An employee thinks he is an idiot and will never be able to master the new computer system. The employee takes a training class on the new system and fails. This situation might best be explained by:
a. social learning theory
b. the Galatea effect
c. expectancy theory
d. equity theory
b
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A repeated measures t test is more likely to lead to rejection of the null hypothesis if
a. subjects show considerable variability in their change scores. b. many subjects show no change. c. some subjects change a lot more than others. d. the degree of change is consistent across subjects.
Which two types of group therapy have drawn concern due significant popularization with little research support?
a. psychoanalytic group therapy; psychodrama b. psychodrama; transactional analysis c. transactional analysis; Gestalt group therapy d. Gestalt group therapy; psychoanalytic group therapy
In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 7 and 11 years of age, in which an individual can attend to more than one thing at a time and can understand someone else's viewpoint,
though the individual is still not capable of fully abstract reasoning, is the ______ stage. a. concrete-operational c. sensory-motor b. preoperational d. formal-operational
The value of a worker's marginal product is $50 per hour for high-ability workers and $15 per hour for low-ability workers. The preferences of high-ability workers correspond to the utility function UH(E, W) = W - 4E, and the preferences of low-ability workers correspond to the utility function UL(E, W) = W - 10E. By law, everyone is required to attend at least ten years of school. Three-fifths of the population has low ability, and two-fifths has high ability. What is the most efficient separating equilibrium?
A. EL = 13.5; EH = 13.5 B. EL = 10; EH = 13.5 C. EL = 13.5; EH = 16.125 D. EL = 10; EH = 10