Test 1B

Question 1

Person-Situation Debate

Answer 1

Refers to the controversy concerning whether the person or the situation is more influential in determining a person’s behavior.

Question 2

T or F: Behavior in one situation is not at all easy to predict.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Average behavior across many related situations can be predicted reasonably well by _____ ______ of an individual

Answer 3

stable attributes

Question 4

Covert (personality-based) tests

Answer 4

Closely resemble the questionnaires that psychologists use to measure C and H.
- that measure traits linked to rule adherence

Question 5

Overt tests

Answer 5

Ask applicants to indicate whether they have stolen from previous employers, committed crimes, surfed the Internet during work hours, etc.
- Assess an applicant’s attitudes towards various counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) directly.

Question 6

Integrity tests do show some _______ validity.

Answer 6

Criterion

They show correlations of ~0.15 with job performance.

Question 7

Integrity tests show correlations of ______ with job performance.

Answer 7

~0.15

Question 8

Why are integrity tests useful?

Answer 8

Designed to assess an applicant’s tendency to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable.
- A lack of integrity is associated with such counterproductive behaviors as theft, violence, sabotage, disciplinary problems, and absenteeism.

Question 9

Genotype

Answer 9

the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

Question 10

Phenotype

Answer 10

The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

• Genetic jargon for “trait” or “attribute”.
• Height, cholesterol level, and IQ

Question 11

Heterozygous

Answer 11

Having genes of two different allelic types at a polymorphic site (i.e., +-), if your genes at a particular site are both of the same type (i.e., ++, +-, –), then you are homozygous at that site

Question 12

Homozygous

Answer 12

Refers to a particular gene that has identical alleles on both homologous chromosomes

Question 13

Allele

Answer 13

The different types of genes that might occupy a polymorphic site (i.e., + or -)

Question 14

Protein

Answer 14

A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds.

Question 15

Site

Answer 15

A slot or position in the genome.

- A polymorphic site is one where people might have different genotypes (e.g. ++, +-, –)

Question 16

Heritability (h2 ) of a trait

Answer 16

Is the fraction of the total variance that is caused by genetic differences in the population

Question 17

ACE Model of Heritability

Answer 17

1. A: Addictive genetic variance
2. C: common, or shared, environmental factors
3. E: specific, or non-shared, environmental factors (plus measurement error)

Question 18

ACE Model of Heritability: A

Answer 18

A: Addictive genetic variance

Question 19

ACE Model of Heritability: C

Answer 19

C: common, or shared, environmental factors

Question 20

ACE Model of Heritability: E

Answer 20

E: specific, or non-shared, environmental factors (plus measurement error)

Question 21

Mendel’s First Law

Answer 21

When it comes time to reproduce, we pass on a randomly selected member of the gene pair to our offspring

Question 22

MZT correlation equation

Answer 22

Heritability + environment

Question 23

DZT correlation equation

Answer 23

1/2(heritability) + environment