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WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
FINAL EXAM 2026| GRADE A QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
confirmation bias - correct-answer -The tendency to seek out information that
reaffirms past choices and to discount information that contradicts past
judgments.
availability bias - correct-answer -The tendency for people to base their
judgments on information that is readily available to them.
escalation of commitment - correct-answer -An increased commitment to a
previous decision in spite of negative information.
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randomness error - correct-answer -The tendency of individuals to believe that
they can predict the outcome of random events.
risk aversion - correct-answer -The tendency to prefer a sure gain of a moderate
amount over a riskier outcome, even if the riskier outcome might have a higher
expected payoff.
hindsight bias - correct-answer -The tendency to believe falsely, after an outcome
of an event is actually known, that one would have accurately predicted that
outcome.
utilitarianism - correct-answer -A system in which decisions are made to provide
the greatest good for the greatest number.
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whistle blowers - correct-answer -Individuals who report unethical practices by
their employer to outsiders.
creativity - correct-answer -The ability to produce novel and useful ideas.
three-component model of creativity - correct-answer -The proposition that
individual creativity requires expertise, creative thinking skills, and intrinsic task
motivation.
Motivation - correct-answer -The processes that account for an individual's
intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs. - correct-answer -1. Physiological 2.Safety 3. Social
4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization
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hierarchy of needs - correct-answer -Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of five needs—
physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization—in which, as each
need is substantially satisfied, the next need becomes dominant.
lower-order needs - correct-answer -Needs that are satisfied externally, such as
physiological and safety needs.
self-actualization - correct-answer -The drive to become what a person is capable
of becoming.
higher-order needs - correct-answer -Needs that are satisfied internally, such as
social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.
WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
FINAL EXAM 2026| GRADE A QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
confirmation bias - correct-answer -The tendency to seek out information that
reaffirms past choices and to discount information that contradicts past
judgments.
availability bias - correct-answer -The tendency for people to base their
judgments on information that is readily available to them.
escalation of commitment - correct-answer -An increased commitment to a
previous decision in spite of negative information.
,2|Page
randomness error - correct-answer -The tendency of individuals to believe that
they can predict the outcome of random events.
risk aversion - correct-answer -The tendency to prefer a sure gain of a moderate
amount over a riskier outcome, even if the riskier outcome might have a higher
expected payoff.
hindsight bias - correct-answer -The tendency to believe falsely, after an outcome
of an event is actually known, that one would have accurately predicted that
outcome.
utilitarianism - correct-answer -A system in which decisions are made to provide
the greatest good for the greatest number.
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whistle blowers - correct-answer -Individuals who report unethical practices by
their employer to outsiders.
creativity - correct-answer -The ability to produce novel and useful ideas.
three-component model of creativity - correct-answer -The proposition that
individual creativity requires expertise, creative thinking skills, and intrinsic task
motivation.
Motivation - correct-answer -The processes that account for an individual's
intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs. - correct-answer -1. Physiological 2.Safety 3. Social
4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization
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hierarchy of needs - correct-answer -Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of five needs—
physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization—in which, as each
need is substantially satisfied, the next need becomes dominant.
lower-order needs - correct-answer -Needs that are satisfied externally, such as
physiological and safety needs.
self-actualization - correct-answer -The drive to become what a person is capable
of becoming.
higher-order needs - correct-answer -Needs that are satisfied internally, such as
social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.
