Exam 16: Applied Psychology

Discuss peak performance, including the characteristics that usually accompany it and what causes it to go away, and describe three techniques that can help athletes to mentally improve their performances.

Which statement is true regarding density and crowding?

North America has an ecological footprint about 10 times higher than that of Asia or Africa.

Which of the following is NOT typical of Theory Y or transformational leadership?

Who pioneered the strategy of scientific management also known as Theory X?

Regarding public distance, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Discuss four problem areas regarding jury deliberations.

Regarding personnel selection, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The work of which type of psychologist is likely to affect how you are selected for a job and tested, trained, or evaluated for promotions?

The range of four to 12 feet in which impersonal business and casual social gatherings take place is known as one's

Space that extends about 18 inches out from the skin is referred as __________ distance.

Before each of his golf shots, the golf great Jack Nicklaus said that he "watched a movie" in his head of him "making the shot." Jack Nicklaus was using

Detailed biographical information about a job applicant is known as __________.

Shared leadership, also called participative management, has been shown to do all of the following EXCEPT

According to sports psychologists, which of the following has NOT been found to be beneficial when working with children in sports?

Which of the following might include measurements such as  charting  the highest use areas in the buildings and the use of attitude scales to measure the reactions of people to various settings?

People have a significant impact on the environment with each of us generating which of the following as we consume the resources it takes to sustain life?

The measurement and analysis of the effects an environment has on the behavior and perceptions of people within that environment is called a(n) __________.

In general, the fewer spaces people must pass through to get from one part of a building to another, the less stressed and crowded they feel.

Which term is closest in meaning to the concept of management by objectives?