1.
Correct _____ is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions.
Your Answer:
Perception
2.
Incorrect According to _____, when observing the behaviour of others, individuals attempt to
determine if the behaviour is internally or externally caused.
Your Answer:
utilitarianism
Correct Answer:
attribution theory
According to attribution theory, when observing the behaviour of others, individuals attempt to
determine if the behaviour is internally or externally caused. Attribution theory has been proposed to
develop explanations of the ways in which we judge people differently, depending on what meaning we
attribute to a given behaviour.
3.
Correct If a person is seen as having been forced into a situation, the cause of his/her behaviour is ____.
Your Answer:
external
4.
Correct _____ refers to whether an individual displays different behaviours in different situations.
Your Answer:
Distinctiveness
5.
Incorrect When we judge someone on the basis of our perception of the group to which he or she
belongs, we are using the decision making technique of _____.
Your Answer:
self-fulfilling prophecy
Correct Answer:
stereotyping
Perception is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. It is important to the study of OB because peoples’ behaviors are based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself.Factors that shape and can distort perception include the perceiver, the target, or the situation.When an individual looks at a
target and attempts to interpret what he or she sees, that interpretation is heavily influenced by personal characteristics of the individual perceive. The more relevant personal characteristics affecting perception of the perceive are attitudes, motives, interests, past experiences, and expectations.Attribution theory suggests that when we observe an individual’s behavior, we attempt to determine whether it was internally or externally caused. That determination depends largely on three
factors: These are Distinctiveness, Consensus,Consistency. We’ll talk more about each these in a minute.
There are a couple of confounding concepts that impinge on Attribute Theory. First, a Fundamental Attribution Error is that we have a tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal or personal factors. In addition, Self-serving Bias is a tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors such as ability or effort while putting the blame for failure on external factors such as luck.
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Perception is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. It is important to the study of OB because peoples’ behaviors are based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself.Factors that shape and can distort perception include the perceiver, the target, or the situation.When an individual looks at a target and attempts to interpret what he or she sees, that interpretation is heavily influenced by personal characteristics of the individual perceive. The more relevant personal characteristics affecting perception of the perceive are attitudes, motives, interests, past experiences, and expectations.Attribution theory suggests that when we observe an individual’s behavior, we attempt to determine whether it was internally or externally caused. That determination depends largely on three factors: These are Distinctiveness, Consensus,Consistency. We’ll talk more about each these in a minute.
There are a couple of confounding concepts that impinge on Attribute Theory. First, a Fundamental Attribution Error is that we have a tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal or personal factors. In addition, Self-serving Bias is a tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors such as ability or effort while putting the blame for failure on external factors such as luck.