Question 1

A random sample of females was observed to exhibit a lower average level of self-esteem than a random sample of males.To assess the likelihood that this observed difference reflects a real difference in the average self-esteem of the total population of males and females,you should

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A)   construct a scatterplot.
B)   calculate a correlation coefficient.
C)   plot the distribution of self-esteem levels among all males and females.
D)   conduct a test of statistical significance.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Who would be most involved in designing user-friendly programming controls for HDTVs?

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A)   organizational psychologists
B)   human factors psychologists
C)   personnel psychologists
D)   social psychologistsE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

The median of a distribution of scores is the

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A)   most frequently occurring score.
B)   difference between the highest and lowest scores.
C)   arithmetic average of all the scores.
D)   middle score in a distribution of scores.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Managers with a social leadership style would be most likely to

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A)   discourage employees from critically discussing controversial company policies.
B)   inform employees of the exact deadlines for the completion of work projects.
C)   mediate a personal dispute between two argumentative employees.
D)   provide employees with relatively easy work assignments.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

To assess age-linked differences in self-esteem,researchers plan to give children from different age groups a test of self-esteem during the upcoming week.This research best illustrates

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A)   regression toward the mean.
B)   a cross-sectional study.
C)   a skewed distribution.
D)   a longitudinal study.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Jeremy is enthusiastically committed to his work within a company whose customer service goals are aligned with his own personal sense of occupational calling.Jeremy best illustrates

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A)   strengths-based leadership.
B)   transformational leadership.
C)   360-degree feedback.
D)   employee engagement.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Structured interviews have more ________ than unstructured interviews.

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A)   democratic style
B)   leniency errors
C)   predictive accuracy
D)   360-degree feedbackE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following correlations between annual income and education level would best enable you to predict annual income on the basis of level of education?

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A)   +0.05
B)   -0.01
C)   +0.10
D)   +0.50E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

With use of cross-sectional studies to assess the effect of aging on adults' mental abilities,it is especially important to consider the impact of ________ between generations.

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A)   the standard deviation
B)   educational differences
C)   scatterplots
D)   skewed distributionsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

A high level of satisfaction with one's work is most likely to be reported by those who frequently experience

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A)   flow.
B)   implementation intentions.
C)   unstructured interviews.
D)   360-degree feedback.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Ahmed has five sisters who are 3,3,5,9,and 10 years of age.The number 5 represents the ________ of the sisters' ages.

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A)   mode
B)   median
C)   mean
D)   rangeE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

If a positive correlation between two sets of scores is displayed in a scatterplot,the points are clustered in a pattern that

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A)   resembles a bell-shaped curve.
B)   extends from the lower left to the upper right of the graph.
C)   resembles a U-shaped curve.
D)   extends from the upper left to the lower right of the graph.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

A performance evaluation program revealed that the most effective salespeople in a large company are sincere and energetic in their work.This led the company's psychological consultants to develop a simulation that would assess the extent to which applicants for company sales positions communicate in a forthright and animated manner.This most clearly illustrates the consultants' commitment to

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A)   structured interviews.
B)   human factors psychology.
C)   a strengths-based selection system.
D)   360-degree feedback.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Matt is a student who becomes so fully absorbed in his course studies that he completely loses awareness of how long he has been working.Matt's experience best illustrates

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A)   360-degree feedback.
B)   task leadership.
C)   human factors psychology.
D)   flow.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Expecting every faculty member at a university to teach the same number of courses and engage in the same amount of research would

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A)   interfere with the practice of 360-degree feedback.
B)   help to promote social leadership.
C)   fail to adequately develop the unique strengths of each professor.
D)   facilitate the professors' experience of flow.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Statistical significance refers to whether research

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A)   variables are causally related.
B)   participants were randomly assigned to particular conditions.
C)   findings are due to chance variations.
D)   results add support to previous findings.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Matching people with existing jobs is to ________ psychology as modifying jobs and supervision is to ________ psychology.

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A)   human factors;organizational
B)   organizational;human factors
C)   personnel;organizational
D)   organizational;personnelE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Encouraging employee productivity through recognition and reward illustrates effective use of

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A)   flow.
B)   implementation intentions.
C)   operant conditioning.
D)   a strengths-based selection system.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Work is most likely to be satisfying for employees if it is associated with

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A)   task leadership.
B)   the experience of flow.
C)   360-degree feedback.
D)   unstructured interviews.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Standard deviation is to mean as ________ is to ________.

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A)   median;mode
B)   variation;central tendency
C)   scatterplot;bar graph
D)   correlation;rangeE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following correlations between annual income and education level would best enable you to predict annual income on the basis of level of education?

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A random sample of females was observed to exhibit a lower average level of self-esteem than a random sample of males.To assess the likelihood that this observed difference reflects a real difference in the average self-esteem of the total population of males and females,you should

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