Your boss has just praised you for a great job on a marketing report; he also told you he liked the presentation you gave at the regional meeting. As you walk out the door, he says you might want to try another tie
You spend hours mulling over that last comment and find yourself becoming depressed. Your reaction to the comment was, "I am washed up as an employee; they want someone to replace me." Your conclusion is an example of
a) attribution.
b) an inexact label.
c) cognitive dissonance.
d) selective abstraction.
D
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Which of the following titles of research projects would have the most ecological validity?
a. "Planning strategies used in grocery-store shopping" b. "Recall for nonsense words after varying delay periods" c. "Children's ability to perform abstract reasoning tasks" d. "Perception of the loudness of isolated computer-generated tones"
Maria has been experiencing prolonged stress at work due to taking over the work of several employees that have been laid off as the company downsizes. Most days she is irritable and rarely leaves her desk to eat lunch. She seems to take medicine for headaches every day. According to Hans Selye, Maria is experiencing the emotional, behavioral, and physical signs of the
a. stage of exhaustion. b. stage of resistance. c. alarm reaction. d. crisis mode.
We perceive a block upwards arrow, rather than a rectangle with a triangle on top of it, due to which Gestalt perceptual grouping rule?
A) closure B) continuity C) simplicity D) similarity
Mr. and Mrs. Stern are cold and reserved when handling their infant. They dress formally, even at home, and they worry that the baby may stain their clothes. The Sterns are LOW on parental
a. acceptance/responsiveness. b. blending (at least from the perspective of others). c. complexity of the step-parent home. d. demandingness/control.