PSY2114 Final Test With 100% Correct Solutions
meaning-mission fit - ANSWER alignment between people's personal intentions + their
company's mission → ensuring this is major factor of talent management efforts in
organizations
reality shock - ANSWER situation in which what you learn in the classroom doesn't
transfer directly to real world + does not represent all you need to know
developmental coach - ANSWER individual who helps person focus on their goals,
motivations + aspirations to help them achieve focus + apply them properly. Focuses on
general skill development + performance improvement
psychological capital theory - ANSWER notion that having a positive outlook improves
outcomes
alienation - ANSWER situation in which workers feel what they're doing is meaningless +
their efforts are devalued
passion model - ANSWER obsessive (internal urge to engage in activity so person can
never fully disengage from it) or harmonious (individuals aren't compelled to engage in
activity) → obsessive passion = higher level of conflict/burnout
glass ceiling - ANSWER level to which a woman may rise in an organization but beyond
which they may not go (barrier), men are blind to its existence
glass cliff - ANSWER situation in which a woman's leadership position in an organization
= precarious (uncertain)
boomerang employees - ANSWER individuals who terminate employment at one point in
time but return to work in same organization at future time, usually not eligible for
benefits
backup care - ANSWER emergency care for dependent family member so employee
does not lose a day of work, a growing need in the workplace (can reduce employee
stress)
work-family conflict - ANSWER feeling of being pulled in multiple directions by
incompatible demands from job/family
climacteric - ANSWER biological process during which women pass from their
reproductive to nonreproductive years, some view it as loss of ability to have children,
others view it as liberating b/c pregnancy worry is gone
menopausal hormone therapy - ANSWER women take low doses of estrogen combined
w/ progestin (synthetic progesterone) in response to increased health risks
, stress and coping paradigm - ANSWER framework that views stress not as
environmental stimulus or as a response, but as the interaction of a thinking person + an
event (how we interpret an event matters)
primary appraisal - ANSWER process that categorizes events into 3 groups based on
significance they have for one's well-being; irrelevant (don't affect us), benign/neutral or
positive, or stressful
secondary appraisal - ANSWER process that evaluated one's perceived ability to cope
w/ harm, threat or challenge
reappraisal - ANSWER process of making new primary/secondary appraisal resulting
from changes in the situation, can increase or lower stress
problem-focused coping - ANSWER attempts to tackle problem head-on
emotion-focused coping - ANSWER dealing w/ one's feelings about a stressful event,
goal isn't necessarily to eliminate problem but to help deal w/ situations that are hard to
tackle
PTSD - ANSWER anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to terrifying event in
which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened
mindfulness-based stress reduction - ANSWER being aware + non-judgemental of
whatever is happening at that moment (could be yoga or meditation), has many positive
effects including structural/functional changes in brain areas related to stress + emotion
2-component model of lifespan intelligence - ANSWER dynamic interplay between
mechanics of intelligence (aspects of intelligence compromising fluid intelligence) +
pragmatics of intelligence (aspects of intelligence reflecting crystallized intelligence,
associated more w/ knowledge available)
mechanics of intelligence - ANSWER more linked w/ gradual loss of brain efficiency in
aging; compromise fluid intelligence
fluid intelligence - ANSWER abilities that allow you to be flexible and adaptive, to make
inferences, to understand relationships among concepts
e.g., information processing, universal, biological, genetically predisposed,
context-poor
pragmatics of intelligence - ANSWER more linked w/ psychological/sociocultural
influences, so increases w/ aging; reflect crystal intelligence
crystallized intelligence - ANSWER knowledge you have acquired through life
experience and education in a particular culture
E.g., knowledge, experience, context-rich, culture-dependent
kinkeeper - ANSWER person who gathers family members together for celebrations +
meaning-mission fit - ANSWER alignment between people's personal intentions + their
company's mission → ensuring this is major factor of talent management efforts in
organizations
reality shock - ANSWER situation in which what you learn in the classroom doesn't
transfer directly to real world + does not represent all you need to know
developmental coach - ANSWER individual who helps person focus on their goals,
motivations + aspirations to help them achieve focus + apply them properly. Focuses on
general skill development + performance improvement
psychological capital theory - ANSWER notion that having a positive outlook improves
outcomes
alienation - ANSWER situation in which workers feel what they're doing is meaningless +
their efforts are devalued
passion model - ANSWER obsessive (internal urge to engage in activity so person can
never fully disengage from it) or harmonious (individuals aren't compelled to engage in
activity) → obsessive passion = higher level of conflict/burnout
glass ceiling - ANSWER level to which a woman may rise in an organization but beyond
which they may not go (barrier), men are blind to its existence
glass cliff - ANSWER situation in which a woman's leadership position in an organization
= precarious (uncertain)
boomerang employees - ANSWER individuals who terminate employment at one point in
time but return to work in same organization at future time, usually not eligible for
benefits
backup care - ANSWER emergency care for dependent family member so employee
does not lose a day of work, a growing need in the workplace (can reduce employee
stress)
work-family conflict - ANSWER feeling of being pulled in multiple directions by
incompatible demands from job/family
climacteric - ANSWER biological process during which women pass from their
reproductive to nonreproductive years, some view it as loss of ability to have children,
others view it as liberating b/c pregnancy worry is gone
menopausal hormone therapy - ANSWER women take low doses of estrogen combined
w/ progestin (synthetic progesterone) in response to increased health risks
, stress and coping paradigm - ANSWER framework that views stress not as
environmental stimulus or as a response, but as the interaction of a thinking person + an
event (how we interpret an event matters)
primary appraisal - ANSWER process that categorizes events into 3 groups based on
significance they have for one's well-being; irrelevant (don't affect us), benign/neutral or
positive, or stressful
secondary appraisal - ANSWER process that evaluated one's perceived ability to cope
w/ harm, threat or challenge
reappraisal - ANSWER process of making new primary/secondary appraisal resulting
from changes in the situation, can increase or lower stress
problem-focused coping - ANSWER attempts to tackle problem head-on
emotion-focused coping - ANSWER dealing w/ one's feelings about a stressful event,
goal isn't necessarily to eliminate problem but to help deal w/ situations that are hard to
tackle
PTSD - ANSWER anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to terrifying event in
which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened
mindfulness-based stress reduction - ANSWER being aware + non-judgemental of
whatever is happening at that moment (could be yoga or meditation), has many positive
effects including structural/functional changes in brain areas related to stress + emotion
2-component model of lifespan intelligence - ANSWER dynamic interplay between
mechanics of intelligence (aspects of intelligence compromising fluid intelligence) +
pragmatics of intelligence (aspects of intelligence reflecting crystallized intelligence,
associated more w/ knowledge available)
mechanics of intelligence - ANSWER more linked w/ gradual loss of brain efficiency in
aging; compromise fluid intelligence
fluid intelligence - ANSWER abilities that allow you to be flexible and adaptive, to make
inferences, to understand relationships among concepts
e.g., information processing, universal, biological, genetically predisposed,
context-poor
pragmatics of intelligence - ANSWER more linked w/ psychological/sociocultural
influences, so increases w/ aging; reflect crystal intelligence
crystallized intelligence - ANSWER knowledge you have acquired through life
experience and education in a particular culture
E.g., knowledge, experience, context-rich, culture-dependent
kinkeeper - ANSWER person who gathers family members together for celebrations +
