BCOR 370 EXAM #3 HOUGHTON WVU
People aspects of management - Answer -individual behavior, teams, motivation,
leadership, communication
Reasons for understanding behavior - Answer -explain, predict, direct,
Behavioral View - Answer -Behavior is shaped and controlled by one's environment.
Emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the effects of learning; stresses the
influence of external rewards and punishments; neutral, scientific, somewhat
mechanistic view of human nature.
Cognitive View - Answer -The psychological perspective emphasizing mental
processes, such as learning, memory, perception, and thinking, as forms of information
processing.
Classical Conditioning - Answer -a type of learning in which one learns to link two or
more stimuli and anticipate events
Operant Conditioning - Answer -a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
Reinforcement Theory - Answer -attempts to explain behavior change by suggesting
that behavior with positive consequences tends to be repeated, whereas behavior with
negative consequences tends not to be repeated
Social Cognitive Theory - Answer -emphasize behavior, environment, and cognition as
the key factors in development
Perception - Answer -the process of interpreting one's environment
Personality - Answer -stable and unique patterns of traits, characteristics, and resulting
behaviors that gives an individual their identity
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Answer -a personality test that taps four characteristics
and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types
Personality Types - Answer -(A) Extroversion/ Introversion
(B) Sensation/ Intuition
(C) Thinking/ Feeling
(D) Judging/ Perceiving
Big Five Model of Personality - Answer -extroversion, agreeableness,
conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience
People aspects of management - Answer -individual behavior, teams, motivation,
leadership, communication
Reasons for understanding behavior - Answer -explain, predict, direct,
Behavioral View - Answer -Behavior is shaped and controlled by one's environment.
Emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the effects of learning; stresses the
influence of external rewards and punishments; neutral, scientific, somewhat
mechanistic view of human nature.
Cognitive View - Answer -The psychological perspective emphasizing mental
processes, such as learning, memory, perception, and thinking, as forms of information
processing.
Classical Conditioning - Answer -a type of learning in which one learns to link two or
more stimuli and anticipate events
Operant Conditioning - Answer -a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
Reinforcement Theory - Answer -attempts to explain behavior change by suggesting
that behavior with positive consequences tends to be repeated, whereas behavior with
negative consequences tends not to be repeated
Social Cognitive Theory - Answer -emphasize behavior, environment, and cognition as
the key factors in development
Perception - Answer -the process of interpreting one's environment
Personality - Answer -stable and unique patterns of traits, characteristics, and resulting
behaviors that gives an individual their identity
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Answer -a personality test that taps four characteristics
and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types
Personality Types - Answer -(A) Extroversion/ Introversion
(B) Sensation/ Intuition
(C) Thinking/ Feeling
(D) Judging/ Perceiving
Big Five Model of Personality - Answer -extroversion, agreeableness,
conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience
