Question : 65.Which of the following describes the fundamental attribution error? A.People seldom : 1243863

 

65.Which of the following describes the fundamental attribution error? 

A.People seldom make attributions about their own behavior.

B.The likelihood of making an error attributing the behavior of another person increases with your familiarity of that other person.

C.We tend to believe that other people have the same beliefs and behaviors that we have.

D.We tend to believe the behavior of other people is caused more by their motivation and ability than by factors beyond their control.

E.We tend to believe that colleagues perform their jobs better than we perform our job.

66.The tendency to attribute the behavior of other people to internal factors more than external factors is called the: 

A.recency bias.

B.projection bias.

C.fundamental attribution error.

D.primacy effect.

E.self-serving bias.

67.If John takes credit for work done on time, but blames his co-workers for his delays, his attitude is reflective of the: 

A.fundamental attribution error.

B.primacy effect.

C.self-fulfilling prophecy.

D.self-serving bias.

E.projection bias.

68.How can a self-serving bias be observed in a corporate annual report? 

A.The report would say more about the company’s problems and less about its successes.

B.The report would emphasize the role of competition, inflationary pressures and other external causes of problems in the organization’s performance.

C.The report would exclude any bad news about the organization’s performance.

D.The report would acknowledge that competition, the economy and other external factors should be credited for some of the company’s recent success.

E.The report would acknowledge some of management’s mistakes, but suggest that management in other companies have been making the same mistakes.

69.Which of the following perceptual processes cause self-serving bias? 

A.Attribution

B.Halo effect

C.Social identification

D.Stereotyping

E.Self-fulfilling prophecy

70.Which of the following illustrates the first step in the self-fulfilling prophecy? 

A.An employee behaves in a way consistent with the supervisor’s expectations.

B.A supervisor treats the employee in a manner consistent with the supervisor’s expectations.

C.A supervisor forms certain expectations of the employee.

D.A supervisor attributes employee’s good performance to external causes.

E.An employee demonstrates his or her true abilities to the supervisor.

71.Which of the following illustrates one of the steps in the self-fulfilling prophecy process? 

A.A supervisor forms an incorrect impression of the employee.

B.A supervisor assigns challenging goals to the employee.

C.A supervisor gives lenient feedback to the employee.

D.A supervisor avoids reinforcement of work done by the employee.

E.A supervisor communicates expectations to the employee.

72.Someone who is new to the job and has a low expectancy is: 

A.less likely to engage in stereotyping.

B.more likely to engage in the fundamental attribution error.

C.more likely to have a strong learning orientation.

D.more vulnerable to the supervisor’s self-fulfilling prophecies of that employee.

E.more likely to engage in behavior modification.

73.The self-fulfilling prophecy effect is stronger: 

A.at the beginning of a relationship.

B.for experienced employees.

C.when a relationship is saturated.

D.when a relationship is extremely complex.

E.when a relationship is very strong.

74.The philosophy of positive organizational behavior states that: 

A.employees are more effective when they experience extinction more than other contingencies of reinforcement.

B.employees are, by nature, good rather than bad in terms of their ethics and care for others in the world.

C.focusing on the positive rather than negative aspects of life will improve organizational success and individual well-being.

D.training programs that make leaders aware of the power of positive expectations have the maximum effect.

E.employees process positive information more quickly than negative information.

 

 

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