Examen Juin 2017 Flashcards
Q1 – Merging two organizations into one can result in a lot of problems between the two former organizational groups. What is the best way to reduce intergroup bias ?
a. Encourage personal contact between individuals and former out-group members (decategorization)
b. Distract attention from group differences (the color-blindness approach)
c. There is no uniformly best way to reduce intergroup bias
d. Have the two groups share common goals, while they can simultaneously maintian their own social identity
Q1 – Merging two organizations into one can result in a lot of problems between the two former organizational groups. What is the best way to reduce intergroup bias ?
a. Encourage personal contact between individuals and former out-group members (decategorization)
Q2 – If an African-American woman has recently had her femininity made salient to her, she will think more of herself as a woman than as an African-American at that particular time. To what concept could you refer to describe this reaction ?
a. Uncertainty Reduction
b. Distinctiveness
c. Terror Management
d. Social dominance
Q2 – If an African-American woman has recently had her femininity made salient to her, she will think more of herself as a woman than as an African-American at that particular time. To what concept could you refer to describe this reaction ?
b. Distinctiveness
Q3 – In Laurin, Kay, and Moscovitch’s study, when individuals receive information that implies that events might be random rather than structured, they become more inclined to believe the world is controlled by a God. This result could be explained by
a. Uncertainty Reduction theory
b. Distinctiveness theory
c. Terror Management theory
d. Social dominance theory
Q3 – In Laurin, Kay, and Moscovitch’s study, when individuals receive information that implies that events might be random rather than structured, they become more inclined to believe the world is controlled by a God. This result could be explained by
a. Uncertainty Reduction theory
Q4. Experiments using this approach have revealed that even arbitrary and virtually meaningless distinctions between groups (e.g. the color of their shirts) can trigger a tendency to favor one’s own group at the expense of others. This approach is called
a. Self-fulfilling prophecy
b. Distinctiveness
c. Minimal Group Paradigm
d. Outgroup derogation
Q4. Experiments using this approach have revealed that even arbitrary and virtually meaningless distinctions between groups (e.g. the color of their shirts) can trigger a tendency to favor one’s own group at the expense of others. This approach is called
c. Minimal Group Paradigm
Q5. In Lepper and colleagues’ study, children were randomly assigned to three different experimental groups : The children in the ___ ? ___ condition were more likely to lose their initial interest in the task
a. expected reward
b. unexpected reward
c. no reward
d. none of the above
Q5. In Lepper and colleagues’ study, children were randomly assigned to three different experimental groups : The children in the ___ ? ___ condition were more likely to lose their initial interest in the task
a. expected reward
Q6. Carol Dweck defines the cognitive view individuals develop for themselves (e.g. intelligence) as
a. Self-efficacy
b. Mindset
c. Metacognition
d. Mind map
Q6. Carol Dweck defines the cognitive view individuals develop for themselves (e.g. intelligence) as
b. Mindset
Q7. Some people believe that personal qualities such as intelligence and ability are fixed and unchangeable ; this belied makes such people anxious to prove that they are intelligent and able, and thus drives them to have performance goals. This definition refers to
a. learning theory
b. implicit theory
c. entity theory
d. incremental theory
Q7. Some people believe that personal qualities such as intelligence and ability are fixed and unchangeable ; this belied makes such people anxious to prove that they are intelligent and able, and thus drives them to have performance goals. This definition refers to
c. entity theory
Q8. According to Carol Dweck, statements like « Good girl », or « You’re so clever », could be characterized as ___ ? ___
a. Positive feedbacks
b. Negative feedbacks
c. Product-directed praise
d. Process-directed praise
e. Person-directed praise
Q8. According to Carol Dweck, statements like « Good girl », or « You’re so clever », could be characterized as ___ ? ___
e. Person-directed praise
Q9. Some people believe that intelligence and ability can change over time with experience. Dweck calls this ___ ? ___ . The goal of such people is not to prove their competence, but increase it, a strategy which refers to ___ ? ___
a. entity theory ; performance-oriented goals
b. incremental theory ; mastery-oriented goals
c. personal construct theory ; anxiety
d. a central trait ; personal attributes
Q9. Some people believe that intelligence and ability can change over time with experience. Dweck calls this ___ ? ___ . The goal of such people is not to prove their competence, but increase it, a strategy which refers to ___ ? ___
b. incremental theory ; mastery-oriented goals
Q10. Among the following statements, which one is a disadvantage of DSM classification ?
a. The DSM provides a « special language » for behavioral disorders i.e. identifies and describes clear and distinct disorders
b. The illusion that naming a disorder explains it
c. If an individual’s problem is accurately described, prognosis and treatment are more easily decided
d. DSM facilitates formation of differential diagnosis
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
Q10. Among the following statements, which one is a disadvantage of DSM classification ?
b. The illusion that naming a disorder explains it
Q11. What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ?
a. American Psychological Association
b. American Psychiatric Association
c. American Medical Association
d. National Alliance for the Mentally III
Q11. What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ?
b. American Psychiatric Association
Q12. This requires an individual to present with only a subset of characteristics from a larger list
a. categorical criteria set
b. multiaxial set
c. polythetic criteria set
d. dimensional criteria set
Q12. This requires an individual to present with only a subset of characteristics from a larger list
c. polythetic criteria set
Q13. ___ ? ___ is a forecast about the probable course of an illness
a. Prognosis
b. Diagnosis
c. Maladaptive behavior
d. Deviance
Q13. ___ ? ___ is a forecast about the probable course of an illness
a. Prognosis
Q14. What is the discipline that focuses on individual and group processes within organizations and is concerned with the factors that affect such outcomes as job satisfaction, motivation, work effectiveness, and quality of working life ? (Also includes leadership style, decision-making, and organizational development).
a. Job analysis
b. Engineering psychology
c. Personnel psychology
d. Organizational psychology
Q14. What is the discipline that focuses on individual and group processes within organizations and is concerned with the factors that affect such outcomes as job satisfaction, motivation, work effectiveness, and quality of working life ? (Also includes leadership style, decision-making, and organizational development).
d. Organizational psychology
Q15. ___ ? ___ support is the provision of advice and suggestions that a person can use to address problems whereas ___ ? ___ support involves the provision of information that is useful for self-evaluation purposes- constructive feedback and affirmation
a. emotional ; instrumental
b. informational ; appraisal
c. instrumental ; informational
d. appraisal ; emotional
Q15. ___ ? ___ support is the provision of advice and suggestions that a person can use to address problems whereas ___ ? ___ support involves the provision of information that is useful for self-evaluation purposes- constructive feedback and affirmation
b. informational ; appraisal
