An administrative assistant who screens an executive's phone calls, opens his mail, and keeps rack of his appointments, exemplifies which approach to handling communication overload?

Evidence for heritability of bipolar disorders suggests that ____

a. no significant evidence regarding heritability and bipolar disorders has been discovered b. a gene for bipolar disorder exists on chromosome 11 c. there is a complex genetic basis of bipolar disorders involving interactions among multiple genes d. the concordance rate for bipolar disorder is higher for dizygotic twins than for monozygotic twins

The __________ function is an aspect of consciousness that helps people inhibit urges they have that are not moral, ethical, or practical;

it equips people with the conscious self-awareness necessary to analyze and evaluate their thoughts before they act on those thoughts. a. conscious b. planning c. discriminatory d. conscience

Baby Jules is brought to a noisy automotive repair center by his father. The noise is very loud and somewhat scary. His father is very calm about it and talks to a worker over the loud noise

According to social referencing, how would Jules likely react to the noise? a. He would probably cry and be fearful. b. He would probably be angry at it. c. If his father was calm, he would be calm. d. He would probably react the same way the repairman was reacting.

The status of Freud's stages of psychosexual stages with modern researchers is closest to which of the following?

The entire theory is widely accepted as truth. Few people adhere to his theory. The first two stages have been explanatory, but the last two have not. There are some arguments concerning parts of his theory but most of it is accepted.