Raquel buys stock in two different companies. She makes $2000 from one of these investments, but loses $3000 on the other one. If you ask Raquel about her stocks, she makes self-serving attributions, saying, "I was very clever to invest in that first company, but I just had bad luck losing so much money with the other one." In other words, ____
a. she makes internal attributions in both cases
b. she makes external attributions in both cases
c. she makes an internal attribution for the $2000 earnings, but an external attribution for the $3000 loss
d. she makes an internal attribution for the $3000 loss, but an external attribution for the $2000 earnings
C
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Vito, the owner of a new company, believes that all appraisals in his company should be based on evidence of job performance rather than other considerations. In order for Vito to operate according to the due process model of appraisal, he must also a. make his performance standards clear and encourage workers to evaluate themselves. b. give employees useful and timely feedback, and make sure
they are rated several times by one supervisor. c. make his performance standards clear, and give employees timely feedback and an opportunity to presenttheir own case. d. encourage workers to evaluate themselves, and make sure they are rated several times by one supervisor.
Like Jung but unlike Freud, Adler thought that ____ could influence present behavior
a. ?social interest b. ?reinforcement c. ?social forces d. ?future goals e. ?style of life
One characteristic of a general personality disorder is that . . .
a. It varies unpredictably with the situation the person is in b. Its symptoms rarely occur in the therapist’s office c. Situations do not trigger it because the disorder is internal to the person d. The pattern of behavior occurs independently of the situation the person is in
The concept of ________ refers to the ease with which people believe that they can perform a behavior in question
a. subjective norms b. perceived behavioral control c. illusions of invulnerability d. behavioral intentions