management 340 test 2

targets with relatively high status are perceived to be

more credible

as the ambiguity of a target increases it becomes increasingly

difficult for the perceiver to form an accurate perception

after the group presentation, Mel informed the instructor that…” I did all the research on this project, and I was the one who designed the power points” is an example of

Self-promotion

when Jim, an employee living in Cleveland and a (Cleveland Browns fan) find out Jim’s boss is a Minnesota Vikings fan, Jim goes out and purchases a Viking’s jersey to wear at work. Jim is demonstrating:

Behavior Matching

As the ambiguity of a target increases, it becomes increasingly:

Difficult for the perceiver to form an accurate perception

(all dogs and one cat) this is an example of salience which kind is it?

Novel

The “Actor-Observer Effect” is:

Attributing others behavior to internal causes but attributing your own behavior to external causes.

when your schools football team wins a game, the coach takes credit for superb coaching. Ina later game, the team looses, and the coach attributes the loss to the referees being biased against them:

Self-serving attribution

Jamal arrives late to work most days without Jamal’s supervisor minding, yet Jamel’s supervisor only disciplines other employees for being late to work. the supervisor is most likely demonstrating which bias with Jamal:

Halo effect bias

In operant Conditioning, the learner needs to make a connection between their behavior and…

Consequences

Information that you observe, is processed…

with stored schemas

an example of a fixed ratio schedule:

Response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses are demonstrated

the car beeping noise is an example of a type of what:

negative reinforcement

For every 25 envelopes you stuff, you will be paid $5.00:

Fixed-Ratio schedule

an example of a “variable-interval schedule” would be":

a pop quiz during the semester

Negative reinforcement:

increases the probability of a desired behavior by removing a negative consequence.

Behavior is reinforced according to the # of behaviors exhibited, but the # of behaviors needed to gain reinforcement varies for 1x to the next:

Variable-Ratio Schedule

The “Self-serving attribution” is:

Taking credit for your successes, but not your failures

Bill and Fred are roommates who have decided to take math 400 together. bill rarely goes to class, and never takes notes when he does go, but Fred goes to every class and takes detailed notes on each lecture. after their 1st exam, Fred scored a C+ and found out that Bill scored an A+, Fred is quite upset and is thinking about dropping the class. this is an example of

Equity theory

Rodney Lewis, a medical student, has watched over 100 hours of videotaped heart operations. as a result he has detailed knowledge of the surgical procedures that he did not have before. although Rodney has never performed the operation.

Vicarious learning has occurred

when we viewed “cricket” the dog being trained to fetch the slipper on youtube clip, we were observing”

shaping

which of the following is not one of the schedules of reinforcement

equity interval ratio

the assumption that employee dislike work, are lazy and must be coerced to perform

theory x