Question 1

A teacher who gives an unspecified number of pop quizzes to students is using a _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   fixed interval schedule
B)   fixed ratio schedule
C)   variable interval schedule
D)   variable ration schedule
E)   continuous reinforcement schedule.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Different people may perceive the same situation quite differently.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A schema is an abstract set of features commonly associated with members of a particular category.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A manager who advises someone's co-workers to ignore that person's disruptive behaviors during meetings is using __________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

During which stage of the perceptual process does the strongest impact of selective perception occurs in?

Accepted Answer

A)   Retrieval
B)   Organization
C)   Sorting
D)   Attention
E)   InterpretationF) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Which of the following sets of items relate to the perceiver as a factor influencing of the perceptual process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Physical, social, and organizational contexts
B)   Past experiences, needs or motives, personality, values, and attitudes
C)   Contrast, intensity, figure-ground separation, size, motion, and repetition/novelty
D)   Attitudes, physical characteristics, contrast, and size
E)   Values, organizational norms, motion, and repetition/noveltyF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

The quality or accuracy of a person's perceptions has a relatively minor impact on the person's behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The tendency to deny personal responsibility for performance problems but to accept personal responsibility for performance success is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   fundamental attribution error.
B)   central attribution error.
C)   indigenous bias.
D)   inward attribution error.
E)   self-serving bias.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Impression management is influenced by all of the following activities EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   associating with the "right people."
B)   doing favors to gain approval.
C)   flattering others to favorably impress them.
D)   taking credit for a favorable event.
E)   making new job assignments.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

The stages involved in processing the information that determines a person's perceptions and reactions include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   information attention and selection.
B)   information organization.
C)   information interpretation.
D)   information sending.
E)   information retrieval.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Projection is the tendency to single out those aspects of a situation, person, or object that are consistent with one's own needs, values, or attitudes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is correct concerning conditioning?

Accepted Answer

A)   Classical conditioning is an extension of operant conditioning.
B)   In operant conditioning, dogs "learned" to salivate at the ringing of a bell.
C)   Control in operant conditioning is through the manipulation of consequences.
D)   Operant conditioning was popularized by Ivan Pavlov.
E)   In classical conditioning, the antecedent cues behavior.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Impression management is a person's systematic attempt to influence how others perceive us and flattering others to favorably impress them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Continuous reinforcement and intermittent reinforcement administer a reward each time a desired behavior occurs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements reflect the correct order of the stages of the perceptual process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Organization, attention/selection, retrieval, and interpretation.
B)   Attention/selection, interpretation, organization, and retrieval.
C)   Attention/selection, organization, interpretation, and retrieval.
D)   Interpretation, retrieval, organization, and attention/selection.
E)   Interpretation, attention/selection, retrieval, and organization.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 16

All of the following can cause distortion throughout the entire perceptual process EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   stereotypes.
B)   organizational system.
C)   selective perception.
D)   projection.
E)   halo effects.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

The perceptual distortion of projection can be controlled through a high degree of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional discernment
B)   self-awareness and empathy
C)   ethical behavior
D)   cognitive consistency
E)   communicationF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

Classical and operant conditioning differ in two important ways. First, control in classical conditioning is via manipulation of consequences. Second, classical conditioning calls for examining antecedents, behavior, and consequences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Tonya works at Makers Marketing Inc. The office tends to be very busy and noisy. As a result, Tonya frequently has to consciously decide what information to pay attention to and what information to ignore. Tonya is using __________ as a mechanism for information attention and selection.

Accepted Answer

A)   judicious screening
B)   selective sorting
C)   controlled processing
D)   discriminate screening
E)   discerning processingF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

Stereotypes obscure individual differences; that is, they can prevent managers from getting to know people as individuals and from accurately assessing their needs, preferences, and abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Perception, Attribution, and Learning

The quality or accuracy of a person's perceptions has a relatively minor impact on the person's behavior.

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During which stage of the perceptual process does the strongest impact of selective perception occurs in?

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Different people may perceive the same situation quite differently.

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The tendency to deny personal responsibility for performance problems but to accept personal responsibility for performance success is known as:

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Stereotypes obscure individual differences; that is, they can prevent managers from getting to know people as individuals and from accurately assessing their needs, preferences, and abilities.

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Tonya works at Makers Marketing Inc. The office tends to be very busy and noisy. As a result, Tonya frequently has to consciously decide what information to pay attention to and what information to ignore. Tonya is using __________ as a mechanism for information attention and selection.

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The stages involved in processing the information that determines a person's perceptions and reactions include all of the following EXCEPT:

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A schema is an abstract set of features commonly associated with members of a particular category.

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The perceptual distortion of projection can be controlled through a high degree of __________.

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Impression management is influenced by all of the following activities EXCEPT:

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Projection is the tendency to single out those aspects of a situation, person, or object that are consistent with one's own needs, values, or attitudes.

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Impression management is a person's systematic attempt to influence how others perceive us and flattering others to favorably impress them.

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A teacher who gives an unspecified number of pop quizzes to students is using a _______.

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All of the following can cause distortion throughout the entire perceptual process EXCEPT:

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Classical and operant conditioning differ in two important ways. First, control in classical conditioning is via manipulation of consequences. Second, classical conditioning calls for examining antecedents, behavior, and consequences.

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Which of the following statements reflect the correct order of the stages of the perceptual process?

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Which of the following statements is correct concerning conditioning?

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A manager who advises someone's co-workers to ignore that person's disruptive behaviors during meetings is using __________.

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Continuous reinforcement and intermittent reinforcement administer a reward each time a desired behavior occurs.

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Which of the following sets of items relate to the perceiver as a factor influencing of the perceptual process?

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