This famous psychological experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo showed us that when people are placed in social roles with a lot of power, their behavior often changes to fit their new role.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
100
After measuring Kendra’s weight and height, her doctor enters the data into a mathematical formula and then tells Kendra that she is overweight. The doctor used the formula to calculate Kendra's...
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
100
This married couple is known as the pioneers in the field of I/O psychology.
Who are Frank and Lillian Gilbreth?
100
Acting in a manner that promotes the welfare of the client.
What is Beneficence?
100
When the counselor establishes a relationship or takes on a role with a client, in addition to or in succession to the client-counselor relationship.
What is a dual (multiple) relationship?
200
The tendancy to use internal attributions when we do something well and to use external attribuations when we commit errors.
What is the self-serving bias?
200
The processes used to manage demands, stress, and conflict.
What is Coping?
200
The evaluation of current employees based on task performance, organizational citizenship behavior, and counterproductive behavior.
What is Performance Appraisal?
200
A counselor's commitment to respecting the rights of clients to be self-governing.
What is the Principle of Autonomy
200
The leadership style in which rewards and punishments are used to encourage employee or team member behavior.
What is Transactional Leadership?
300
You are on a city bus that is completely empty. A gentleman gets on at the next stop and sits down in the seat right next to you, despite the fact that every other seat on the bus is available. This is a violation of...
What is a social norm?
300
A set of beliefs about the person’s ability to control his or her work environment and success.
What is Locus of Control?
300
A collection of online databases that describe jobs and the requirements for workers that may fill them.
What is the O*NET?
300
"Above all, do no harm."
What is Non-maleficence?
300
Research shows that sitting on the couch and watching television advertisements increases the likelihood that you will do this.
What is snack?
400
The term psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers.
What is the bystander effect?
400
People with this personality type are known for being impatient, easily angered, competitive, and highly motivated.
What is Type A personality?
400
A combination of persistent emotional and physical exhaustion, cynical attitudes about the job, and a sense that one’s work has little meaning.
What is Burnout?
400
Not engaging in an act or omission of a dishonest, deceitful or fraudulent nature.
What is Veracity?
400
Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, and Justice.
What are Riggio's four primary virtues of leadership?
500
This sales technique involves asking for an unreasonably large request before asking for the small request you are hoping to have granted.
What is the door-in-the-face technique?
500
The study of the relationship between immune system and nervous system functioning.
What is psychoneuroimmunology?
500
Offering an employee a promotion in exchange for sexual favors. (be specific)
What is Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harrassment?
500
These occur where privilege may go with skin color, gender, sexual orientation, or other multicultural dimensions.
What are Power Differentials?
500
When we first meet a person, we usually rely on these clusters of knowledge and expectations about individuals and groups.