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Q: Evaluation is an important phase of the HRD process but is often over emphasized..

Q: Audrey and Jackson both think their relationship is in a rut and decide to take up a new hobby together: hiking. According to Baumeister & Bratslavsy (1999), this new adventure should correlate with a. increased relationship satisfaction. b. decreased relationship satisfaction. c. aspects of individual happiness. d. increased fighting.

Q: ASTD has not yet developed a code of ethics..

Q: According to Baumeister & Bratslavsy (1999), change in emotion rather than the emotion itself a. interrupts the success of a relationship. b. causes a breakup. c. maintains familiarity and comfort in relationships. d. fosters greater emotional connection between partners.

Q: HRD professionals need to develop a solid understanding of learning theory.

Q: One way to decrease the decline of chemicals associated with emotional intensity is to a. love more. b. expose self and partner to new situations. c. maintain familiarity and comfort in relationships. d. break up with partner.

Q: In the U.S. only about 20% of the jobs require at least a High School education.

Q: Individuals in long-term relationships note that expressed affection and frequency of sex decline rapidly after the first year or two of marriage. How do they respond? a. With frustration and guilt b. With understanding and acceptance as companionate love increases c. With resentment d. With understanding and acceptance as companionate love decreases

Q: Diversity is always a catalyst for improved organizational performance.

Q: Earlier research on passionate love suggested that passionate love shifted to companionate love. Newer research by Tucker and Aron (1993) found a. similar findings to previous results. b. that companionate love continued throughout the relationship, although it did have ups and downs. c. that passionate love continued throughout the relationship, although it did have ups and downs. d. that few couples reported passion for their mates over the long term.

Q: Increasing diversity in the workplace means racial, ethnic, gender and age diversity.

Q: __________ love may get us into long-term relationships, but _________ love sustains them. a. Passionate; companionate b. Companionate; manic c. Ludus; eros d. Pragmatic; storge

Q: Over the past 20 years the HRD profession has become better connected to the academic community..

Q: __________ love is based on trust, mutual respect, affection, and friendship. a. Passionate b. Companionate c. Manic d. Pragmatic

Q: In the organization change agent role the HRD manager advises management in the design and implementation of change strategies.

Q: Jared hasn"t felt the same about Stacy for some time. He commented to his brother, "I remember when the hair on my neck stood up when she entered a room, and I wouldn"t stop thinking about her. I guess I just don"t love her anymore." Based on his statement, we can infer that Jared defines love as _________-based. a. companionate b. passion c. friendship d. communication

Q: The learning strategist focuses on entry level employee training.

Q: From a physiological perspective, the decline in passionate love characteristic of many relationships has been attributed to a. troubles in the relationship. b. the need of greater neurochemicals to have the same feelings and the inability to create the increasing amounts. c. the decrease in time available to spend with one's partner. d. the increase in time together and decrease in fantasy-based perceptions.

Q: Harriet reports feeling giddy whenever she thinks about her boyfriend. The giddiness is related to neurochemicals such as _______ and ________, which stimulates us and promotes feelings of attraction. a. estrogen; testosterone b. dopamine; estrogen c. PEA (phenylethylmine); testosterone d. dopamine; PEA (phenylethylmine)

Q: HRD executives should contribute ideas, information and recommendations during strategy formulation.

Q: Theresa describes her love for her husband as intensely arousing and overwhelming. According to Hendrick (2004), this is characteristic of _______ love. a. passionate b. manic c. companionate d. intimate

Q: In order to more fully integrate HRM with the strategic needs of the organization to two types of alignment are needed: External and upward alignment

Q: Passionate love is fueled by ___________ and cognitive factors. a. physiological b. evaluative c. charismatic d. storge

Q: According to Bernthal business strategy should be at the center of all HRD efforts?

Q: __________ love is characterized by intense arousal and absorption with a partner. a. Intimate b. Companionate c. Manic d. Passionate

Q: McLagan identified the four primary HRD functions.

Q: Sammy has corresponded for six months with Maddie, a woman he met online and is planning to meet. According to Levine (2000), what is the likely outcome? a. They will live happily ever after. b. Since they have corresponded longer than a month without meeting, they may deal with unrealistic expectations. c. They will never meet. d. One or both will move on to other partners.

Q: Traditionally, HRD Departments have Staff Authority.

Q: Line authority should have no role in the HRM function.

Q: Since you can control the pace of dating in Internet dating, people may perceive their mates to be more attractive because a. of mere exposure. b. of dishonesty. c. of the virtual environment. d. they love them.

Q: Rather than attitude similarity leading to marriage, it could be that a. attitudes have become more similar by the time partners have decided to get married. b. attitudes have become more dissimilar. c. perceptions of similarity may be less than actual similarity. d. influences from others make partners more similar.

Q: HRD functions are now involved coaching and problem solving.

Q: Personality traits have a consistent impact on relationship satisfaction and this relationship is a. strong. b. moderate. c. weak. d. nonexistent.

Q: In 2010 ASTD has approximately 40,000 members in 100 plus countries.

Q: ASTD stands for the American Society for Training & Development

Q: One theory on why attitude similarity predicts relationship satisfaction involves the idea that dating someone with similar beliefs __________our own perspective. a. changes b. devalues c. personalizes d. validates

Q: The show, tell, do and check training method began in World War I and is still in use today.

Q: Sam and Michael are similar in that they have comparable values concerning education and family. This is an example of ___________ similarity. a. demographic b. attitude c. personality d. lifetime

Q: The first documented Factory School began at Hoe and Company in 1782.

Q: In addition to physical attractiveness, _________, or the degree to which we are like someone, is related to attraction. a. similarity b. dissimilarity c. opposites attract d. mere exposure

Q: Scientific Management recognized that people are more important in efficient production than are machines.

Q: According to your text, when it comes to self-monitoring, men who are high self-monitors rank the characteristic of physical attractiveness as a. less important. b. more important. c. equally important. d. unimportant.

Q: Yeomanries were the forerunners of modern labor unions.

Q: Compared to women, men rank the characteristic of physical attractiveness as a. less important. b. more important. c. equally important. d. unimportant.

Q: Seeing a significantly older woman on a date with a much younger man may remind us of _____________theory, which suggests we may trade what we have for something the partner is offering. a. social exchange b. dating forever c. social attractiveness d. social matching

Q: According to the ______________ theory, we want the best we can get from relationships and may need to trade what we have for something the partner is offering. a. social matching b. dating forever c. social attractiveness d. social exchange

Q: The definition of Human Resource Development includes training for both past and present job skills.

Q: According to the ____________ hypothesis, we tend to pursue others we think are in about the same category as us in attractiveness as long as they reciprocate our interest. a. matching b. dating c. opposites attract d. attractiveness

Q: In a survey the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) estimates organizations spend under $100 Billion on employee learning and development.

Q: Job performance is at the core of all HRD efforts.

Q: There is a relationship between the prevalence of food in a culture and perceptions of female beauty in that as food becomes a. more plentiful, heavier women are perceived as more attractive. b. less plentiful, thinner women are perceived as more attractive. c. less plentiful, heavier women are perceived as more attractive. d. more plentiful, older women are perceived as more attractive.

Q: The Human Relations movement began as an "˜anti-factory" movement due to poor working conditions in many factories.

Q: According to your text, research on physical attractiveness indicates that women are more likely to achieve orgasm with a _________ male partner. a. familiar b. tired c. previous d. symmetrical

Q: The core of all HRD efforts is reading

Q: Women's preferences for men with healthy and physically attractive characteristics are highest when women are a. menopausal. b. tired. c. pregnant. d. fertile.

Q: As late as the 1920's a person apprenticing in a law office could practice law after passing the state exam.

Q: The __________ effect finds people tend to like others more when they have seen them more frequently, even if they haven"t spoken to the person. a. attraction b. mere exposure c. similarity d. complementarity

Q: Most people have actually been involved in some form of HRD.

Q: One reason individuals who live in close proximity to us or who attend similar classes are perceived as more attractive is because we see them more frequently. This is known as the _________ effect. a. eros b. proximity c. mere exposure d. association

Q: Mason is literally getting ready to marry the girl next door. He and Sierra grew up in the same neighborhood, and their parents were friends. The idea that we are attracted to individuals who live nearby is called the ________ effect. a. eros b. association c. attractiveness d. proximity

Q: Jessica has a passionate, unconditional love for her husband, Harrison. She never has a concern for reciprocity. Lee would describe their love as a. eros. b. pragma. c. mania. d. agape.

Q: ___________ and storge love styles combine to form the deep abiding love that is passionate and selfless. a. Eros b. Pragma c. Mania d. Agape

Q: A(n) ___________ love style involves a deep abiding love that is passionate and selfless. a. storge b. pragma c. mania d. agape

Q: Susan has a difficult time trusting her partner and spends much of her time engaging in obsessive, desperate, and possessive behaviors. This love style is known as a. storge. b. pragma. c. mania. d. agape.

Q: Lee's secondary love style, pragma, is a combination of _________ and ludus primary love styles. a. storge b. pragma c. eros d. agape

Q: Individuals with a(n) _________ love style weigh the benefits and costs of a particular relationship. a. eros b. ludus c. storge d. pragma

Q: Jeff takes pride in his ability to get women to fall for him, although he has no intention of commitment. Which of Lee's love styles best characterizes this behavior? a. Eros b. Ludus c. Storge d. Passion

Q: One multipurpose, nondefensive response that is most effective in responding to others' criticisms involves a. guessing about the specifics. b. ignoring the remarks. c. paraphrasing. d. asking for clarification.

Q: Suzanne was hurt when her mother unfairly criticized her efforts on a recent exam. Since Suzanne believes the criticism is inaccurate, her best response is to ___________ the statement. a. disagree with b. agree with c. understand the motivation of d. ask for clarification of

Q: One of the hardest situations to deal with is when someone criticizes us for something we know is true. In this case, the best response is to ___________ the statement. a. disagree with b. agree with c. understand the motivation of d. ask for clarification of

Q: The defense-arousing message that implies the speaker is smarter, knows more, or is somehow better than the listener is a(n) ________ message. a. empathy b. neutrality c. superiority d. description

Q: When a respondent seems disinterested in what we have to say, Gibb refers to the behavior as a. empathy. b. neutrality. c. superiority. d. description.

Q: The category of defense-arousing response that deals with listener interest is known as a. evaluation vs. description. b. control vs. problem orientation. c. certainty vs. provisionalism. d. neutrality vs. empathy.

Q: The ___________ category for eliciting defensive responses is more difficult to recognize than other strategies because the strategy is often more apparent in the nonverbal element. a. evaluation vs. description b. strategy vs. spontaneity c. certainty vs. provisionalism d. neutrality vs. empathy

Q: Individuals with hidden agendas are often perceived as communicating in a way that is meant to manipulate the other person. This defense-arousing behavior is called a. evaluation. b. strategy. c. certainty. d. provisionalism.

Q: Control orientation is to problem orientation as _________ is to a. a message signals closed-mindedness; a message signals open-mindedness. b. making decisions for other people; working with partners to share decision making. c. evaluating another person; describing the behavior of another person. d. conveys the speaker is smarter; conveys the listener is smarter.

Q: When we respond to friends supportively and in a way that signals open-mindedness and interest, we are using a(n) _________ response. a. evaluative b. descriptive c. certainty d. provisional

Q: Often when others respond to our fears or our concerns, they imply that their opinion is the last word on the subject. This is known as a(n) _________ response. a. evaluative b. descriptive c. certainty d. provisional

Q: Jackie didn"t do well on her first human relations exam and called her mom with her concerns. Her mom responded, "It sounds like you are really upset." This response is typical of ___________ language. a. evaluative b. descriptive c. certainty d. provisional

Q: Jackie didn"t do well on her first human relations exam and called her mom with her concerns. Her mom responded, "You should have studied more." Jackie responded defensively because her mother used ___________ language. a. evaluative b. descriptive c. certainty d. provisional