David Brent, manager at Wernam-Hogg, is using employee appraisal forms when conducting employee reviews. These forms consist of a list of behaviors such as "contributes during meetings" and "keeps co-workers informed of progress." Such behaviors are known as
A. performance-level criteria.
B. critical incidents.
C. actual criteria.
D. objective measures.
Answer: B
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a. Formal operational thinking b. Coordination of theory with evidence c. Mastery goal orientation d. Work-avoidance goal orientation
Phillip meets Lydia in class and is interested in getting to know more about her. In social psychology, Phillip's affinity for Lydia would be called
a. social exchange. b. interpersonal attraction. c. an actor-observer bias. d. social compliance.
Maslow likened the psychotherapeutic relationship between therapist and client to a relationship between:
a. two highly intelligent people b. friends c. acquaintances d. a teacher and his/her student
In the study by Shariff and Norenzayan (2007) presented in your text, what made people behave more altruistically, actually leaving more money for a stranger? They were
a. primed with words related to money. b. primed with images of wealth. c. told the next participant would know their names. d. primed with words related to God.