effect / serial
d. proximity / serial
c
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A dog that was trained to salivate at the sight of a white square also salivates somewhat at the sight of a gray square. What is the dog displaying?
a. Stimulus generalization b. Extinction c. Spontaneous recovery d. Acquisition
Which of the following statements best describes trends in actual and ideal weight in young American women?
A. While the weight of the average woman is decreasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is decreasing even faster. B. While the weight of the average woman is increasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is decreasing. C. While the weight of the average woman is increasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is increasing even faster. D. The weight of the average woman doesn't seem to be affected by the average weight of the ideal woman.
Which of the following is TRUE about gender differences in verbal ability?
a. The differences are genetically determined. b. Boys are superior to girls in verbal ability from an early age. c. Differences in verbal ability have to do with development of the temporal lobes of the brain. d. The differences appear to be strongly influenced by cultural factors.
Guilford was a pioneer in the development of tests that measured
a. functional fixedness. b. divergent thinking. c. confirmation bias. d. convergent thinking. e. heuristics.