MO221 Exam #1 Questions With Correct
Answers
organization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Groups of people who work
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interdependently toward some purpose | | |
- Collective entities
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- Collective sense of purpose
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organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What people think, feel, and do
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in and around organizations
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Lewin's Formula - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People's Behavior (B) at Work = a
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function of the Individual (I) and the Environment (E)
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Fundamentals of perception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- The mind is structured to
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help us be efficient
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- We have a high need to anticipate and interpret our environment
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- We form associations (short cuts) based on our experiences
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Fundamental Attribution Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to see the
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person rather than the situation as the main cause of that person's behavior
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*Example*: you label a teammate as unreliable because he arrives late to a
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meeting, when in reality he lives off campus and was stuck in unexpected traffic.
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, Self-Serving Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to attribute our successes to
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internal factors and our failures to external factors
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*Example*: you credit your good study habits when you get an A on an exam, but
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claim the test was unfair if you do poorly.
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Confirmation Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"Tendency to search for, interpret,
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favor and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or
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hypotheses" |
Example: You have a belief that dogs are better pets than cats. Whenever you
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encounter a dog that is a great pet, you see this as evidence that dogs are better
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than cats. You are more likely to overlook/dismiss cats that seem to be great pets,
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because it is not aligned with your prior belief.
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The Name-Pronunciation Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people with names that
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are easier to pronounce are judged more positively than those with difficult-to-
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pronounce names |
Implicit Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our
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understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner | | | | | | |
Implicit biases are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Both favorable and unfavorable
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assessments
- Activated involuntarily without our awareness/control
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- Usually favoring our "in-group" (though not always)
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- Pervasive: everyone has them (even judges!)
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Answers
organization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Groups of people who work
| | | | | | | | |
interdependently toward some purpose | | |
- Collective entities
| |
- Collective sense of purpose
| | | |
organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What people think, feel, and do
| | | | | | | | | |
in and around organizations
| | |
Lewin's Formula - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People's Behavior (B) at Work = a
| | | | | | | | | | |
function of the Individual (I) and the Environment (E)
| | | | | | | |
Fundamentals of perception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- The mind is structured to
| | | | | | | | | | |
help us be efficient
| | |
- We have a high need to anticipate and interpret our environment
| | | | | | | | | | |
- We form associations (short cuts) based on our experiences
| | | | | | | | |
Fundamental Attribution Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to see the
| | | | | | | | |
person rather than the situation as the main cause of that person's behavior
| | | | | | | | | | | |
*Example*: you label a teammate as unreliable because he arrives late to a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
meeting, when in reality he lives off campus and was stuck in unexpected traffic.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
, Self-Serving Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to attribute our successes to
| | | | | | | | | |
internal factors and our failures to external factors
| | | | | | |
*Example*: you credit your good study habits when you get an A on an exam, but
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
claim the test was unfair if you do poorly.
| | | | | | | | |
Confirmation Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"Tendency to search for, interpret,
| | | | | | | | |
favor and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
hypotheses" |
Example: You have a belief that dogs are better pets than cats. Whenever you
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
encounter a dog that is a great pet, you see this as evidence that dogs are better
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
than cats. You are more likely to overlook/dismiss cats that seem to be great pets,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
because it is not aligned with your prior belief.
| | | | | | | | |
The Name-Pronunciation Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people with names that
| | | | | | | | |
are easier to pronounce are judged more positively than those with difficult-to-
| | | | | | | | | | |
pronounce names |
Implicit Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our
| | | | | | | | | | |
understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner | | | | | | |
Implicit biases are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Both favorable and unfavorable
| | | | | | | | | |
assessments
- Activated involuntarily without our awareness/control
| | | | |
- Usually favoring our "in-group" (though not always)
| | | | | | |
- Pervasive: everyone has them (even judges!)
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