You are working as an assistant to an OB specialist doing research to determine relationships between certain variables and cause-effect situations. The specialist is attempting to determine when people are motivated by pay or salary, and when they are motivated by recognition, support and encouragement. By examining the connection between rewards and incentives and motivation under various conditions, the specialist appears to be using which of the following approaches in research?
a. open-systems
b. systematic study
c. human resources approach
d. observational
e. scientific management
Ans: b. systematic study
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Which of the following students provides the best information about the term "embodied cognition"?
a. Elizaveta: "Embodied cognition proposes that your motor system sometimes reveals your knowledge." b. Artur: "Embodied cognition means that there is no connection between your mind and your motor system." c. Rachel: "Embodied cognition is an outdated theory; it proposed that information flows from the sensory receptors to the motor system, and then flows to the cerebral cortex." d. Erik: "Embodied cognition emphasizes that you can use your body movements to help you learn a new language that you are trying to master."
Which of the following is true about the relationship between the brain and intelligence scores?
A) Brain size, but not the degree of convolution, is correlated with intelligence scores. B) The degree of convolution, but not brain size, is correlated with intelligence scores. C) Both the size and degree of convolution of the cortex are correlated with intelligence scores. D) Neither the size, nor the degree of convolution of the cortex, are correlated with intelligence scores.