D312 Final Question and answer 100%
correct 2025/2026
Our understanding of how culture influences behavior in organizations is grounded in our idea of
________________. - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
Explains how we develop mental representations and how our mental representations influence the
way we process info about people and social events - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
When mental representations define a category - correct answer ✔Schema
When a mental representations contain a behavioral sequence - correct answer ✔Script
Happens spontaneously with little or no conscious thought - correct answer ✔Type 1 social cognition
Categorization process - correct answer ✔Social cognition
Shapes understanding of how culture influences behavior - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
In the US when being introduced to someone new they may shake each others hands without much
thought - correct answer ✔Example of type 1
Less automatic and requires more conscious thought - correct answer ✔Type 2 social cognition
If an American is encountered with someone they don't like they may wonder weather or not to hake
their hand and the appropriate greeting - correct answer ✔Example of Type 2 social cognition
,Most of our behavior is based on _______________ cognition. - correct answer ✔-Type 1
Our capacity for engaging in ___________ cognition is very limited and tiring. - correct answer ✔Type 2
Shape what people associate with things - correct answer ✔-Cultural schemas
Memories associated with personal experiences and also can't be directly known by others - correct
answer ✔Self Schemas
Independent and Interdependent - correct answer ✔Self Schemas
Person's behavior is expected to be organized and made meaningful based on the person's won internal
thoughts and feelings (Western Cultures) - correct answer ✔Independent Self Schema
Individuality is less differentiated and more connected to a particular group of people behavior is
influenced and organized by their perception of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others in some
larger social unit (Collectivist cultures) - correct answer ✔Interdependent Self Schema
We categorize ourselves and others in terms of
characteristics that group members share (physical
appearance, religion, political views, country of origin, lifestyle, attitudes, behaviors) - correct answer
✔Cultural Identity
Unconscious mental representations that shape
thought and action in a familiar situation - correct answer ✔Scripts
Acceptable behavior standards and shared within a cultural groups - correct answer ✔Norms
, How a sequence of events will unfold and how we can adjust our actions appropriately and are based on
past experiences - correct answer ✔Scripts
____________ and scripts influence each other. - correct answer ✔Schemas
Tell us what to expect from others and what is expected of us in certain situations - correct answer
✔Norms
Is the process by which individuals interpret the messages received from their senses and thereby give
meaning to their environment - correct answer ✔Perception
Process of interpreting and giving meaning - correct answer ✔Selective Perception
When confronted with information contrary to our existing views we "tune it out" by diverting our
attention elsewhere - correct answer ✔Uncertainty avoidance
Attracted to people similar to us and validates our view of the world - correct answer ✔Perceived
Similarity and Attraction
___________ clearly related to the idea of schemas and are a categorization of the characteristics and
behavior of a set of individuals - correct answer ✔Stereotypes
Categorization of characteristics and behavior of a set of people and usually negative - correct answer
✔Stereotypes
Categorizing cultures based on few dimensions and we notice variability with our own culture!! - correct
answer ✔National Stereotypes
correct 2025/2026
Our understanding of how culture influences behavior in organizations is grounded in our idea of
________________. - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
Explains how we develop mental representations and how our mental representations influence the
way we process info about people and social events - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
When mental representations define a category - correct answer ✔Schema
When a mental representations contain a behavioral sequence - correct answer ✔Script
Happens spontaneously with little or no conscious thought - correct answer ✔Type 1 social cognition
Categorization process - correct answer ✔Social cognition
Shapes understanding of how culture influences behavior - correct answer ✔-Social Cognition
In the US when being introduced to someone new they may shake each others hands without much
thought - correct answer ✔Example of type 1
Less automatic and requires more conscious thought - correct answer ✔Type 2 social cognition
If an American is encountered with someone they don't like they may wonder weather or not to hake
their hand and the appropriate greeting - correct answer ✔Example of Type 2 social cognition
,Most of our behavior is based on _______________ cognition. - correct answer ✔-Type 1
Our capacity for engaging in ___________ cognition is very limited and tiring. - correct answer ✔Type 2
Shape what people associate with things - correct answer ✔-Cultural schemas
Memories associated with personal experiences and also can't be directly known by others - correct
answer ✔Self Schemas
Independent and Interdependent - correct answer ✔Self Schemas
Person's behavior is expected to be organized and made meaningful based on the person's won internal
thoughts and feelings (Western Cultures) - correct answer ✔Independent Self Schema
Individuality is less differentiated and more connected to a particular group of people behavior is
influenced and organized by their perception of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others in some
larger social unit (Collectivist cultures) - correct answer ✔Interdependent Self Schema
We categorize ourselves and others in terms of
characteristics that group members share (physical
appearance, religion, political views, country of origin, lifestyle, attitudes, behaviors) - correct answer
✔Cultural Identity
Unconscious mental representations that shape
thought and action in a familiar situation - correct answer ✔Scripts
Acceptable behavior standards and shared within a cultural groups - correct answer ✔Norms
, How a sequence of events will unfold and how we can adjust our actions appropriately and are based on
past experiences - correct answer ✔Scripts
____________ and scripts influence each other. - correct answer ✔Schemas
Tell us what to expect from others and what is expected of us in certain situations - correct answer
✔Norms
Is the process by which individuals interpret the messages received from their senses and thereby give
meaning to their environment - correct answer ✔Perception
Process of interpreting and giving meaning - correct answer ✔Selective Perception
When confronted with information contrary to our existing views we "tune it out" by diverting our
attention elsewhere - correct answer ✔Uncertainty avoidance
Attracted to people similar to us and validates our view of the world - correct answer ✔Perceived
Similarity and Attraction
___________ clearly related to the idea of schemas and are a categorization of the characteristics and
behavior of a set of individuals - correct answer ✔Stereotypes
Categorization of characteristics and behavior of a set of people and usually negative - correct answer
✔Stereotypes
Categorizing cultures based on few dimensions and we notice variability with our own culture!! - correct
answer ✔National Stereotypes
