Exam 3: Perception, Attribution, and Diversity

On a construction site, Ray drops a wrench and it almost hits Cecil on the head.If Cecil develops a situational (as opposed to dispositional)explanation of Ray's behaviour he might assume that

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Question 141

If primacy is operating within a selection interview, the job candidate would be well advised to

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Question 142

What aspects of a perceiver can affect his or her perceptions of a target?

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Question 143

My perceptions of people are strongly influenced by how kind they are to others.Which concept explains my reaction?

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Question 144

A prototype is a member of a social category who is easy to identify and categorize.

(True/False)

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Question 145

Heloise was happy that the systems manager was fired.She incorrectly assumed that everyone else in the company was also happy.What perceptual tendency is at work here?

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Question 146

Trust in one's direct leader has a positive influence on trust of ________ leaders.

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Question 147

Which of the following best represents the notion that social identities are relational and comparative?

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Question 148

Employment interviews that focus on selection are more valid than those that focus on recruitment.

(True/False)

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Question 149

If I make a dispositional attribution about your behaviour, I am more likely to reward you or punish you than if I make a situational attribution.

(True/False)

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Question 150

Male managers today hold the same dysfunctional stereotypes about women and management that they held in the early 1970s.

(True/False)

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Question 151

A training method to improve rating accuracy in performance appraisals is known as

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Question 152

Describe what stereotyping is and the three specific aspects to stereotyping.

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Question 153

Interviews are more likely to be structured when

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Question 154

"Laurie acts just like her coworker." In attribution theory terms, this statement invokes a "low distinctiveness" cue.

(True/False)

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Question 155

Among various selection procedures, employment interviews and cognitive ability tests are perceived most favourably.

(True/False)

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Question 156

"He does it everywhere, he does it all the time, and no one else does it." Which attribution is the speaker likely to make?

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Question 157

The self-serving bias

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Question 158

The employment interview tends to be more structured when the interviewer focuses on ________.

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Question 159

According to the text, a performance rater who overlooks gross errors on the part of employees is engaging in leniency.

(True/False)

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On a construction site, Ray drops a wrench and it almost hits Cecil on the head.If Cecil develops a situational (as opposed to dispositional)explanation of Ray's behaviour he might assume that

If primacy is operating within a selection interview, the job candidate would be well advised to

What aspects of a perceiver can affect his or her perceptions of a target?

My perceptions of people are strongly influenced by how kind they are to others.Which concept explains my reaction?

A prototype is a member of a social category who is easy to identify and categorize.

Heloise was happy that the systems manager was fired.She incorrectly assumed that everyone else in the company was also happy.What perceptual tendency is at work here?

Trust in one's direct leader has a positive influence on trust of ________ leaders.

Which of the following best represents the notion that social identities are relational and comparative?

Employment interviews that focus on selection are more valid than those that focus on recruitment.

If I make a dispositional attribution about your behaviour, I am more likely to reward you or punish you than if I make a situational attribution.

Male managers today hold the same dysfunctional stereotypes about women and management that they held in the early 1970s.

A training method to improve rating accuracy in performance appraisals is known as

Describe what stereotyping is and the three specific aspects to stereotyping.

Interviews are more likely to be structured when

"Laurie acts just like her coworker." In attribution theory terms, this statement invokes a "low distinctiveness" cue.

Among various selection procedures, employment interviews and cognitive ability tests are perceived most favourably.

"He does it everywhere, he does it all the time, and no one else does it." Which attribution is the speaker likely to make?

The self-serving bias

The employment interview tends to be more structured when the interviewer focuses on ________.

According to the text, a performance rater who overlooks gross errors on the part of employees is engaging in leniency.

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