Expert Q&A

Which country's music scene has blended Hip Hop with its traditional tassou performances to produce international stars such as MC Solaar and Duggy Tee?

A) Nigeria
B) Morocco
C) Senegal
D) South Africa

Which of the following terms best describes a Diels-Alder reaction?

A) a [4+2] cycloaddition
B) a [2+2] cycloaddition
C) a sigmatropic rearrangement
D) a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition
E) a substitution reaction

Which substrate would react most rapidly in an S_N2 reaction?

A) CH₃CH₂CH=CHCH₂Br
B) BrCH₂CH₂CH=CHCH₃
C) CH₃CHBrCH=CH₂CH₃
D) CH₃CH₂CH₂CH=CHBr

The traditional approach to dispute resolution in nonunionized settings has been a modified grievance procedure ending in arbitration by a peer review panel.

Job satisfaction is usually higher in nonunionized settings than in unionized settings, after one accounts for differences in working conditions and workplace climate.

What is suggested by the word "critical" in the term "critical thinking"

A)  Effective critical thinkers tend to be judgmental of others' views. 
B)  Thinking is essential to success in our culture. 
C)  Critical thinkers are vigilant about their thinking. 
D)  The skills of effective thinking are learned early in life.

What is good advice for someone about to take a multiple-choice test

A)  Do the most difficult and time-consuming questions first. 
B)  Stick with your first answer. 
C)  Always read each question completely. 
D)  As you read the question, try to avoid the temptation to anticipate the answer.

What is the scientific method designed to do

A)  counteract subjectivity 
B)  utilize subjectivity 
C)  enhance subjectivity 
D)  ignore subjectivity

Carly was in favour of the proposed convention centre; Colin was against the project.When Carly surveyed people,she found that 70 percent of those she questioned were in favour of the project.Colin's survey found that 75 percent of those he surveyed were against building the convention centre.Which idea does these differing survey results support

A)  Motives and expectations can colour our experiences. 
B)  Sciences do not exist in a cultural vacuum. 
C)  Theoretical diversity is an important component in science. 
D)  Single-cause explanations are often inaccurate.

As part of a new "Great Migration" in the early twenty-first century,African Americans are moving

A) from the Northeast to the South.
B) from the North to the West.
C) from the West to the Northeast.
D) from the South to the Midwest.

What role did Hip Hop artists play in the 2008 presidential election?

A) For the first time,in the 2008 election Hip Hop artists became directly involved in political recruitment and voting drives.
B) The role of Hip Hop artists in the 2008 election was essentially negative,as both candidates distanced themselves from the movement in order to appeal to middle-class white voters.
C) During the 2008 election,Barack Obama gave rappers an insider role in his campaign,and reached out to the Hip Hop nation through new computer-based technologies.
D) Disillusioned by the weak government response to Hurricane Katrina,few Hip Hop artists took any role in the political campaign.

A major driver of the pressure to change the traditional union contracts and corresponding grievance procedures is the need for increased flexibility in the workplace.

An ombudsperson is a neutral person, employed by the company, who may investigate disputes but who is primarily concerned with helping management and the employee resolve their differences.

Chambliss stated that the tendency of the police,prosecutors,and judges to become tools of power and privilege is caused by the __________,or the need of organizations to compel their members to maximum rewards.

A) phenomenal reality
B) social reality
C) organizational imperative
D) organizational dysfunction

Chambliss's analysis of the English legal system showed that the vagrancy laws

A) helped the poor to improve their lives.
B) benefited the ordinary citizens the most.
C) aggravated the crime problem.
D) served the interests of the influential members of society.

According to research findings,what has been found to be associated with higher grades

A)  writing down everything your instructor says 
B)  attending class regularly 
C)  putting off studying until just before an exam 
D)  not changing answers on tests

Which of the following is most likely to be associated with poor grades,according to research findings

A)  being absent from class 
B)  changing answers on a multiple-choice test 
C)  rewarding yourself for studying 
D)  overlearning the material

Lily believes that if all violent media programming were banned,aggressive behaviour would almost completely disappear.Which statement suggests that many psychologists would disagree with Lily

A)  Behaviour is determined by multiple causes. 
B)  Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. 
C)  Perception is often subjective. 
D)  Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage.

Which of the following is best supported by the fact that your performance in this course will be affected by both personal and situational factors

A)  a multifactorial causation of behaviour approach 
B)  a psychoanalytic approach to explaining behaviour 
C)  an empirical explanation of behaviour 
D)  a sociohistorical explanation of behaviour

World War I and World War II stimulated the growth of psychology as a profession.Which unifying theme from your text does this influence illustrate

A)  Psychology is empirical. 
B)  People's experience of the world is highly subjective. 
C)  Psychology is theoretically diverse. 
D)  Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.