Organizational Behavior: Chapter 2
Perception & Personality
What is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. - correct answer
✔Perception
What are three factors that affect perception? - correct answer ✔The
Perceiver, Target & Situation
What do you call an individual who looks at a target and attempts to interpret
what he or she sees and is heavily influenced by the perceiver's personal
characteristics. - correct answer ✔The Perceiver
The theory that when we observe what seems like atypical behaviour by an
individual, we attempt to determine whether it is internally or externally
caused. - correct answer ✔Attribution Theory
What factor of perception involves the context in which we see objects or
events? ie: young guest dressed nicely at a nightclub compared to dressing
up nicely in class - correct answer ✔The Situation
A behavioural rule that considers whether an individual acts similarly across a
variety of situations. - correct answer ✔Distinctiveness
A behavioural rule that considers if everyone faced with a similar situation
responds in the same way. - correct answer ✔Consensus
Perception & Personality
What is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. - correct answer
✔Perception
What are three factors that affect perception? - correct answer ✔The
Perceiver, Target & Situation
What do you call an individual who looks at a target and attempts to interpret
what he or she sees and is heavily influenced by the perceiver's personal
characteristics. - correct answer ✔The Perceiver
The theory that when we observe what seems like atypical behaviour by an
individual, we attempt to determine whether it is internally or externally
caused. - correct answer ✔Attribution Theory
What factor of perception involves the context in which we see objects or
events? ie: young guest dressed nicely at a nightclub compared to dressing
up nicely in class - correct answer ✔The Situation
A behavioural rule that considers whether an individual acts similarly across a
variety of situations. - correct answer ✔Distinctiveness
A behavioural rule that considers if everyone faced with a similar situation
responds in the same way. - correct answer ✔Consensus
