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OB_Individual differences session

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Variables that influence behavior?

a)

Abilities and skills; Background; Demographic variables

b)

Hobby; gender; social status

c)

Gender; friends; hobby

d)

Partner; friends; hobby

2.

To understand individual differences, managers must...

a)

Ask expert to help them

b)

Smart and active

c)

Observe and recognize the differences

d)

Cooperate with their peers

3.

Ability is...

a)

Perception helps individuals

b)

Even highly motivated employees may not have the abilities or skills to perform well

c)

Task-related competencies

d)

A biological or learned trait that permits a person to do something mental or physical

4.

Job analysis is...

a)

Defining and studying a job in terms of behavior

b)

A biological or learned trait that permits a person to do something mental or physical

c)

Task-related competencies

d)

Study variables that influence individual behavior

5.

Perception helps individuals

a)

Over-generalized, over-simplified belief about people’s personal characteristics

b)

Applies to both people and occupations

c)

Select, organize, store, and interpret stimuli into a meaningful and coherent picture of the world

d)

Affects promotions, motivation, job design, or performance evaluation

6.

Factors influencing perception is...

a)

Stereotyping

b)

Rewards

c)

Manager

d)

Peers

7.

Over-generalized, over-simplified belief about people’s personal characteristics:

a)

Affect

b)

Emotion

c)

Stereotyping

d)

Prejudice

8.

The process of perceiving the causes of behavior and outcomes...

a)

Ability

b)

Attitude

c)

Attribution

d)

Perception

9.

A positive or negative feeling or mental state of readiness

a)

Attitudes

b)

Perception

c)

Attribution

d)

Emotion

10.

Components of attitude is:

a)

Stereotype; behavior; performance

b)

Personality; perception; affect

c)

Affect; Cognition; Behavior

d)

Emotion; affect; atribution

11.

A mental state of anxiety that occurs when there’s a conflict among an individual’s various cognitions after a decision has been made

a)

Prejudice

b)

Cognitive dissonance

c)

Affect

d)

Mental model

12.

The conscious, affective desires and wants that guide behavior

a)

Values

b)

Cognitive

c)

Affect

d)

Emotion

13.

Characteristics, tendencies, and temperaments

a)

Perception

b)

Emotional intelligence

c)

Personality

d)

Attitude

14.

Major forces influencing personality

a)

Friend; co-workers; boss

b)

Cultural; hereditary; family; social class

c)

Boss; cultural; co-workers

d)

Peers; leader; spouse

15.

Believing that you can perform adequately in a situation IS...

a)

Self-efficacy

b)

Resilience

c)

Optimism

d)

Persevarance

16.

Negative connotation associated with political maneuvering and power manipulation is known as...

a)

Politics

b)

Negative emotion

c)

Machiavellianism

d)

Mental disorder

17.

The ability to accurately perceive, evaluate, express, and regulate emotions and feelings is known as..

a)

Self-efficacy

b)

Emotional stability

c)

Emotional intelligence

d)

Self-confidence

18.

An implied understanding of mutual contributions between a person and an organization is definition of...

a)

Emotional stability

b)

Personality

c)

Psychological contract

d)

Emotional intelligence