MO221 Midterm 1 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2025/2026

MO221 Midterm 1 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2025/2026 Kolb's Experimental Learning Model - Answers Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, Active Experimentation Lewin's Formula - Answers Behavior = Individual + Environment System 1 Thinking - Answers based on intuition or emotion, and is error-prone System 2 Thinking - Answers more conscious, logical, and critical, and more reliable Selective Attention - Answers the process of directing our awareness to relevant stimuli while ignoring irrelevant stimuli in the environment Implicit Bias - Answers the attitudes of stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner Fundamental Attribution Error - Answers tendency to see the person rather than the situation as the main cause of that person's behavior Self-serving bias - Answers tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors Confirmation bias - Answers tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses The Name-pronunciation effect - Answers people with names that are easier to pronounce are judged more positively than those with difficult to pronounce names Shared Information Bias - Answers a tendency for group members to spend more times and energy discussing information that multiple members are already familiar with 3 steps to change unconscious bias - Answers Visualize, Examine, Normalize Five-Factor (Big Five) Personality Model - Answers Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience, Extraversion High Conscientiousness - Answers More likely to be well organized, reliable, and consistent. Enjoy planning, seek achievements, and pursue long-term goals Low Conscientiousness - Answers Generally more easygoing, spontaneous, and creative. Tend to be less concerned with rules and plans Agreeableness - Answers Altruism, trust, modesty, and a tender-minded concern for others High agreeableness - Answers more trusting, helpful, good-natured, tolerant, selfless, flexible Low agreeableness - Answers less cooperative, more intolerant, suspicious, self-focused Low Neuroticism - Answers not easily upset in stressful situations, tend to be relaxed, and generally not anxious High Neuroticism - Answers experiences emotional reactions and anxiety in stressful situations, tend to experience negative emotions more frequently Yerkes-Dodson Principle - Answers Stress is useful/beneficial to performance up to a point High openness - Answers related to imagination, creativity, curiosity, tolerance, political liberalism, and appreciation for culture. People scoring high on openness like change, appreciate new and unusual ideas, and have a good sense of aesthetics Low openness - Answers more cautious, risk-averse, less interested in change, may be more interested in concrete and practical vs. imaginative and aesthetic High extraversion - Answers tend to be more outgoing, friendly, and socially active. They are usually energetic and talkative; they do not mind at the center of attention and make new friends more easily Low extraversion - Answers more likely to be solitary or reserved and seek environments characterized by lower levels of external stimulation