Exam 14: Understanding Individual Behavior

The ____________________ process occurs when individuals screen and select the various stimuli that vie for their attention.

Experience is the gradual change in behavior or performance that occurs as the result of learning.

Organizations that want to challenge their employees and stay competitive can easily be stress-free.

Teresa is highly imaginative and an artistically sensitive individual who displays a high degree of creativity.According to the Big Five personality factors,these qualities describe her openness to experience.

____ describes a person who has observed others handle situations in the same way he would.

Bernice is a talkative,assertive,and sociable individual who is very comfortable with interpersonal relationships.This describes which quality of Bernice?

Self-management is being aware of what you are feeling.

Researchers have identified four fundamental learning styles labeled Diverger,Assimilator,Converger,and Accommodator.

Frank regretfully missed an important deadline at work.His boss,George,thinks to himself,"Frank missed that deadline because he is lazy;I really need to crack down on him more." This is an example of what kind of attribution?

According to Jung,people who would prefer to work with known facts and hard data and prefer routine and order in gathering information are called intuitive-type people.

Concrete experience is the first stage in the learning process cycle.

When people give themselves too much credit for what they do well and give external forces too much blame when they fail,this refers to the self-serving bias.

Machiavellianism is the tendency to direct much on one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of other people for purely personal gain.

An evaluation that predisposes a person to act in a certain way is called a(n)

Perceptual defense is the tendency of perceivers to protect themselves against ideas,objects,or people that are threatening.

Behavioral scientists consider attitudes to have three components: cognitions,affect,and behavior.

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors on another's behavior and to overestimate the influence of internal factors is called

Josh evaluates Kandi's performance and gives her an "outstanding" based on his knowledge that she came to work everyday earlier than anyone else and therefore she is extremely hardworking.Josh is making which of these errors in perceptual judgment?

William wakes up on Monday thinking,"I am going to get to work early this morning,get my tasks done,and help my colleagues with their tasks." This is an example of which attitude component?

____________________ is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of human attitudes,behavior,and performance in organizations.