Dr. James M. Pappas Oklahoma State
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What type of factors explain that a person's behavior is due to internal factors such as
personality and self-esteem? - ✔✔dispositional factors
What is the study of individual and group behavior in organizational settings? -
✔✔organizational behavior
According to the Big 5 model of personality, ___________is the dimension that assesses
people's cooperativeness and empathy. - ✔✔agreeableness
According to the Big 5 model of personality, ___________is the dimension that assesses
how organized and dependable an individual is - ✔✔conscientiousness
What is a person's belief in their ability to succeed in a specific situation or accomplish a
given task? - ✔✔self-efficacy
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, _________ is related to trying harder at difficult tasks and overcoming failure. -
✔✔higher self-esteem
What is the ability to regulate behavior to accommodate social cues and situations? -
✔✔self-monitoring
__________ may seem to not care about the appropriateness of their behavior in certain
circumstances. - ✔✔low self-monitors
What is a learned predisposition to respond positively or negatively toward a certain
idea, object, person, or situation? - ✔✔attitude
The statement, "I hate Nickelback" is reflective of which emotional component of
attitude? - ✔✔affective
The statement, "I believe Nickelback is awful because all of their songs sound alike" is
reflective of which knowledge-based component of attitude? - ✔✔cognitive
According to the cognitive dissonance video above, which of the potential ways to
reduce dissonance is being utilized by the decision to stop eating Hot Cheetos because
they are bad for you? - ✔✔change the behavior
Hearing an intelligent person make a statement about the world being flat may cause
you to have what attitude-based reaction? - ✔✔cognitive dissonance
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