Exam 15: Individual Behavior

Self-monitoring reflects the degree to which someone is able to adjust and modify behaviour in response to the situation and external factors.

On the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Joseph falls on the sensing scale. He is oriented ___.

"The productive worker is a happy worker" is an expression that is used to express the idea that

Suppose that a manager begins a program of job enrichment because she enjoys responsibility and challenges and assumes that her employees do also. This manager is practicing ___.

Rational commitments are primarily based on ___.

Colin received negative feedback for his recent project. He has decided to concentrate and put in more effort in order to improve his work. This is an example of the ___ component of attitude.

Angus hasn't used a land line phone for years, is a food blogger, and only keeps in touch with his family and friends via Facebook. He displays what type of technology personality?

___ refers to the ways people gather and evaluate information for decision making.

Positive emotions of leaders can be "contagious" resulting in more positive moods in followers.

Identifying an individual with a group or category and using oversimplified attributes of the category or group to describe the individual is the perceptual distortion mechanism of selective perception.

Which of the following examples displays the personality trait of emotional stability?

Which of the following items accurately describe a common aspect of job satisfaction?

Which of the following is true of locus of control?

Which of the following is true of authoritarianism?

In reality it is possible for a worker to like their job and be very satisfied but still not perform at a high level.

Lentilla is a department manager who keeps working behind closed doors and has difficulty connecting with her employees. She needs to have and develop ___.

Impression management is often considered "phony" and can do very little to help further one's career or create a positive image of self.

Wendy was against the use of animals for testing cosmetics. She believed that it amounted to cruelty toward animals. She worked in a particular organization that was known for using alternative testing methods. When a special investigative team revealed that the firm actually used animals for testing purposes, she experienced a psychological discomfort. This discomfort that Wendy experienced is an example of ___.

Which of the following is true of a conscientious person?

Fundamental attribution error neglects internal explanations for poor-quality work.