When is social loafing LEAST likely to occur?
a. In a group of all men
b. In a group of all women
c. In large groups
d. In team sports
d
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According to the material in Chapter 6, the gender differences in social interactions are largest
a. when other people are present. b. when the situation emphasizes factors other than gender, such as work roles. c. when we are doing something routine, which we have done numerous times in the past. d. when we are talking about positive emotions, rather than negative emotions.
According to self-discrepancy theory, experiencing negative emotions such as anxiety or depression, is often caused by the
a. content of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. b. stability of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. c. degree of incongruity among the actual, ought, and ideal selves. d. degree of incongruity between individuals' actual and ideal selves and the perception of important others'views of their actual and ideal selves.
Neurons communicate across the synapse by means of neurotransmitters, which bind to special proteins on the postsynaptic membrane, like a key fitting into a lock. In this analogy, the neurotransmitter is the key and the ____ is the lock.?
a. ?neural receptor b. ?axon c. ?postsynaptic potential d. ?dendrite
If a small police department uses a cognitive ability test because a meta-analysis indicated cognitive ability is the best predictor of performance in the police academy, it is:
a. breaking the law b. using the Taylor-Russell method c. going to see a reduction in quality d. using validity generalization