Week 2
What are four potential issues with the Myers-Briggs personality measure?
Unreliable; Not valid; Forces bi-modality; Creates false positives
What term is used to refer to the “average or total of the attitudes individuals hold toward their job as a whole?
Overall Satisfaction
What is the process through which people organise, interpret, retrieve, and respond to information called?
Perception
What is the most widely accepted approach to personality in organizational behaviour?
Interactionist Approach
What are the two factors that determine performance?
Ability and Motivation
Which of the following is not one of the four common leadership styles?
a) Democratic/participative b) Autocratic/directive
c) Inspirational/emotional d) Laissez-faire
c) Inspirational/emotional
“You did great. You must be really smart”. What type of mindset does this statement reflect?
Fixed Mindset
According to research, which type of motivation motivates workers to perform better? Intrinsic or Extrinsic?
Intrinsic motivation
What is the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors & overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgements about the behaviour of others?
The fundamental attribution error