WorksheetsCORPORATE COGNITA round 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the primary focus of organizational behavior?
Understanding employee motivation
Designing effective organizational structures
Analyzing group dynamics and teamwork
All of the above
What is the term used to describe the process of individuals and groups adapting to change?
Organizational adaptation
Change management
Resistance to change
Organizational development
What is the name of the theory that suggests that individuals are motivated by a hierarchy of needs?
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Herzberg's two-factor theory
Expectancy theory
Equity theory
What is the name of the theory that suggests that individuals are motivated by a desire to achieve goals and objectives?
Goal-setting theory
Reinforcement theory
Expectancy theory
Equity theory
Cognitive dissonance can be experienced by an employee when
Aligning personal values with organizational goals
Successfully completing a task
Facing conflicting attitudes or beliefs within the workplace
Participating in a team-building exercise
What is the unconditioned response in classical conditioning?
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
Unconditioned stimulus
Neutral stimulus
In operant conditioning, which term refers to the process of strengthening a behaviour by presenting a positive stimulus or removing a negative stimulus?
Reinforcement
Generalisation
Extinction
Punishment
In classical conditioning, what term is used to describe the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response?
Extinction
Generalization
Discrimination
Spontaneous recovery
What is the term used to describe the overall culture of an organization?
Organizational climate
organisational culture
Organizational values
All of the above
What is the term used to describe the process of individuals making decisions?
Decision-making
Problem-solving
Critical thinking
All of the above
What is the name of the theory that suggests that individuals are motivated by a desire to be treated fairly and equitably?
Procedural justice
Equity theory
Distributive justice
All of the above
A(n) ________ is defined as a structured system consisting of groups and individuals working together to meet some agreed-upon objectives. [C1]
task force
team
organization
open system
What is Hawthorne effect?
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting job satisfaction
Effect of different leadership styles
The tendency of people to perform better when they are being observed
Employee turnover caused due to micromanagement
Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits commonly studied in organizational behaviour?
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Humility
Extraversion
In classical conditioning theory applied to organisational behaviour, which of the following represents an unconditioned stimulus?
A pay raise
Positive feedback from a supervisor
Job satisfaction
Employee recognition
In organizational behaviour, what does the cognitive learning loop primarily involve?
Conditioning of automatic responses
Continuous feedback and adjustment based on cognitive processes
Formation of habits through repeated behaviours
Shaping behaviour through rewards and punishments
According to social learning theory in organisational behaviour, what is a key mechanism through which individuals acquire new behaviours?
Operant conditioning
Habituation
Classical conditioning
Observational learning
According to the Cognitive Dissonance Theory in organizational behaviour, what is the typical response when individuals experience cognitive dissonance?
They avoid situations that might cause cognitive dissonance.
They tend to ignore the conflicting information.
They change their attitudes or beliefs to align with the conflicting information.
They seek out additional information that supports their existing beliefs.
What is another name for Herzberg' s two factor theory
motivation hygiene theory
transformative theory
change management theory
social learning theory
