Question 1

How can employees guard against thinking stereotypically?

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Employees have to guard against thinking...

Question 2

Motivational states can result in inaccurate perceptions and faulty decision making.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What are schemas and how do they influence the perceptual process?

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When we rely on experiences and the know...

Question 4

All of the following EXCEPT ________ affect a person's perceptions of reality.

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A)   schemas
B)   motivational state
C)   mood
D)   behavioral stateE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Impression management tactics include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

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A)   being consistent
B)   self promotion
C)   appreciating or flattering others
D)   emotional matchingE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Individuals are more likely to accept the blame for failure when it is due to something that they can control in the future, such as working harder or planning better.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which one of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   A stereotype threat can affect the performance of individuals who are salient for a variety of reasons.
B)   When people who are salient think about stereotypes that are relevant to task performance, their performance might become impaired.
C)   Salience always heightens one's ability to focus on the task at hand.
D)   Salience due to race has particularly powerful effects on perception.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

One of the consequences of being salient is stereotyping.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Individuals who are salient are often perceived in ________ inconspicuous members of a group.

Accepted Answer

A)   more neutral terms than
B)   more extreme terms than
C)   less extreme terms than
D)   the same terms asE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following would LEAST LIKELY cause salience?

Accepted Answer

A)   wearing jeans to work when the dress code does not allow it
B)   wearing a red dress to a funeral
C)   wearing a shirt and tie to an important business meeting
D)   wearing sandals in the middle of a snow stormE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 11

Leniency, harshness, and average tendency biases are problematic because they ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   impact evaluation accuracy and comparability
B)   affect minority workers more severely than they do other workers
C)   can result in self-fulfilling prophecies
D)   change objective realityE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

As a supervisor, John Layman believes one of his employees excels due to "pure, dumb luck." John is making ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an internal attribution
B)   an attribution error
C)   an external attribution
D)   a biased decisionE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

When an organization must make an important announcement to the public, they often use a high-status member to make the announcement since the audience is likely to perceive this person as credible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A bias is a systematic tendency to use or interpret information about a target in a way that results in inaccurate perceptions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The target of perception is the context in which perception takes place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal causes and to attribute one's own behavior to external causes is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the fundamental attribution error
B)   the actor-observer effect
C)   the halo effect
D)   the self-serving errorE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

________, which allows people to organize and interpret information about a given target of perception, determine the way a target is perceived.

Accepted Answer

A)   Processing
B)   Perception targeting
C)   Schema
D)   Collective unconsciousnessE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

________ can be dysfunctional and damaging to the perceiver, the target, and the organization.

Accepted Answer

A)   Objective truths
B)   Accurate perception
C)   Reality
D)   StereotypesE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Diversity training can facilitate the management of a diverse workforce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

________ is the tendency to take credit for successes and avoid blame for failures.

Accepted Answer

A)   Impression management
B)   Selective perception
C)   Self-serving attribution
D)   Attribution errorE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Exam 4: Perception Attribution and the Management of Diversity

________ is the tendency to take credit for successes and avoid blame for failures.

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How can employees guard against thinking stereotypically?

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Which of the following would LEAST LIKELY cause salience?

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As a supervisor, John Layman believes one of his employees excels due to "pure, dumb luck." John is making ________.

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The target of perception is the context in which perception takes place.

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________, which allows people to organize and interpret information about a given target of perception, determine the way a target is perceived.

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Which one of the following statements is FALSE?

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All of the following EXCEPT ________ affect a person's perceptions of reality.

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Impression management tactics include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

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Individuals who are salient are often perceived in ________ inconspicuous members of a group.

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Motivational states can result in inaccurate perceptions and faulty decision making.

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Leniency, harshness, and average tendency biases are problematic because they ________.

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The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal causes and to attribute one's own behavior to external causes is known as ________.

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A bias is a systematic tendency to use or interpret information about a target in a way that results in inaccurate perceptions.

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When an organization must make an important announcement to the public, they often use a high-status member to make the announcement since the audience is likely to perceive this person as credible.

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Diversity training can facilitate the management of a diverse workforce.

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What are schemas and how do they influence the perceptual process?

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One of the consequences of being salient is stereotyping.

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________ can be dysfunctional and damaging to the perceiver, the target, and the organization.

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Individuals are more likely to accept the blame for failure when it is due to something that they can control in the future, such as working harder or planning better.

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