A performance appraisal instrument would be most useful in terminating an employee due to:
a. a violation of company rules
b. a layoff
c. an inability to perform
d. employment-at-will
c
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English and Chen's (2007) study of college students of European and Asian descent found that
a. even within a particular context, Asian students see their identity as relatively fluid and variable. b. European students tended to see the self in more stable terms across situations. c. European students had smaller discrepancies between their ideal and actual selves. d. Asian students were disinterested in information that contradicted their self-concepts.
Which of the following is the order of events that prompts release of neurotransmitters into the synapse?
A. An action potential reaches the axon terminals, vesicles fuse with cell membrane, calcium ions enter the terminals, vesicles fuse with cell membrane, neurotransmitter is released. B. Calcium ions enter the terminals, an action potential reaches the axon terminals, vesicles fuse with cell membrane, neurotransmitter is released. C. Vesicles fuse with cell membrane, an action potential reaches the axon terminals, calcium ions enter the terminals, neurotransmitter is released. D. An action potential reaches the axon terminals, calcium ions enter the terminals, vesicles fuse with cell membrane, neurotransmitter is released.
Ralph sees his new door-to-door sales job as a threat because he sometimes encounters hostile strangers. Tom views the same job as a chance to meet an interesting variety of people. Their emotional responses will almost surely differ due to differences in their
a. primary appraisals. b. cortical emotions. c. secondary appraisals. d. perceptual sets.
Regarding mass media psychologists and distance therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Listeners and viewers of mass media psychologists may learn solutions to their problems by hearing others talk. b. Most media psychologists view their work as being as therapeutic as individual counseling sessions. c. Most distance therapy is conducted one-on-one via the telephone and the Internet. d. The APA urges media psychologists to discuss problems in a general way, instead of actually counseling anyone.