Exam 13: Understanding Individual Behaviour

Distinctiveness refers to whether an individual displays a behavior in many situations or whether it is particular to one situation.

A common behavior that is typically studied in organizational behavior is ________.

________ is the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors such as ability or effort while putting the blame for personal failure on external factors such as luck.

A low self-monitoring employee would not adjust well to self-sent signals, but would respond well to signals in his or her external environment.

The component of attitude that is made up of beliefs and opinions is ________.

One of Dawood's subordinates seems to identify with the organization and its goals. He also appears to maintain membership in the organization. This is an example of ________.

When a manager molds an individual's behavior by guiding his or her learning gradual steps, this describes ________.

People with high self-esteem ________.

When behaviors are reinforced, they will be given more attention, be learned better, and performed more often. This is called ________.

In the statement, "The highway is very busy at 5 p.m., and is scary to drive on, so I'll wait until 7 p.m. to go home," the word "scary" represents which component of an attitude?

The Perceptive Manager (Scenario) Rami has been a manager for several years. He has several employees who work directly for him. Rami tries to understand these employees so that he can help them do a better job, motivate them, and understand their needs better. -An employee has a bad habit of being late for work. Rami gets the employee to commit to be on time three days one week, four days the next, and on time each day the following week. ________ is the term used to describe Rami's motivation technique for this employee.

In the statement, "The highway is very busy at 5 p.m. and is scary to drive, so I'll wait until 7 p.m. to go home," the phrase, "so I'll wait until 7 p.m. to go home," represents which component of an attitude?

________ is accomplished by penalizing undesirable behavior to eliminate it.

In the Big Five Model, emotional security was positively related to job performance.

If a person who is always late for work is late once again and blames it on a train, coworkers would probably attribute that person's lateness to ________.

________ is a performance measure of both efficiency and effectiveness of employees.

Writing would be a good job match for a(n) ________ personality type, according to Holland's social scale.

As a manager, if you prefer to have a harmonious work environment and dislike reprimanding your subordinates, you would probably score high on what aspect of the MBTI®?

________ describes voluntary or learned behavior.

________ is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory impressions to give meaning to the environment.