Madeline, Joe, and Ian have all applied for the same promotion. Madeline is chosen but may be particularly likely to devalue the promotion if she believes that
a. it was based on equity considerations.
b. the decision was made on the basis of an assessment center.
c. her intrinsic motivation, not her ability, determined the decision.
d. she got it because of her sex and not her qualifications.
d
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Chapter 12 examines several potential factors that are related to psychological depression. According to this research,
a. women are much more likely than men to be biologically predisposed to develop depression. b. most of the gender differences in depression can be traced to the fact that women are more likely than men to seek therapy. c. women who have been abused or raped are more likely than other women to develop depression. d. low-income women have different expectations about happiness, compared to high-income women; therefore a woman's income is not related to depression.
The "original" law of effect states that ____.?
a. ?punishment always weakens a response b. ?reward strengthens a response, but punishment does not always weaken a response c. ?any act that produces satisfaction is more likely to occur again; any act that produces discomfort is less likely to occur again d. ?any act that produces reward will always be extinguished e. ?rewards stamp in connections, and punishments stamp out connections
According to the transactional model of family influence, children's antisocial behaviors are due
a. to a combination of the child's genetic predisposition and parent-child interactions. b. solely to genetic predisposition in the child. c. to parent-child social interactions. d. to cultural factors beyond the scope of the child or parent.
Binet and Simon designed their intelligence test to:
A) weed out the lower-scoring immigrants immigrating to the United States. B) weed out the lower-scoring immigrants immigrating to France. C) identify a child's aptitude for learning, independent of prior achievements. D) identify the academically gifted.