Suppose that Dr. Robins is interested in how people learn about and choose the jobs they hold in their lives
He decides to study a cohort of children, asking them what they think about different jobs, and they follow these children as they grow into adults, studying how they choose jobs and adjust to job demands. The topic of study that best describes Dr. Robins work is:
a. career counseling
b. industrial psychology
c. the occupational cycle
d. the "person-job fit" theory of careers
c
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Suppose you are studying for an upcoming test in your psychology class. According to Julian Rotter, the amount of effort you will put into your studies will be determined
a. just by your expectation that you will get a good grade. b. just by your interpretation of how important it is to get a good grade. c. both by your expectation that you will get a good grade and the personal value of getting a good grade. d. by a combination of learned and instinctive behaviors.
All of the following might be reasons to use parental reports instead of researchers' measures except
a. parents have a wider range of experience observing their infants b. parents tend to be more objective about their infants' behavior c. parents are unlikely to elicit wariness or unusual behavior in their infants d. parents can be trained to keep diaries about their infants' development, noting when a particular behavioral milestone is achieved