Exam 14: Dynamics of Behavior in Organizations

Teresa is highly imaginative and an artistically sensitive individual who displays a high degree of creativity. According to the Big Five personality factors, these qualities describe her openness to experience.

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Question 81

Mary is a talkative, assertive, and sociable individual who is very comfortable with interpersonal relationships. This describes which quality of Mary?

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Question 82

____________________ is a change in behavior or performance that occurs as the result of experience.

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Question 83

From attributions viewpoint, if the behavior is in consensus, the perceiver will probably respond to similar situations in the same way.

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Question 84

Attribution is the cognitive process people use to make sense out of the environment by selecting, organizing, and interpreting information.

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Question 85

Machiavellianism is the tendency to direct much on one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of other people for purely personal gain.

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Question 86

The tendency to direct much of one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of others for personal gain is called

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Question 87

A condition in which two attitudes or a behavior and an attitude conflict is called ______________________________.

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Question 88

Job satisfaction is work behavior that goes beyond job requirements and contributes as needed to the organization's success.

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Question 89

______________________________ is the tendency of perceivers to protect themselves against ideas, objects, or people that are threatening.

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Question 90

People generally experience __________ when their work matches their needs and interests, when working conditions and rewards (such as pay) are satisfactory, and when the employees like their co-workers.

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Question 91

Errors in perceptual judgment that arise from inaccuracies in any part of the perception process are called ______________________________.

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Question 92

People give themselves too much credit for what they do well and give external forces too much blame when they fail refers to the self-serving bias.

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Question 93

Describe the learning process and the four-stage cycle of learning.

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Question 94

People with an external locus of control are

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Question 95

Which of these refers to the set of characteristics that underlie a relatively stable pattern of behavior in response to ideas, objects, or people in the environment?

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Question 96

Which of these styles would likely be appropriate for a counseling job?

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Question 97

_________________________ means giving employees the freedom to vary their hours as needed.

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Question 98

A person with a converger learning style type is good at generating ideas and seeing a situation from multiple perspectives.

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Question 99

Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of how individuals and groups tend to act in organizations.

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Exam 14: Dynamics of Behavior in Organizations

Teresa is highly imaginative and an artistically sensitive individual who displays a high degree of creativity. According to the Big Five personality factors, these qualities describe her openness to experience.

Mary is a talkative, assertive, and sociable individual who is very comfortable with interpersonal relationships. This describes which quality of Mary?

____________________ is a change in behavior or performance that occurs as the result of experience.

From attributions viewpoint, if the behavior is in consensus, the perceiver will probably respond to similar situations in the same way.

Attribution is the cognitive process people use to make sense out of the environment by selecting, organizing, and interpreting information.

Machiavellianism is the tendency to direct much on one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of other people for purely personal gain.

The tendency to direct much of one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of others for personal gain is called

A condition in which two attitudes or a behavior and an attitude conflict is called ______________________________.

Job satisfaction is work behavior that goes beyond job requirements and contributes as needed to the organization's success.

______________________________ is the tendency of perceivers to protect themselves against ideas, objects, or people that are threatening.

People generally experience __________ when their work matches their needs and interests, when working conditions and rewards (such as pay) are satisfactory, and when the employees like their co-workers.

Errors in perceptual judgment that arise from inaccuracies in any part of the perception process are called ______________________________.

People give themselves too much credit for what they do well and give external forces too much blame when they fail refers to the self-serving bias.

Describe the learning process and the four-stage cycle of learning.

People with an external locus of control are

Which of these refers to the set of characteristics that underlie a relatively stable pattern of behavior in response to ideas, objects, or people in the environment?

Which of these styles would likely be appropriate for a counseling job?

_________________________ means giving employees the freedom to vary their hours as needed.

A person with a converger learning style type is good at generating ideas and seeing a situation from multiple perspectives.

Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of how individuals and groups tend to act in organizations.

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