WGU - C715 Organizational
Behavior - MCQ 1 Questions with
Accurate Answers
________ is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity,
direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
A) Leadership
B) Management
C) Learning
D) Emotional labor
E) Motivation correct answer E
________ is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
A) Sensation
B) Impression
C) Apprehension
D) Attribution
E) Perception correct answer E
________ refers to an individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a
task.
A) Emotional contagion
, B) Affect intensity
C) Self-efficacy
D) Self-determination
E) Reinforcement correct answer C
A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee
behaviors than to behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the
manager's perception is affected by ________ bias.
A) self-serving
B) availability
C) impact
D) distinction
E) hindsight correct answer B
A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the
essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity is known
as ________.
A) optimal decision making
B) intuitive decision making
C) bounded rationality
D) rational decision making
E) incremental decision making correct answer C
According to goal-setting theory, goals are more likely to have a stronger impact
on performance when ________.
Behavior - MCQ 1 Questions with
Accurate Answers
________ is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity,
direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
A) Leadership
B) Management
C) Learning
D) Emotional labor
E) Motivation correct answer E
________ is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
A) Sensation
B) Impression
C) Apprehension
D) Attribution
E) Perception correct answer E
________ refers to an individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a
task.
A) Emotional contagion
, B) Affect intensity
C) Self-efficacy
D) Self-determination
E) Reinforcement correct answer C
A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee
behaviors than to behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the
manager's perception is affected by ________ bias.
A) self-serving
B) availability
C) impact
D) distinction
E) hindsight correct answer B
A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the
essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity is known
as ________.
A) optimal decision making
B) intuitive decision making
C) bounded rationality
D) rational decision making
E) incremental decision making correct answer C
According to goal-setting theory, goals are more likely to have a stronger impact
on performance when ________.
