Exam 9: Foundations of Individual Behavior

When you stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem, you are revealing which component of your attitude toward your country?

In a short essay, discuss how self-esteem can help explain individual behavior in organizations.

The three elements that make up an attitude are its ________ components.

A fundamental idea of perception is that all people interpret and distort reality in some way.

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

The amount of influence a model has begins with the ________ process of becoming aware of the model.

Perceptual shortcuts are not necessarily distorted.

Which three factors act to shape and sometimes distort perception?

Personality is defined as a unique combination of behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns that each person has.

The thinking versus feeling scale on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® determines whether a person is oriented ________.

Research shows that high job satisfaction correlates with high productivity.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Gen Y workers?

A low self-monitoring employee would be likely to be a good poker player.

This "behavior" is really an attitude.

Negative reinforcement penalizes an individual for an undesired behavior.

Operant conditioning is any behavior that occurs as a result of ________.

When a football coach makes the team run laps because it can't get a play right, he is using which behavior-shaping method?

The degree to which an employee identifies with his or her job or actively participates in it refers to the employee's ________.

High self-esteem individuals tend to ________.

To reduce dissonance in the workplace, managers are advised to hold ________ responsible for the causes of the dissonance.