1.Employees often perform work tasks simply because their bosses tell them to do so. This is an example of __________ power.

expert

legitimate

referent

reward

2. Brianna is trying to increase her chances of being promoted to vice president by working to build good work relationships with other managers outside her own department.  Brianna's behavior should be viewed as

dysfunctional politics.

functional politics.

coercive power.

functional influence.

3. Tara wants the Vice President of the Gingerbread Factory to know about the sudden resignation of one of her co-workers but she suspects that it will take several days for that news to travel through the formal channels. Tara mentions the news to her office manager in passing, knowing that the office manager has lunch with the VP's administrative assistant every day. Tara is assuming which communication method will get that message up to the VP?

The Y chain

The Circle

The Grapevine

The All-Channel

4. Censoring a message is characteristic of filtering.

True

False

5. In a university setting, professors are typically designated as

line employees.

staff employees.

both line and staff employees.

neither line nor staff employees.

Write out your own response to the question below. Have it atleast 6 sentences long fully answering the question

1. “What leadership traits/principles do you feel are most necessary to developing a
cohesive and effective unit?”

2. Chandler and his current roommate, Alex, were both transferred to a new city and needed to find a new apartment. They carefully considered every apartment within their price range and finally, rented one that met all of their criteria. Complete A and B, below, with regard to their experience. For each of the concepts, define the term and then, apply that term/concept to the specific situation.

A. For each concept below, define it, and then explain how the concept might relate to their decision to buy a home:

• one of the three steps to problem-solving we learned about (choose a specific one!)
• classical conditioning
• confirmation bias
• divergent thinking

B. For each concept, below, define it and provide an example that explains how the concept could relate to life in their new home and new neighborhood.

• extrinsic motivation
• proactive interference
• observational learning.

The term gender and sex are frequently confused as they are used interchangeably in our society. In an effort to avoid using the word sex, we now ask people for their gender on surveys and questionnaires. The choices are Male and Female which is incorrect for gender identity. If you are asking me my gender you should use Masculine and Feminine. It is a common issue in our society. How can society be helped to change their understanding of the words?

Addictions, substance abuse, and how they affect the physical and mental health of native Americans.

1. Causes of alcoholism and drug abuse?

2. Consequences of alcoholism and drug abuse?

3. How do alcoholism and drug abuse affect the mental and physical health of native Americans?

4. Treatments that could help indigenous people to overcome this type of issues?

5. Treatments that are specific to indigenous ways of healing?

Define psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). Provide two examples of study findings arising from PNI research.

• What global forces are affecting the U.S. economy nowadays?

• What consequences are they having?

• How are these global forces affecting your life?

and analyze each of these experiments. You will prepare two separate analyses; for each analysis, include the following:

A brief summary of the study

A one paragraph explanation of   the background in the field leading up to the study, and the reasons the researchers carried out the project.

The significance of the study to the field of psychology

A brief discussion of supportive or contradictory follow-up research findings and subsequent questioning or criticism from others in the field  

A summary of at least one recent experiment (within the past two years) that is related to the seminal experiment (Hint: Excellent sources for recent research summaries are the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science).

Your own evaluation of whether the breakthrough experiments of Drs. Gardner and Loftus were examples of genius, the zeitgeist, or some other factor. Use their own autobiographical accounts as well as your analyses of their experiments and personal stories to support your opinion.

Compare scholarly sources and peer reviewed sources, what are the similarities and differences

Discuss the role of Christian imagery in Ben Hur and Spartacus. How well does this Christian imagery fit in the story of a Jewish revolt against the Romans (Ben Hur) or the story of a slave uprising almost 70 years before the birth of Christ (Spartacus)?

1Identify three advantages to studying development from a lifespan perspective.

2From a theoretical perspective, why do you think most Developmental Psychologists take an eclectic approach?

3Pick one psychological paradigm and discuss how it may be used to study development.

Discuss the impact of race, gender, and socioeconomic status on physical and psychological health.  To what extent should individuals be held responsible for their health and actions if these are shaped by their opportunities and circumstances?