) Shortly before being interviewed for a job she really wants, Meredith finds that the Human Resources Director was involved in a minor traffic accident during lunch.
Should Meredith be concerned that the traffic accident may have a negative influence on the outcomes of the job interview?
A) Yes research indicates that even experienced interviewers are influenced by their current moods.
B) Maybe it depends on how much experience the Director has in interviewing job applicants.
C) No other factors, such as the strength of the applicants who have already been interviewed will strongly outweigh any lingering effect of the Director's mood.
D) Yes but only if Meredith mentions the accident in a way that accentuates the Director's presumed bad mood.
E) No research indicates that experienced interviewers are not influenced by accident-related current moods.
Question 2
Information that is consistent with our current affective state is more easily retrieved than is information that is inconsistent with our current affect. This is known as ________.
A) the mood congruence effect
B) affective state determined retrieval
C) affect-cognition feedback
D) the Ebbinghaus effect
E) mood dependent memory
An example of a homeostatically controlled variable: blood levels of glucose in a human.
Human-Biology
Human Memorabilia in Space
Heat Stress and Wind Chill: Indices of Human Discomfort
Major blood vessels of the human cardiovascular system
Human sense of smell