Exam 4: Understanding Social Perception and Managing Diversity

Hannah always had the tendency to take the credit when she met the deadline for her work.However,when she failed to do so,she blamed the level of difficulty of the project or other external factors.Hannah is a victim of which of the following attributional tendencies?

_____ belongs to the external dimensions part of the diversity wheel.

Which of the following represents the first stage of the social information processing model?

It is important to remember that _____ relates to other people,_____ relates to other tasks,and _____ relates to time.

_____ means the individual has performed the task in question in a significantly different manner than he/she has performed other tasks.

_____ is determined by judging if the individual's performance on a given task is steady over time.

A(n)_____ is an individual's set of beliefs about the characteristics or attributes of a group.

In the "tolerate" option for dealing with diversity,minority employees are often put on special projects or into independent entities.

The first stage of the social information processing model describes how specific information is observed and stored in the memory,and the last three stages involve turning mental representation into real-world judgments and decisions.

When a manager makes a hiring decision using sexist schemata,but does so unconsciously,it is still illegal.

Explain a few ways that would help motivate and retain an aging workforce.

Unstable performance of a given task over time would mean:

In the U.S.,even though people of color earn less than whites,Asians had the highest median income.

Semantic memory refers to a person's general knowledge about the world.

"Encoding and simplification" is the first stage of the social information processing model.

When an object stands out from its context,it is salient.

Briefly describe the four stages of the social information processing model.

Chelsea has $11,000 for investment.She talks to friends and neighbors to find out what they have invested in (stocks or bonds and which stocks).She also interviews four different investment advisors at local brokerage companies to understand what they recommend.Chelsea can be described as being in which stage of the social information processing model?

If Julie acts like the rest of her group at work,then she seems to be demonstrating:

_____ memory refers to general knowledge about the world.