E2-Ch7
13. List the steps to implement walking meditation
13. Form an intention such as feeling your feet; begin walking with your intention in mind; focus on how it feels to place and lift each foot; recognize distractions and refocus your attention all walking
29. Both willpower and way power are needed to have ________________.
29. Hope
43. We flourish when we pursue ______________________ for its own sake because it builds self-efficacy and feelings of mastery.
43. Achievement
47. Breathing meditation can be done almost anywhere and can be beneficial if done for 5 minutes twice a day. Experts recommend that you get started by practicing diaphragm breathing. Once you are comfortable with this breathing technique, list the remaining steps in breathing meditation with the first step at the top.
47. Sit comfortably in a chair, feet flat, and back erect; close your eyes and breathe deeply; add counting to five to your breaths in and out
48. Describe two ways of how the amplifying effect is passed on:
48. Emotions that are positive; social capital
57. The capacity to foster collective abandonment of justified resentment, bitterness, and blame and instead adopt forward-looking approaches in response to harm or damage is:
57. Forgiveness
59. A behavior such as complimenting a co-worker on a recent report is:
59. A prosocial behavior
79. What is needed for mindfulness?
79. Sustained attention; nonemotional attention; attentional balance
8. True or false: refusing to acknowledge a thought or emotion is mindlessness.
8. True
38. The upward spiral of positivity means that:
38. Your positive behaviors, attitudes, and feelings continually reinforce your own and those of others
45. Left unchecked, the mind will tend toward ________________.
45. Mindlessness
46. Greater _______ makes you both more confident and more positive.
46. Efficacy
61. The focus of ________ _______________ is to help individuals, groups, and organizations to elevate, enrich, and flourish.
61. Virtuous leadership
68. The field of OB has started focusing on mindfulness because it can improve managerial skills linked to performance management such as:
68. Recognizing others; coaching; giving feedback
77. The framework of positive OB is driven by:
77. Psychological capital; positive emotions; mindfulness
78. A study in the Harvard Business Review reported that flourishing employees exhibited:
78. Better overall performance; greater commitment to their employers; decreased in burnout
19. True or false: Employees have greater commitment, performance, satisfaction, and are retained more often when they believe organizational practices support them.
19. True
2. The ability to deal with challenges and opportunities is ?
2. Self-efficacy
24. Recent research has shown that variables such as financial performance, customer satisfaction, and positive organizational climate are all outcomes of ?
24. Virtuous leadership
26. A view of organizations typified by greed, selfishness, and a single-minded focus on winning values ________ as the ultimate measure of success.
26. Wealth
30. When in class, boredom can lead to ________ __________.
30. Attentional deficit
31. Some benefits of flourishing are:
31. Lower cardiovascular risk; improved sleep; positive team performance
7. The ability to bounce back from adversity and sustain yourself in the face of the demands of positive events is ?
7. Resiliency
70. What are the processes that lead to positive outcomes under the framework of positivity?
70. The positivity effect; the buffering effect; the amplifying effect
72. The characteristic that is the mind's way to motivate us to move forward in the face of uncertainty is:
72. Optimism
73. Emotions that are _______ result in actions that are narrow and specific, while emotions that are _____ often widen someone's mindset.
73. Negative; positive
10. Paying focused attention to what a coworker is saying is an example of how ? improves interpersonal communication.
10. Mindfulness
11. Those who are both realistic and flexible are ?
11. Optimists
12. The awareness that emerges the purposefully focusing your attention in order to fully experience an interaction is: ?
12. Mindfulness
18. Identify two characteristics of positive organizational behaviors.
18. Practicing humility and emphasizing meaningfulness
20. When do uncertainty management and profitability achievement become central to employees?
20. When organizations are defined by greed and secrecy
22. An intention represents an end point or desire to ? you want to achieve.
22. Goal
23. When Organizations employ the positivity effect, the result is often ?
23. Better performance
25. Understanding the components of psychological capital is important because it:
25. Reduces anxiety and stress, is flexible, and can increase job satisfaction
32. What are the benefits of mindfulness?
32. More effective communications: improved listening skills and attention to nonverbal cues / More balanced emotions: paying attention to others' emotions reduces conflict / Improved personal effectiveness: more able to contribute in meetings and sustain positive relationships / Improved physical and mental effectiveness: more aware of surroundings, sensations, and emotions
41. Frantically trying to figure out how you will balance all of your work, study, and family commitments during a class is an example of:
41. Attentional hyperactivity
36. Daydreaming about a vacation during class is an example of _______ ____________.
36. Attentional hyperactivity
37. The benefits of positive emotions are:
37. They spread to others around you; a broader perspective about overcoming challenges; that they build themselves
67. Strategies to increase you own positivity include:
67. Expressing kindness; countering negative self-talk and thoughts; establishing enriching connections
69. The state of being completely involved in an activity for its own sake is _______.
69. Flow
71. Research about positive and negative experiences agrees that:
71. Positive and negative experiences are not equals
51. What organizations and individuals aspire to be when they are at their very best is called _________ __________.
51. Virtuous leadership
52. Positive relationships provide:
52. Esteem support; social companionship; informational support
53. True or false: When you are inauthentic in your positivity with other people, they will still view you as credible if you try hard enough.
53. False
54. List the forms of social supported learned and their definition.
54. Esteem support: provides information that a person is accepted and respected despite problems or inadequacies; Informational support: provides help in defining, understanding, and coping with problems; Social companionship: spending time with others in recreational activities; Instrumental support: provides financial aid, material resources, or needed services.
55. Belonging to and serving something that you believe is bigger than the self is called __________.
55. Meaningfulness
56. To have hope you need to have:
56. A goal and the determination to achieve it; a path to achieve the goal
58. The primary inhibitors of mindfulness are:
58. Attentional deficit; attentional hyperactivity
6. When do we rely on psychological capital?
6. When facing difficult circumstances
60. To reap the benefits of positivity, you must:
60. Be sincere and authentic; realize that insincere positivity can be harmful
21. Exceptionally ? means above and beyond expectation.
21. Positive
33. An organization that values vitality, appreciation, collaboration, and meaningfulness is one that:
33. Develops thriving people and positive energy
65. Attempts at positivity that lack sincerity can erode __________ as they undermine your credibility.
65. Trust
66. List the elements of psychological capital with an example of how to develop it.
66. Hope development: generate a work-related goal, develop multiple plans for achieving it, and ask for feedback from others / Efficacy development: break larger goals into smaller subgoals, create plans, and seek feedback / Resilience development: list your skills and talents and how they can be used to achieve your goal. Identify obstacles and how to avoid them. / Optimism development: identify obstacles and negative expectations. Check to see if they're valid and check with others.
74. That meditation can be learned through practice is recognized by large companies such as General Mills and Google because it:
74. Fosters positive outcomes at group levels; improves attention and awareness
75. The ways that the text authors suggest you can build meaning in your life include:
75. Going out and helping someone; identify activities you love doing and do more of them and build them into your work life; finding a way to build your personal strengths into your personal and work life
40. When organizations are defined by greed and secrecy, what becomes central to employees?
40. Uncertainty management; profitability achievement
42. A positive act that is done without expectation of something in return is a(n) ____________ behavior.
42. Prosocial
63. A very cohesive sales team that achieved much higher sales than expected in a much shorter time period would be an example of:
63. Positive deviance
9. Organizational climate is defined as employees' perceptions of ?
9. Practices and procedures; formal and informal organizational policies
34. Well-being is the combined impact of which elements?
34. Relationships; positive emotions; achievement
80. Positive businesses do well and do good because they are profitable and they:
80. Make the well-being of their stakeholders important; believe supporting and developing employees is valuable in itself
1. This study and application of positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be effectively managed for performance improvement in today's workplace:
1. Is positive organizational behavior
44. What are the positive effects of negative emotions?
44. They can assist you in seeking the help of others; they can make you improve
49. A view of organizations that focuses on achieving profitability and wealth but includes conflict, burnout, abuse, and formulating a plan to defeat the competition:
49. Is traditional but negative
5. True or false: social capital and emotions that are positive describe how the amplifying effect is passed on.
5. True
50. The extend to which you are physically, cognitively, and emotionally involved with an activity is _________________.
50. Engagement
62. Pursuing achievement for its own sake helps build:
62. Feelings of self-efficacy; feelings of mastery
64. To make interactions into positive, worthwhile connection, you can:
64. Engage the other person by being present and attentive; trust others to meet your expectations and let it show; support others to achieve a goal
76. The components of virtuous leadership most frequently discussed in OB research include:
76. Integrity; focus on the greater good; trust
15. Employees perceptions of formal and informal policies, practices, procedures, and routines at work are called ?
15. Organizational climate
16. Provide three benefits of positive emotions
16. Combating negative emotions; building social relationships; and bettering work performance
3. Optimists view successes as due to their personal causes and negative events to temporary external ones because they are:
3. Realistic and flexible
39. For the POB practice that fosters employee positive, please list the benefits.
39. Decision-making discretion: gives employees more chances to learn; Share information: helps employees understand how their work fits in the goals of the company; Minimize incivility: select employees who treat others well and with respect; Provide feedback: offer both motivation and instruction
35. True or false: Because of the buffering effect, positive practices increase the impact of stressors.
35. False
14. Define the following organizational values: restorative justice, compassion, and temperance
14. Restorative justice - resolve conflicts by giving all parties a chance to express their thoughts and feelings, producing solutions that focus on the greater good. Compassion — help others by showing sympathy, kindness, tenderness, and love. Temperance - promotes self-control, humility, and prudence when faced with temptation and provocation
17. People who view their successes as due to their personal causes and negative events to temporary, external and situational ones are:
17. Optimists
27. A positive view of organizational behavior is characterized by:
27. Well-being; trustworthiness; positive spirals of flourishing
28. Attentional deficit and attentional hyperactivity are two key inhibitors of:
28. Mindfulness
4. Explain the element of positive psychological capital: hope, efficacy, resilience, optimism
4. Hope - persevering toward goals to succeed; efficacy- having confidence to take on challenging tasks; resilience - bouncing back after problems or adversity; optimism - making a positive attribution about success now and in the future