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1. The subspecialty that involves the study of motivation, work attitudes, and t

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Question

1. The subspecialty that involves the study of motivation, work attitudes, and the culture of organizations is: A) industrial psychology. C) performance psychology D) organizational psychology. 2. The subspecialty that involves the study of the assessment, measurement, and selection of people in their jobs is: A) personality psychology B) industrial psychology C) performance psychology D) organizational psychology 3. Dr. Wickersham wants to examine how light affects participants' performance on a counting task. So she has two groups, one that works under dim light, and one that works under bright lights. She finds that those in the dim-light condition perform better. However, one of her research assistants admits that he gave those in the dim-light condition extra time to complete the task. Now Dr. Wickersham is not sure whether those in the dim-light condition did better because of the lighting or because of the extra time they received. The extra time on the test is an example of a(n): A) independent variable. B) dependent variable. C) criterion variable. D) extraneous variable. 4. Researchers are usingwhen they start with data and create a theory to explain it; and they are using when they start with a theory and collect data to support or refute that theory. A) induction; deduction B) deduction; induction C) reduction; induction D) induction; reduction "Predictors," "precursors," and "antecedents" are all words we might use to describe: A) extraneous variables. 5. B) independent variables. C) dependent variables. D) criterion variables.

Explanation / Answer

1.The subspecialty that involves the study of motivation, work attitudes, and the culture of organizations is organizational psychology. 2.The study of assessment,measurement,and selection of people in their jobs is called industrial psychology 4.induction;deduction-Inductive approach is concerned with forming a new theory and deductive approach is aimed at testing the theory. 5.independent variable-anything that is systematically manipulated by the experimenter or, at the least, measured by the experimenter as an antecedent to other variables. The intention is to determine whether the variable causes changes in whatever behavior we are interested in. (also known as predictors, precursors, or antecedents) Due to time limit,remaining questions can be asked as another question,they will be answered,thankyou for your cooperation