Test Bank For Myers' Psychology for AP, 1st Edition

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1 Flow is characterized by a ________ awareness of self and a(n)
________ awareness of the passing of time.
 sensory; diminished Incorrect
 diminished; subliminal Incorrect
 heightened; heightened Incorrect
 diminished; diminished (True Answer )Correct
 sensory; subliminal Incorrect
2 Those who view their work as a necessary but personally
unfulfilling way to make money are said to view work as a
 flow. Incorrect
 contract. Incorrect
 job. (True Answer )Correct
 calling. Incorrect
 career. Incorrect
3 Andrea views her work as primarily an opportunity to climb up
the corporate ladder in pursuit of increasingly better positions.
Andrea apparently views her work as a
 calling. Incorrect
 job. Incorrect
 contract. Incorrect
 career. (True Answer )Correct
 flow. Incorrect
4 Work is most likely to satisfy the higher-level needs in Maslow's
hierarchy for those who
 work only part-time. Incorrect
 view their work as a calling. (True Answer )Correct
 are strongly motivated by high wages. Incorrect
 are supervised by managers with a directive style. Incorrect
 view work as a means to an end. Incorrect
5 Work is LEAST likely to satisfy the higher-level needs in
Maslow's hierarchy for those who
 receive 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 frequently experience flow. Incorrect
 view their work as a job. (True Answer )Correct
 are self-employed. Incorrect

 work in the service industry. Incorrect
6 Those who view their work as a fulfilling and socially useful
activity are said to view work as
 a job. Incorrect
 a calling. (True Answer )Correct
 a career. Incorrect
 contractual. Incorrect
 temporary. Incorrect
7 After studying artists who would spend hour after hour painting
or sculpting with enormous concentration, Csikszentmihalyi
formulated the concept of
 transformation leadership. Incorrect
 strengths-based selection. Incorrect
 achievement motivation. Incorrect
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 flow. (True Answer )Correct
8 A completely focused state of consciousness resulting from
optimal engagement of one's skills is called
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 task leadership. Incorrect
 flow. (True Answer )Correct
 achievement motivation. Incorrect
 grit. Incorrect
9 Which of the following is the most complete definition of the
flow state as described by Csikszentmihalyi?
 a completely focused state of consciousness resulting from
optimal engagement of one's skills (True Answer )Correct
 the pinnacle of psychological achievement, exemplified by a
lack of ego and concern for all other people Incorrect
 a clinical situation in which the patient feels completely
accepted by the therapist Incorrect
 the extreme focus experienced by people engaged in multi-
media activities, such as video games and television
viewing. Incorrect
 the feeling of lost time experienced during hallucinatory
states Incorrect

10 A high level of satisfaction with one's work is most likely to be
reported by those who frequently experience
 flow. (True Answer )Correct
 human factors. Incorrect
 unstructured interviews. Incorrect
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 evaluation. Incorrect
11 Matt is a high school sophomore who often becomes so fully
absorbed in his course studies that he completely loses his
awareness of how long he has been working. Matt's experience
best illustrates
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 strengths-based training. Incorrect
 assistive listening. Incorrect
 flow. (True Answer )Correct
 extrinsic motivation. Incorrect
12 Which profession is most likely to be concerned with the effect
of supervisors' management styles on worker motivation and
productivity?
 developmental psychology Incorrect
 social psychology Incorrect
 industrial-organizational psychology (True Answer )Correct
 cognitive psychology Incorrect
 personality psychology Incorrect
13 Which profession is most directly involved in the application of
psychology's principles to the workplace?
 social psychology Incorrect
 personality psychology Incorrect
 cognitive psychology Incorrect
 developmental psychology Incorrect
 industrial-organizational psychology (True Answer )Correct
14 Matching people with existing jobs is to ________ psychology as
modifying jobs and supervision is to ________ psychology.
 human factors; organizational Incorrect
 organizational; human factors Incorrect
 personnel; organizational (True Answer )Correct

 organizational; personnel Incorrect
 industrial; organizational Incorrect
15 Dr. Eisenberg develops assessment tools for use by company
supervisors to appraise the performance of workers and make
decisions about job promotions. His work best illustrates that of
a(n) ________ psychologist.
 clinical Incorrect
 personnel (True Answer )Correct
 organizational Incorrect
 human factors Incorrect
 industrial Incorrect
16 Developing assessment tools for selecting and placing employees
is of most direct relevance to
 social psychology. Incorrect
 clinical psychology. Incorrect
 organizational psychology. Incorrect
 human factors psychology. Incorrect
 personnel psychology. (True Answer )Correct
17 Human factors psychologists are most likely to be involved in
 designing training programs to prepare unemployed persons
for existing jobs. Incorrect
 exploring how machines can be optimally designed to fit
human abilities. (True Answer )Correct
 assessing the impact of supervisors' management styles on
business productivity. Incorrect
 matching people's strengths with specific job
assignments. Incorrect
 creating psychological instruments that assess employees'
strengths and weaknesses. Incorrect
18 Human factors psychology is one of the three main subfields of
 clinical psychology. Incorrect
 personnel psychology. Incorrect
 social psychology. Incorrect
 industrial-organizational psychology. (True Answer )Correct
 developmental psychology. Incorrect

19 Personnel psychologists are most likely to be involved in
 matching people's strengths with specific job
assignments. (True Answer )Correct
 modifying work environments so as to improve employee
engagement. Incorrect
 contributing to the design of user-friendly industrial
machines. Incorrect
 assessing the effect of supervisors' management styles on
business productivity. Incorrect
 documenting the most efficient time-management techniques
by productive employees. Incorrect
20 After discovering that their company's best software developers
are highly analytical, personnel psychologists focused their
employment ads for additional software developers less on
applicants' experience and more on their ability to engage in
logical problem solving. This best illustrates their commitment
to
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 social leadership. Incorrect
 structured interviews. Incorrect
 a strengths-based selection system. (True Answer )Correct
 task leadership. Incorrect
21 Work activities that are specifically suited to your strengths are
most likely to be those associated with the experience of
 flow. (True Answer )Correct
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 implementation intentions. Incorrect
 external rewards. Incorrect

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 human factors psychology. Incorrect
 a strengths-based selection system. (True Answer )Correct
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 operant conditioning theory. Incorrect
23 How do unstructured interviews compare with aptitude tests
and job knowledge tests in predicting on-the-job performance?
 they are better than aptitude tests, but worse than job
knowledge tests Incorrect
 they are as good as aptitude tests, but better than job
knowledge tests Incorrect
 they are better than aptitude tests, and better than job
knowledge tests Incorrect
 they are worse than aptitude tests, and worse than job
knowledge tests (True Answer )Correct

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illustrates
 social leadership. Incorrect
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
 the halo error. Incorrect
 transformational leadership. Incorrect
 the interviewer illusion. (True Answer )Correct
27 When meeting job applicants, employers often discount the
influence of varying situations on applicants' behaviors and
presume that what they observe applicants do and say reflects
the applicants' enduring personality traits. This most clearly
contributes to
 severity errors. Incorrect
 the interviewer illusion. (True Answer )Correct
 strengths-based selection systems. Incorrect

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30 By scripting specific job-relevant questions to be asked of all
those applying for a particular work position, a personnel
psychologist is most clearly developing a framework for
 maximizing productivity. Incorrect
 the experience of flow. Incorrect
 transformational leadership. Incorrect
 structured interviews. (True Answer )Correct
 360-degree feedback. Incorrect
31 Dr. Thompson is involved in scripting interview questions that
will effectively predict job applicants' success in specific work
positions. Her work best illustrates that of a(n) ________
psychologist.
 personnel (True Answer )Correct
 organizational

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 experiencing flow. Incorrect
 structured interviews. Incorrect
 360-degree feedback. (True Answer )Correct
 task leadership. Incorrect
 Maslow's motivational hierarchy. Incorrect
35 The practice of 360-degree feedback is especially likely to
involve
 unit bias. Incorrect
 the experience of flow. Incorrect
 behavior checklists and rating scales. (True Answer )Correct
 command and control management. Incorrect

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