Question

1.Fill in the blank: WTP is used to describe an approach to the problem of —————-. A. value elicitation B. probability elicitation C. heuristic search D. debiasing E. heuristic optimization

2. Under Affect Control Theory, what would the boldface element in the event “An angry manager yells at a lazy worker in the boardroom.” be called? A. An object B. An actor C. A behavior D. A setting E. A transient state

3. Which of the following do Krackhardt and Hanson not identify as potentially problematic structural configurations? A. Irregular communication patterns B. Fragile structures C. Network “holes” D. “Imploded” relationships E. “Disjoint” cycles

7. Consider the following. Schuman and Presser (1981) asked two versions of the same question:

1. “Should divorce in this country be easier to obtain, more difficult to obtain, or stay as it is now?”

2. “Should divorce in this country be easier to obtain, stay as it is now, or be more difficult to obtain?”

Fill in the blank: Respondents’ reactions to the Schuman and Presser divorce question provide an illustration of —————. A. the conjunctive fallacy B. the disjunctive fallacy C. pseudo-opinion D. the primacy effect E. the recency effect

8. Which of the following does Bulgatz not identify as contributing to the end of the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s? A. Deliberate action by Florida officials to curb boosterism B. Cascading defaults of leveraged purchases C. A decline in new investments in late 1925 D. The hurricane of 1926 E. Uncertainty regarding the taxability of paper profits on land sales

9. Under Affect Control Theory, what would the boldface element in the event “An angry manager yells at a lazy worker in the boardroom.” be called? A. A behavior B. An actor C. A setting D. An object E. A transient state

10. Which of the following is not a conclusion drawn by Strang and Macy? A. Market stratification promotes faddish cycles by making it more difficult for emulators to recognize effective innovations B. Skepticism always improves organizational performance C. Faddish vicissitudes are most robust not when innovations are worthless but when they have identifiable but modest merit D. Even worthless innovations can spread in a population of performance-driven actors E. Adaptive emulation generates faddish cycles

11. Which of the following institutional practices was identified by Oldman as contributing to regular roulette players’ belief in the “skill-based” nature of the game, in the casino where he was a participant-observer? A. Offering deep discounts for repeated play B. Switching croupiers away from losing tables C. Ensuring that all casino workers believed the game to be skill-based D. Only opening the casino on certain evenings E. Refusing service to patrons with expertise in decision theory  

13. Fill in the blank: “Organizational isomorphism” refers to —————. A. the tendency of related organizations to compete with one another B. the tendency of organizations in the same field to become more similar over time C. the spread of fads within organizations D. the match between an organization’s form and its environment E. the ability of organizations to change form

14. Fill in the blank: The “static” in the static reasoning heuristic refers to —————–. A. the idea that one cannot use mixed strategies B. attempting to interfere with other players’ strategies C. making one decision for all future time D. holding other players’ behaviors constant E. electricity

15. Which of the following contexts is not likely to involve a causal misattribution? A. Modern weather prediction B. Roulette C. Dowsing D. Deciding whether to praise success or punish failure E. Dieting for health

17. Fill in the blank: The “E” dimension of the three-factor EPA impression model is called the ————– dimension. A. evil B. environmental C. emancipatory D. evaluation E. Erlang

18. Fill in the blank: When asked about things they don’t understand in a survey context, subjects tend to —————. A. give the correct answer B. go research the correct answer C. make something up D. refuse to answer the question E. skip the question

19. Fill in the blank: Salience is best described as —————. A. a causal variable B. the tendency for an object or attribute to command attention C. a bias induced by exposure D. a strong emotional response E. the tendency of an actor to be highly central

20. Under Affect Control Theory, what would the boldface element in the event “An angry manager yells at a lazy worker in the boardroom.” be called? A. A transient state B. A setting C. A behavior D. An object E. An actor

Answer 1

1. Solution: value elicitation

Explanation: The willingness to pay, also known as, WTP is used to values alternative interventions for elicit patients'

2. Solution: A transient state

Explanation: A transient state occurs when manager who is angry yells at a lazy worker in the boardroom

3) Solution: "Disjoint" cycles

Explanation: Krackhardt and Hanson failed to identify the "Disjoint" cycles

7) Solution: recency effect

Explanation: The recency effect occurs when in working memory the items are still present

10) Solution: Deliberate action by Florida officials to curb boosterism

Explanation: A Deliberate action of Florida officials was not included as contributing to the end of the Florida Land Boom