MGT 375 - Midterm 2
A stereotype is a set of beliefs about the characteristics or attributes of a group.
True
According to Herzberg, motivators are job characteristics associated with job satisfaction.
True
According to Maslow, having enough food, air, and water to survive is the most basic need.
True
An instrumentality of zero indicates there is no relationship between rewards and performance.
True
Both devil's advocacy and the dialectic method are useful in stimulating functional conflict.
True
Event memory describes the appropriate sequence of events in well-known situations.
True
Expectancy theory can be used to predict behavior in any situation in which a choice between two or more alternatives must be made.
True
Expert and referent appear to be the best combination of results and favorable reactions from lower-level employees.
True
Galatea effect occurs when an individual's high self-expectation lead to high performance.
True
Many hiring decisions are made on the basis of implicit cognition.
True
One source of inaccurate performance appraisals is faulty schemata about what constitutes good versus poor performance.
True
Organizational politics involves intentional acts of influence to enhance or protect the sel-interests of individuals or groups.
True
People, events, and objects are interpreted and categorized by comparing their characteristics with information contained in schemata.
True
People, events, and objects are interpreted and categorized by comparing their characteristics with schemata.
True
Valence refers to the positive or negative value people place on outcomes.
True
When making equity judgments, people tend to compare themselves to similar others rather than dissimilar others.
True
A cognitive category contains a number of radically different objects.
False
According to Vroom, expectancy represents a person's belief that a particular outcome is contingent on accomplishing a specific level of performance.
False
An obliging style of handling conflict encourages "I win, you lose" tactics.
False
Contrast effect refers to the tendency to remember recent information. If the recent information is negative, the person or objective is evaluated negatively.
False
Equity theory is model of motivation that explains how people strive for exactly the same outcomes as a referent other in social exchanges or give-and-take relationships.
False
Inaccurate perceptions and stereotypes do not influence whether or not you get hired, promoted, or fired.
False
Maslow believed that once safety needs are relatively satisfied, one's physiological needs emerge.
False
Maslow viewed love as the highest step in the hierarchy of needs.
False
The halo effect leads a rater to consistently evaluate other people or objects in an extremely positive fashion.
False
The ingratiating influence tactic involves trying to build enthusiasm by appealing to others' emotions, ideals, or values.
False
The recency effect is the tendency to evaluate people or objects by comparing them with characteristics of recently observed people or objects.
False
The recency effect is the tendency to remember old contacts, and then evaluate them by comparing them with characteristics of recently observed people or objects.
False