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OLS 252 exam 1
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Undergraduate 3
02/10/2009

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The sum total of ways that an induvidual reacts and interacts with others.
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Personality
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Set of traits and characteristics that form a pattern distinguishing one person from all others.
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Personality
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3 factors that define a person
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Personality, ability, how a person learns
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Where does a person's personality come from?
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heredity, environment, situation
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Type A personality
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always moving, walk and eat quickly, multitasking, trouble relaxing
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Organizational behavior is all of the following except?
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intuitive analysis of behavior
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Which of the following is not part of an organization?
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society
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Major theme in the text book: behavior is not ____.
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Random
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Predictability of behavior is most determined by?
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How a person reacts to a situation
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Systematic approach to the study of organizational behavior
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cause and effect
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Understanding human behavior is organizations has become more difficult because?
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More women in workplace, greater diversity, companies becoming multinational
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Behavior can be predicted depending on the situation. True or false?
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true
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textbook recommends common sense approach to study of organizational behavior: true or false?
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false
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Latent capacity develops into?
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abilities/skills
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An individual aggressively invovled in a chronic struggle to acheive more in less time is probably a type __.
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a
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People who believe they control their own destinies have a high ___ locus of control.
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Internal
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The definition of learning
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A change in behavior
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Classical conditioning was first represented by?
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Pavlov's Dog
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Operant conditioning says behavior is a function of?
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It's consequences
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Your boss doesn't follow through on his promise to pay double for overtime work, next time you're asked to work overtime, you decline... this is an example of?
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operant conditioning
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Social learning theory
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learning through observation and direct experience
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___ is when a person observes their own behavior and adapts it to the demands of the situation.
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Self monitoring
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Workers with a high ___ locus of control like highly structured jobs.
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external
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___ is the process by which a person organizes and interprets sensory input.
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Perception
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Perception resides in the ____.
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perciever... two people see the same thing but perceive it differently
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How we judge people dependson how we perceive their ____. This is called ____.
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Behavior. Attribution
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The more consistent the behavior, the more likely the observer is to attribute it to _____ causes.
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internal
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True or False: expectations can distort perception so you see what you want to see.
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True
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People's earliest values come from ____.
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Parents
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Which are stable over time? Values or attitudes?
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Values
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___ is a war between values and behavior.
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Cognitive dissonance
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___ is a good predictor of turnover in an organization.
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organizational commitment
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True or False: Job satisfaction is an attitude found in the workplace.
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True
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True or False: Job satisfaction is simply job happiness.
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False
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True or False: Organizational commitment is an attitude reflected in turnover.
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True
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Michael wants to have friends or something... What need?
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social
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Becoming everything you are capable of is called?
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Self actualization
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Unsatisfied needs create ____.
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Tension
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Problem with Maslow's concept.. when does a need stop motivating?
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When it's substantially satisfied
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Hygeine vs. Motivational factors
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Hygiene - Dissatisfaction to no dissatisfaction

Motivation: Satisfaction to no satisfaction
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Hygiene is controlled by ___ factors.
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External
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Top managers usually have a ___ need for power and ___ need for affiliation.
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High, Low
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Goal setting theory says goals should be ____ but ____.
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difficult but attainable
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True or False: you should try to avoid all stress.
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False
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3 factors associated with stress
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behavioral, psychological, physiological
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Research indicates that high stress is positively/negatively correlated with turnover.
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Positively
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The concept of ____ states that people's behavior is based on how the perceive reality, not the reality itself.
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perception
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3 factors that influence perception
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perceiver, target, situation
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Attributing one's own characteristics to other people

"I am in a frat and I like that guy, so he must be in a frat too"
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projection
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When people selectively interpret what they see based on their interests, background experiences, and attitudes.

a kid is very rude in class, but one time he talked about going to church - he must be a christian.
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selective perception
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attributing a specific trait to a person based on the characteristics of the group to which a person belongs.

you are from indiana, you must be conservative.
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Stereotyping
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When a general impression is made about an individual because of a single positive characteristic.
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Halo effect
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When an impression is made based on a comparison with others, ranking the individual higher or lower on the same characteristic.
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contrast effect
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When a general impression is made about an individual based on a single negative characteristic.
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Horn Effect
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Terminal vs. instrumental values
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Terminal: end states you want to achieve

Instrumental: means of achieving those values.
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3 components of attitude
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behavioral, affective, cognitive
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The willingness of a person to exert effort to satisfy needs and wants.
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motivation
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ERG model of needs
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Relatedness, existence, and growth needs
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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physical, safety/security, social/belonging, ego/esteem, self-actualization
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Lower order vs. higher order needs
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Lower - extrinsic needs (physical, safety)
Upper - intrinsic needs (social, ego, self-actualization)
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McClelland's needs theory
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need for acheivement, need for power, need for affiliation,
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Expectancy theory
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motivation results from deliberate choices to engage in activities to achieve worthwhile outcomes.

Effort to performance, performance to reward, reward to need satisfaction
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Machiavellianism
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The ends justify the means
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Variables of Jungian 16-type personality idicator
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Introvert - Extrovert, Sensing - INtuitive, Thinking - feeling, Judging - Perceiving
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Factors in attribution
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Consensus in behavior, consistency in behavior, distinctiveness in behavior
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Values are determined by?
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genetics, environment
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values differ between ___, ___, and ____.
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generations, region, and cultures
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3 Job related attitudes
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job involvement, job satisfaction, organizational commitment
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Attitudes have a ___ relationship
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cause and effect
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Effort is a measure of ____.
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intensity
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Equity theory says that ___ = ____.
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input = output
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Stress happens in response to ___ and ___ situations.
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uncertain and important
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3 ways to react to stress
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avoid, resist, confront/adapt
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