Author Question: A reporter goes to a gun show to cover a story for the local paper, and is inundated with the sight ... (Read 144 times)

urbanoutfitters · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A reporter goes to a gun show to cover a story for the local paper, and is inundated with the sight of guns. On the way home, he stops for lunch. Here he finds himself acting aggressively and rudely to the waiter. Which conceptbest explains his behavior?

a. Thanatos
b. triggered displacement
c. the weapons effect
d. displacement

Question 2

Joe is a high-level administrator at a university. He changes his mind so frequently that his staff often cannot figure out what they should be doing. When he says no to an employee request, he offers no explanation beyond Because I said so, that's why He was a great Dean of the College, but has not done as well since moving up in the administration. This scenario illustrates three patterns associated with being a bad boss, all of which are listed below. Which one represents the additional pattern of being a bad boss (that is, one which is not explicitly referred to in the scenario)?

a. promotion beyond competence level
b. failure to build a team
c. poor interpersonal skills that create conflict between him and staff
d. undermining the employees' ability to work together