Organizational behavior
Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 10e (Robbins/Judge)
Chapter 3 Perception and Individual Decision Making
1) What do we call the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment?
A) interpretation
B) environmental analysis
C) social verification
D) outlook
E) perception
Answer: E
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Topic: What Is Perception?
2) What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?
A) factors in the setting, factors in the environment and factors in the motives
B) factors in the perceiver, factors in the target and factors in the situation
C) factors in the character, factors in knowledge and factors in experience
D) factors in the personality, factors in the character and factors in the values
E) factors in the senses, factors in the surroundings and factors in the lighting
Answer: B
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Topic: What Is Perception?
3) Two people see the same thing at the same time yet interpret it differently. Where do the factors that operate to shape their dissimilar perceptions reside?
A) the perceivers
B) the target
C) the timing
D) the context
E) the situation
Answer: A
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Topic: What Is Perception?
4) What is the relationship between what one perceives and objective reality?
A) They are the same.
B) They can be substantially different.
C) They should be the same.
D) They are rarely if ever the same.
E) They cannot be the same.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 33
Topic: What Is Perception?
5) David has the opinion that people who drive SUVs are dangerous drivers. He often perceives that people driving SUVs are doing so in a dangerous manner, even when other observers can see nothing wrong with the behavior of the SUV drivers. What factor in David is affecting his perception in this case?
A) his interests
B) his experiences
C) his expectations
D) his motives
E) his
Chapter 3 Perception and Individual Decision Making
1) What do we call the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment?
A) interpretation
B) environmental analysis
C) social verification
D) outlook
E) perception
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 32
Topic: What Is Perception?
2) What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?
A) factors in the setting, factors in the environment and factors in the motives
B) factors in the perceiver, factors in the target and factors in the situation
C) factors in the character, factors in knowledge and factors in experience
D) factors in the personality, factors in the character and factors in the values
E) factors in the senses, factors in the surroundings and factors in the lighting
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 33
Topic: What Is Perception?
3) Two people see the same thing at the same time yet interpret it differently. Where do the factors that operate to shape their dissimilar perceptions reside?
A) the perceivers
B) the target
C) the timing
D) the context
E) the situation
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 33
Topic: What Is Perception?
4) What is the relationship between what one perceives and objective reality?
A) They are the same.
B) They can be substantially different.
C) They should be the same.
D) They are rarely if ever the same.
E) They cannot be the same.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 33
Topic: What Is Perception?
5) David has the opinion that people who drive SUVs are dangerous drivers. He often perceives that people driving SUVs are doing so in a dangerous manner, even when other observers can see nothing wrong with the behavior of the SUV drivers. What factor in David is affecting his perception in this case?
A) his interests
B) his experiences
C) his expectations
D) his motives
E) his