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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