When a sperm and ovum unite, what is formed?

a gene
a fetus
a baby
a zygote


a zygote

Psychology

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______ is the attitude one has toward her job and ______ is the extent to which an employee identifies with and is involved with an organization

a. Job satisfaction / cohesiveness b. Job satisfaction / organizational commitment c. Organizational commitment / cohesiveness d. Organizational commitment / job satisfaction

Psychology

The approximate absolute threshold for taste is being able to detect a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 8 liters of water. Given that information, which statements is TRUE?

A) All people with normal taste will be able to detect the sugar. B) Fifty percent of people will be able to detect the sugar 100% of the time. C) Weber's law predicts that the same amount of sugar dissolved in 4 liters of water would not be detected. D) A person will not detect the sugar 50% of the time.

Psychology

Bernard watched a brief video of Samantha being interviewed for a job. He reports his impression of Samantha and indicates he is not at all confident in his ratings of her. According to research, how accurate is Bernard's impression?

a) Bernard is probably right on target as accuracy is not related to confidence in judgments. b) Bernard is probably not very accurate as he is not very confident about his impression of her. c) Bernard is probably accurate given that people with low confidence in their impression underrate their performance. d) Bernard's impression is probably as accurate as anyone else's, regardless of their confidence level.

Psychology

Compared with individuals with so-called short repeat versions of the DRD4 gene, individuals with so-called long repeat versions of this gene were found to:

A. be higher on novelty seeking. B. have a more significant heritable influence on their religious attitudes. C. be less affected by the role of genes in their own marital satisfaction. D. be more passive recipients of their environment.

Psychology