Quiz of P&O Ch 2&3

CH# 2

_____ represent basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.

Values

Value systems

Convictions

Attitudes

Which of the following is not an instrumental value from the Rokeach Value Survey?

Capable

True friendship

Freedom

Polite

Which of the following is NOT an important factor conducive to job satisfaction?

Ambiguous rewards

Supportive colleagues

Supportive working conditions

Mentally challenging work

Which of the following is not true about cognitive dissonance?

No individual can avoid dissonance completely.

The desire to reduce dissonance is greater when the elements creating it are relatively unimportant.

Cognitive dissonance occurs when there are inconsistencies between two or more of a person's attitudes or between a person's behavior and attitudes.

People seek to minimize dissonance.

Which of the following is not a determinant of whether behavior is internally or externally caused?

Perception

Consistency

Consensus

Distinctiveness

_____ refers to the fact that when we judge the behavior of other people, we tend to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal or personal factors.

Fundamental attribution error

Self-serving bias

Assumed similarity

The halo effect

_____ results in an individual's perception of others being influenced more by what the observer is like than by what the person being observed is like.

Assumed similarity

Selectivity

Halo effect

Uncertainty avoidance

_____ says that behavior is a function of its consequences.

The halo effect

Modeling

Shaping

The law of effect

Hofstede's _____ dimension is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations.

Individualism

Power distance...