Exam 11: Managing Individual Differences and Behavior: Supervising People As People

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The tendency to attribute to an individual the characteristics one believes are typical of the group to which that individual belongs is called

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Stereotyping is holding negative notions about less privileged groups such as women or ethnic minorities.

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Question 22

______ is a state of emotional, mental, and even physical exhaustion, expressed as listlessness, indifference, or frustration.

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Question 23

The three components of ______ are affective, cognitive, and behavioral.

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Question 24

Which of the following is not a suggested strategy for reducing unhealthy stressors in organizations?

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Question 25

If you have a personal belief that you have what it takes to succeed, you would be best described as having an internal locus of control.

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Question 26

What can managers to do reduce stressors that lead to employee burnout?

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Question 27

Which of the following is a reason that some women face a glass ceiling?

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Question 28

Belief in one's personal ability to do a task is called

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Question 29

In the fundamental attribution bias, people tend to take more personal responsibility for success than for failure.

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Question 30

The tendency to attribute another person's behavior to his or her personal characteristics rather than to the situation the person is in is called

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Question 31

The extent to which people believe they control their own fate through their own efforts is called their

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Question 32

People with high ______ are responsive to social and interpersonal cues of others.

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Question 33

Which of the following is a trait of emotional intelligence?

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Question 34

Lifelong behavior patterns are dictated by values that are fairly well set by the time people are in their early teens.

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Question 35

Tori has been telling everyone in the sales department of her incredible skill as a salesperson, since she beat her goal this year by nearly 30%.But last year when she didn't even reach her goal, she said it was simply the economy.This is an example of the

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Question 36

A smoker who claims that the habit is not as dangerous as antismoking messages suggest, saying "My grandmother smokes and she's in her 80s," is attempting to reduce cognitive dissonance.

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The ______ component of an attitude consists of the beliefs and knowledge one has about a situation.

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Question 38

Define employee engagement.What type of employee is likely to be engaged, and what can an organization do to promote this?

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High job satisfaction is a fundamental predictor of high job performance.

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The tendency to attribute to an individual the characteristics one believes are typical of the group to which that individual belongs is called

Stereotyping is holding negative notions about less privileged groups such as women or ethnic minorities.

______ is a state of emotional, mental, and even physical exhaustion, expressed as listlessness, indifference, or frustration.

The three components of ______ are affective, cognitive, and behavioral.

Which of the following is not a suggested strategy for reducing unhealthy stressors in organizations?

If you have a personal belief that you have what it takes to succeed, you would be best described as having an internal locus of control.

What can managers to do reduce stressors that lead to employee burnout?

Which of the following is a reason that some women face a glass ceiling?

Belief in one's personal ability to do a task is called

In the fundamental attribution bias, people tend to take more personal responsibility for success than for failure.

The tendency to attribute another person's behavior to his or her personal characteristics rather than to the situation the person is in is called

The extent to which people believe they control their own fate through their own efforts is called their

People with high ______ are responsive to social and interpersonal cues of others.

Which of the following is a trait of emotional intelligence?

Lifelong behavior patterns are dictated by values that are fairly well set by the time people are in their early teens.

Tori has been telling everyone in the sales department of her incredible skill as a salesperson, since she beat her goal this year by nearly 30%.But last year when she didn't even reach her goal, she said it was simply the economy.This is an example of the

A smoker who claims that the habit is not as dangerous as antismoking messages suggest, saying "My grandmother smokes and she's in her 80s," is attempting to reduce cognitive dissonance.

The ______ component of an attitude consists of the beliefs and knowledge one has about a situation.

Define employee engagement.What type of employee is likely to be engaged, and what can an organization do to promote this?

High job satisfaction is a fundamental predictor of high job performance.

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