Exam 3: Perception, Attribution, and Learning

A conditioned stimulus refers to a once-neutral stimulus that is paired with an original stimulus and becomes capable of affecting behavior in the same way as the initial stimulus.

An __________ assigns attributes commonly associated with a group to an individual.

According to the law of contingent reinforcement, to have maximum reinforcement value, a reward must be delivered only __________.

Which of the following statements best describes the self-fulfilling prophecy?

Contrived extrinsic rewards include all of the following EXCEPT:

Alice blamed unfriendly co-workers and a difficult job assignment for her performance problems during the first quarter of the year. Then during the second quarter, Alice's performance improved dramatically. Alice claimed that the improved performance was due to her extraordinary effort and hard work. From an attribution theory perspective, it may be argued that Alice is prone to an __________.

According to the work of Albert Bandura, an individual uses modeling but not the vicarious learning to acquire behavior by observing and imitating others.

When a manager comparatively ranks all his/her subordinates on their oral communication skills, the contrast effect may creep in as a perceptual bias.

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about reinforcement schedules?

___________ is the creation of a new behavior by the positive reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Which conditioning is a form of learning through association that involves the manipulation of stimuli to influence behavior?

A contrast effect occurs when an individual's characteristics are compared with those of others who have been recently encountered and who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.

__________ is the process through which people select, organize, interpret, retrieve, and respond to information from their environment.

__________ is the administration of negative consequences or the withdrawal of positive consequences that tend to reduce the likelihood of repeating the behavior in similar settings.

Identify and briefly describe each of the stages in the perceptual process.

Natural extrinsic rewards include all of the following EXCEPT:

The systematic reinforcement of desirable work behavior and the non-reinforcement or punishment of unwanted work behavior is known as organizational behavior __________.

What percentage of workers surveyed for Deloitte & Touche USA said that the behavior of their managers was a major influence on an ethical workplace?

Mason, the director of engineering at Frost Inc. was very impressed that Blake, a production engineer, had not missed a single day of work in the past 12-month period. Mason rated Blake very high on all dimensions of his performance appraisal just based on this one aspect of Blake's performance. This error in the performance appraisal process is known as a__________.

As an experienced team leader, Nancy uses a _____ schema to think about the appropriate steps involved in running a meeting.