MO 221 Exam with correct answers 2024

organization correct answers - Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose - Collective entities - Collective sense of purpose organizational behavior correct answers What people think, feel, and do in and around organizations Lewin's Formula correct answers People's Behavior (B) at Work = a function of the Individual (I) and the Environment (E) Fundamentals of perception correct answers - The mind is structured to help us be efficient - We have a high need to anticipate and interpret our environment - We form associations (short cuts) based on our experiences Fundamental Attribution Error correct answers Tendency to see the person rather than the situation as the main cause of that person's behavior *Example*: you label a teammate as unreliable because he arrives late to a meeting, when in reality he lives off campus and was stuck in unexpected traffic. Self-Serving Bias correct answers Tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors *Example*: you credit your good study habits when you get an A on an exam, but claim the test was unfair if you do poorly. Confirmation Bias correct answers "Tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses" Example: You have a belief that dogs are better pets than cats. Whenever you encounter a dog that is a great pet, you see this as evidence that dogs are better than cats. You are more likely to overlook/dismiss cats that seem to be great pets, because it is not aligned with your prior belief. The Name-Pronunciation Effect correct answers people with names that are easier to pronounce are judged more positively than those with difficult-to-pronounce names Implicit Bias correct answers the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner Implicit biases are correct answers - Both favorable and unfavorable assessments