A shipping company is looking for a new manager for its warehouse. Applicants are administered a battery of personality tests. If the company wishes to pick the best person for the job, it should:
A. forget about the personality tests and rely solely on interviews
B. look very carefully at the personality tests and place little emphasis on interviews
C. choose the applicant who scores highest on an intelligence test
D. place the applicants in work situations and watch how they behave
Answer: D
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a. Men are more likely than women to express their emotions in both words and facial expressions. b. Men are given more latitude than women in the emotional expression of anger. c. Men are more likely than women to recognize and recall others' feelings. d. Men are taught to express anger through indirect channels. e. Women tend to smile less than men.
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A) evolutionary B) biological C) cognitive D) behaviorist
Pillard and Bailey's studies on sexual orientation in twins showed that
a. there is little relationship between the sexual orientations of twins. b. there is an almost perfect relationship between the sexual orientations of twins. c. the rate of homosexuality among identical twins is ten times higher than in the general population. d. when one identical twin is a homosexual, the chance of the other being homosexual is about 50%. e. most people do have some homosexual interests.
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a. light adaptation b. squinting c. optic adaptation d. dark adaptation