Exam 9: Foundations of Individual Behavior

After carefully examining the architect's plans yesterday, today Wendy has decided that she loves the new design.Which component of forming an attitude did she carry out today?

Which of the following would you expect to see in a company that had highly engaged employees?

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

In a short essay, define attitude and discuss the three components that make up an attitude.

A person who is being hypocritical about something that has high importance in her life would be likely to experience ________ discomfort from cognitive dissonance.

Chinese workers tend to value ________ than Americans.

A low self-monitoring individual would NOT tend to pursue a career as ________.

A worker with an external locus of control would tend to blame failure on him- or herself.

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

Of the six behaviors that managers focus on, which behavior typically is the most troubling to an organization?

Which of the following is typically the most important reason for why managers want to increase positive job attitudes?

When a young basketball player copies the free throw style of an NBA player, he or she is using his or her ________.

When a manager gives an employee a bonus for a job well done, which behavior-shaping method is the manager using?

With respect to employee engagement in a job, this seems to be the most important factor to employees around the world.

Which of the following is a visible aspect of an organization?

In the Big Five model, emotional stability was positively related to job performance.

A high Mach person tends to think that ends justify means.

Which pairing is correct?

After the disappointment of not getting a new position, an employee states, "That job looks like a real headache, anyway." This is an example of ________ to reduce discomfort from dissonance.

Which of the following is a common way in which Gen Y workers differ from workers in other generations?