Organizational Behavior and Management, 10th Edition – Test Bank

Organizational Behavior and Management, 10th Edition – Test Bank

chapter 4

Student: ___________________________________________________________________________

1. Different individuals will perceive the same thing in different ways, because each gives his or her own meaning to stimuli.
True    False

2. The stimuli that a person focuses on is based on what he or she chooses to pay attention to at a particular moment.
True    False

3. The United States is exporting low-skill, low-paying jobs and importing high-skill, high-paying jobs.
True    False

4. If interviewers rate candidates who are similar in appearance, background, and interests higher than candidates who are dissimilar, they are making a “self promotion” perception error.
True    False

5. Subordinates recognize rewards for good performance just as frequently as supervisors feel they offer them.
True    False

6. A manager has a responsibility to manage within a framework that permits perceptual differences to be voiced without fear or impatience.
True    False

7. Stereotyping is useful for categorizing individuals, events, or organizations on which you have limited information or observation.
True    False

8. At times, prejudice can be traced to direct experiences with members of the rejected group.
True    False

9. Group prejudice occurs when a person takes a disliking to a whole group of individuals.
True    False

10. Stereotyping can be a useful process in that it can greatly increase our efficiency in making sense of our environment.
True    False

11. Stereotypes are frequently based on little or inaccurate information.
True    False

12. Stereotypes are often accurately applied to specific individuals.
True    False

13. An individual’s attractiveness can significantly influence managerial decisions.
True    False

14. Research has found that attractive women in management receive higher performance reviews and pay raises than do attractive women in non-managerial positions.
True    False

15. Managers perceiving the behavior and individual differences of employees are often influenced by their own traits.
True    False

16. A manager who is a perfectionist tends to look for perfection in subordinates.
True    False

17. A lack of time can force managers to ignore certain stimuli.
True    False

18. According to attribution theory, it is the event itself, not the perceived cause of the event, that influences a person’s behavior.
True    False

19. Consistency is the degree to which a person behaves similarly in different situations.
True    False