After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, I/O psychologists were assigned the responsibility of developing personnel selection standards for which of the following branches of government?

a. Transportation and Safety Administration
b. Federal Bureau of Investigation
c. Customs Service
d. Secret Service


Answer: a. Transportation and Safety Administration

Psychology

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a. command b. reference c. olfactory d. grandiose

Psychology

Although children begin to think symbolically and use language before the age of six or seven, their thinking is still very concrete and

a. intuitive. b. convergent. c. inductive. d. deductive.

Psychology

Diamond's study of infants and the A-not-B-task showed that once infants have learned a new task, they must ______ before they can learn a new task

a. repeat the old task over and over c. inhibit the old task b. learn several intermediate tasks d. watch someone model the new task

Psychology

Reading and writing a. must be specifically taught, whereas spoken language is learned through simple exposure

b. is learned through simple exposure, whereas spoken language must be specifically taught to children. c. cannot be localized in the human brain, although spoken language can be localized. d. use the same areas of the brain as spoken language, so cannot be separately localized.

Psychology