Organizational Behavior C715 Final Exams Review
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What is an unconscious decision making process created from distilled experience? -
✔✔Intuitive Decision making model.
The tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information
that contradicts past judgments is known as a(n) ________ bias. - ✔✔Confirmation Bias
The tendency to fixate on initial information from which one then fails to adequately adjust. -
✔✔Anchoring Bias
A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than
to behaviors of 6 or 9 months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by
a(n) ________ bias. - ✔✔availability bias- the tendency for people to base their judgements
on information that is readily available.
If Alberta is a categorized as a Theory X manager, what behaviors is she most likely to exhibit? -
✔✔She will strictly control all the details of any project she is managing.
Davina is categorized as a Theory Y manager, what are some behaviors that she is most likely to
exhibit? - ✔✔She will let her employees choose their own goals.
She will trust her employees to use their discretion in most matters.
She will delegate authority extensively to junior managers.
You manage a department of five employees. You have identified that Joe has a high need for
achievement, Mary has a high need for power, and Tim has a high need for affiliation. Sarah
,scored high on the need for power and low on the need for affiliation. Doug scored low on both
need for power and need for affiliation.
Which of these five employees is most suitable for handling your responsibilities when you are
on a vacation? - ✔✔Sarah
Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying one's hunger, thirst, and other
bodily needs? - ✔✔physiological base needs must be met first
According to the two-factor theory, ________. - ✔✔The aspects that lead to job satisfaction
are separate and distinct from those that lead to job dissatisfaction
What are the two factors of the two factor theory (Hygiene)? - ✔✔Intrinsic-job satisfaction
Extrinsic- dissatisfaction
What theory proposes that people prefer to feel they have control over their actions, so
anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen
activity will undermine motivation? - ✔✔self-determination theory
What statements are true regarding goal-setting theory? - ✔✔People do better when they
get feedback on how well they are progressing toward their goals.
According to Albert Bandura, the most important source of increasing self-efficacy is ________.
- ✔✔enactive mastery
Name a describe the four ways that self efficacy can be increased. - ✔✔Enactive Mastery-
gaining relevant experience.
Vicarious Modeling- becoming more confident seeing someone else complete a task.
Verbal Persuasion-someone convinces you.
Arousal- Psyched up
, A(n) ________ is any consequence, immediately following a response, that increases the
probability that the behavior will be repeated. - ✔✔reinforcer
Jim is a salaried employee whose job is to develop content for online web sites. He discovers
that he is paid substantially more than his colleagues, even though their jobs and levels of
performance are very similar. According to the equity theory, what impact is this discovery
most likely to have on his behavior and performance? - ✔✔He will increase his productivity
and/or the overall quality of his work.
Valerie Sinclair, a climate campaigner at an environmental organization, invariably uses
rationale to make decisions for project implementation. She believes that the right decisions
can only be made through scrutiny and analysis. Each time she needs to make a decision, she
weighs all option before taking action. Which of the following is Sinclairs personality type
according to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Classification? - ✔✔Thinking
What are the eight personality types according to the Myers Briggs? - ✔✔Extraverted
Introverted
Sensing
Intuitive
Thinking
Feeling
Judging
Perceiving
What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality? -
✔✔It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or another when in reality people
can be multiple types
Describe Core Self Evaluation. - ✔✔Positive core like themselves, effective, capable, in
control of their environment.
Questions, All Solved 100% Correct | Verified
Answers
What is an unconscious decision making process created from distilled experience? -
✔✔Intuitive Decision making model.
The tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information
that contradicts past judgments is known as a(n) ________ bias. - ✔✔Confirmation Bias
The tendency to fixate on initial information from which one then fails to adequately adjust. -
✔✔Anchoring Bias
A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than
to behaviors of 6 or 9 months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by
a(n) ________ bias. - ✔✔availability bias- the tendency for people to base their judgements
on information that is readily available.
If Alberta is a categorized as a Theory X manager, what behaviors is she most likely to exhibit? -
✔✔She will strictly control all the details of any project she is managing.
Davina is categorized as a Theory Y manager, what are some behaviors that she is most likely to
exhibit? - ✔✔She will let her employees choose their own goals.
She will trust her employees to use their discretion in most matters.
She will delegate authority extensively to junior managers.
You manage a department of five employees. You have identified that Joe has a high need for
achievement, Mary has a high need for power, and Tim has a high need for affiliation. Sarah
,scored high on the need for power and low on the need for affiliation. Doug scored low on both
need for power and need for affiliation.
Which of these five employees is most suitable for handling your responsibilities when you are
on a vacation? - ✔✔Sarah
Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying one's hunger, thirst, and other
bodily needs? - ✔✔physiological base needs must be met first
According to the two-factor theory, ________. - ✔✔The aspects that lead to job satisfaction
are separate and distinct from those that lead to job dissatisfaction
What are the two factors of the two factor theory (Hygiene)? - ✔✔Intrinsic-job satisfaction
Extrinsic- dissatisfaction
What theory proposes that people prefer to feel they have control over their actions, so
anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen
activity will undermine motivation? - ✔✔self-determination theory
What statements are true regarding goal-setting theory? - ✔✔People do better when they
get feedback on how well they are progressing toward their goals.
According to Albert Bandura, the most important source of increasing self-efficacy is ________.
- ✔✔enactive mastery
Name a describe the four ways that self efficacy can be increased. - ✔✔Enactive Mastery-
gaining relevant experience.
Vicarious Modeling- becoming more confident seeing someone else complete a task.
Verbal Persuasion-someone convinces you.
Arousal- Psyched up
, A(n) ________ is any consequence, immediately following a response, that increases the
probability that the behavior will be repeated. - ✔✔reinforcer
Jim is a salaried employee whose job is to develop content for online web sites. He discovers
that he is paid substantially more than his colleagues, even though their jobs and levels of
performance are very similar. According to the equity theory, what impact is this discovery
most likely to have on his behavior and performance? - ✔✔He will increase his productivity
and/or the overall quality of his work.
Valerie Sinclair, a climate campaigner at an environmental organization, invariably uses
rationale to make decisions for project implementation. She believes that the right decisions
can only be made through scrutiny and analysis. Each time she needs to make a decision, she
weighs all option before taking action. Which of the following is Sinclairs personality type
according to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Classification? - ✔✔Thinking
What are the eight personality types according to the Myers Briggs? - ✔✔Extraverted
Introverted
Sensing
Intuitive
Thinking
Feeling
Judging
Perceiving
What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality? -
✔✔It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or another when in reality people
can be multiple types
Describe Core Self Evaluation. - ✔✔Positive core like themselves, effective, capable, in
control of their environment.
