Exam 3: Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Global mindset occurs as people develop more of a local than global frame of reference about their business and its environment within the context of internationalism.

People tend to make an internal attribution about someone's behaviour if that person has rarely acted like this either in the past or in other situations.

Which of the following is a fundamental component of self-concept and represents a global self-evaluation?

If John takes credit for work that he completes on time,but blames his coworkers for his delays,he is exhibiting:

Consistency,consensus,and distinctiveness are:

Stereotyping is partly responsible for prejudice and discrimination.

Female employees at a large brokerage firm are upset because their supervisors do not accept their explanations for lateness or absenteeism.They claim the supervisors - almost all of whom are male - are insensitive to family and other obligations and issues facing women.As a result,these supervisors tend to attribute lateness and absenteeism among female staff to their lack of motivation.If these supervisors are engaging in fundamental attribution error,what corrective action should the organization take to minimize this perceptual problem?

Categorical thinking and related perceptual organization activities:

According to the halo effect,a supervisor's initial expectations of you influence your behaviour so that you are more likely to act consistently with those expectations.

In attribution theory,the question "Does the person act this way in other settings?" relates directly to:

Self-fulfilling prophecy may result in either better or worse performance than if the employee is not exposed to the self-fulfilling prophecy effect.

Self-concept consists of two distinct categories: personal identity and social identity.

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

Mature adults tend to have a lower complexity that remains relatively stable.

The process of stereotyping includes:

If you form a general negative impression of a person based on one prominent characteristic,and it colours your perception of other characteristics of that person,it is called:

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

We are more likely to notice objects with features that are repetitive,intense,and in motion.

The easiest way to minimize stereotyping is by preventing the activation of stereotypes in our heads.

Several junior investment analysts recently hired by a major firm have been placed under the guidance of senior investment analyst Roger Yu.One of the new recruits,Daphne Silberg,is the daughter of a well-known mutual fund executive who retired from the industry a few years ago.Yu has a lot of respect for Silberg's father and has quickly developed the belief that Silberg could be as successful as her father.Based on your knowledge of self-fulfilling prophecy,explain how Yu's expectations of Silberg might unknowingly turn into a reality.