The employees at a factory were excellent workers until a week before Christmas when a rumor spread that economic conditions would force the plant to close in four days. The quality and quantity of work took a downturn as the workers spent time discussing among themselves the plausibility of the rumor and what they would do if it were true. Maslow would say that these workers were motivated by
a. meta-needs.
b. intrinsic motivation.
c. esteem and self-esteem.
d. safety and security.
D
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a. determine whether there is a relationship between two variables. b. establish cause and effect. c. manipulate an independent variable. d. determine appropriate parameters.
A proposed form of subtle racism in which European Americans feel aversive emotions around African Americans with consequent discrimination occurring is known as ____.?
a. ?prejudice b. ?frustration-aggression theory c. ?aversive racism d. ?stereotyping
The increase in freestanding professional schools of psychology has resulted in
a. an increased number of qualified psychologists. b. concerns about an increasing number of poorly-trained psychologists. c. a change in legislation which allows clinical psychologists to prescribe medications. d. changes in licensing requirements for psychologists.
Which of the following is TRUE of infants' auditory perception?
a. Infants hear sounds best that have pitches in the range of human speech. b. Infants can hear high-pitched sounds the best. c. Infants cannot use sound to locate an object. d. Infants cannot discriminate vowel and consonant sounds.