Exam 3: Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

When making an internal or external attribution about a person's behaviour,we tend to look at whether the person has acted this way in the past and other situations,and whether other people act similarly in this situation.

A diversity awareness consultant submits a proposal to a company that wants to reduce stereotyping and prejudice.In the proposal,the consultant claims that his training program teaches employees to avoid the stereotyping process altogether when perceiving the world around them."Our training will prevent the activation of stereotypes and other forms of categorical thinking," claims the consultant's proposal.Discuss the accuracy of this consultant's claim and explain what training programs can do regarding stereotyping.

What is the last step in the self-fulfilling prophecy cycle?

The halo effect occurs when one characteristic of a person shapes our general impression of that person which,in turn,biases our perceptions about the other characteristics of that person.

Sending teams of employees on social responsibility missions in developing countries is a way to accelerate global mindset development.

Interacting with people from other backgrounds is more likely to minimize perceptual biases when these people have equal status with you throughout the interaction.

Employees who feel that they are very much in charge of their own destiny have:

Self-fulfilling prophecy occurs whenever supervisors accurately predict the future performance of recently hired employees.

How do values and attitudes affect the selective attention process?

One reason we stereotype is to enhance out self-concept.

In the Johari Window,feedback from others helps us to:

Which of these popular sayings best reflects the primacy effect?

What corrective action should the organization take to minimize this attribution error?

Global mindset refers to an individual's ability to perceive,know about,and process information across cultures.

Seeing a trend in a sequence of sales figures involves the process of categorical thinking.

The greatest concern about stereotyping is that it can lead to:

Which of these statements about the contact hypothesis is TRUE?

Adopting a global mindset can be a detriment for companies wishing to forge better relationships at the local level.

In the Johari Window,the open area gets smaller when we:

Self-verification stabilizes our self-concept.