Exam 4: Perceptions and Attributions

The reasons for expatriate failure are personal and not related to technical competence.

____ is the belief that all members of specific groups share similar traits and behaviors.

All of the following are internal factors that influence perceptual selection except:

____ refers to low job performance resulting from low expectations on the boss's part.

The statement: "I am successful at my job because of my skills" is an ability attribution.

_____ follows the same sequence of observation,selection,organization,interpretation,and response as the general process of perception .However,the object being perceived is another person.

Some cultural differences exist in the fundamental attribution error.For example,in North America,this type of error would be underestimating external causes and overestimating internal causes.In India,the common attribution error is:

According to the basic model of the attribution process,based on information,beliefs,and motives,the perceiver will make what types of attributions:

All of the following are examples of constructive suggestions for undertaking a job search after being fired,except:

According to Ethics Competency: The Gap,at its Southern China plant,plant management redefined the role of sewing supervisors to focus on workers' wages and operational efficiency as well as output.The result was a decrease of 99 percent in the missing units from theft,a nine percent decrease in worker turnover,a 35 percent reduction in overtime,and a 50 percent average increase in workers' monthly pay.

After being fired from a job,a constructive action would be to work with your former employer to develop an exit statement

Losing a job no longer carries the stigma that it did a decade or more ago.

When an interviewer finds one glitch on an applicant's resume and spends most of the interview discussing the glitch,which error has occurred?

A contrast error occurs when an interviewer examines an outstanding applicant and then rates all other applicants too low.

According to Ethics Competency: The Gap,High worker turnover (more than 60 percent)is common in the apparel industry and is a significant contributor to production costs.The Gap found that good factory practices and better working conditions lead to these results:

Which of the following is one of the basic elements in the perceptual process?

An internal factor that influences perceptual selection is:

Under conditions of high consensus,low consistency,and high distinctiveness,the perceiver will tend to attribute the behavior of the perceived to:

An overweighing of negative information error occurs when an interviewer finds one mistake on an applicant's resume and spends most of the interview discussing the mistake.

When John first met Sue,he was rude to her.Sue's perception of him has been strongly affected by that first impression.This is an example of the implicit personality effect at work in Sue's perception.