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WorksheetsDEMC 1033 OCT 2024 QUIZ 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is the definition of perception?
The process by which individuals select, organize, and interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order to the world around them.
The process of give attention to others.
The steps by a person to choose from right or wrong in order to show the world around them.
The theory that makes people understand about themselves.
Which of the following is NOT perceptual process?
Attention
Organization
Respond
Retrieval
Drawing a general impression based on a single characteristics are refer to ______ .
Similar-to-me effect
Contrast effect
Halo effect
Prjection
Stereotypes refers to __________ .
Comparing the person you are evaluating with others who performed better or worse
Focusing on a particular aspect and ignoring others when encountering another person or situation.
Belief that all members of a specific group have similar characteristics and to behave in the same way
Perceiving others who are similar in a more positive light
If a supervisor praises an employee for doing a task, he/she increases the frequency of doing that task again. The situation refers to _____ .
punishment
positive reinforcement
extinction
negative reinforcement
Constantly being reminded to be more productive, often seen as nagging or badgering by employees refers to _____ .
punishment
positive reinforcement
extinction
negative reinforcement
At a customer service center, a worker isn’t answering enough phone calls. The boss calls the worker into his office and cut his pay for his bad performance. The scenario refers to ----- .
punishment
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
extinction
_____ is a strategy in which employees are neither praised nor reprimanded for their work product, behavior or team interaction.
Punishment
Positive reinforcement
Extinction
Negative reinforcement
Which of the following is most likely to influence the way a manager perceives an employee’s performance?
The employee’s personality type
The manager's mood and emotions
The job description
The employee's years of experience
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the relationship between perception and organizational behavior?
Perception has no impact on organizational behavior because it is based on objective facts.
Perception influences how employees interact with each other and with management.
Perception only affects the way leaders behave, not other employees.
Organizational behavior is shaped by rational, unbiased decision-making processes, not perception.
The first step in the perceptual process is:
Organizing the information
Interpreting the information
Selecting the information
Evaluating the information
A manager using "positive reinforcement" aims to:
Remove negative behaviors by applying consequences
Increase desirable behavior by providing rewards
Decrease the frequency of undesirable behavior by ignoring it
Discourage employees from engaging in risk-taking activities
Which of the following best describes the contrast effect in misperception?
Judging an individual based on a comparison with another person or group
Viewing behavior through a lens of personal bias
Assuming that the behavior of one person reflects the behavior of a whole group
Making judgments about a person based solely on their appearance
Misperception can lead to which of the following consequences in the workplace?
Improved communication and teamwork
Increased trust and transparency
Reduced motivation and decreased job satisfaction
Enhanced creativity and innovation
The fundamental attribution error refers to:
The tendency to attribute others' negative behavior to internal factors while attributing one's own negative behavior to external circumstances
The tendency to make accurate attributions about other people's behavior
The tendency to overestimate the importance of external factors in explaining one’s own behavior
The process of attributing positive outcomes to external factors
