Organizational Behavior And Management 10th Edition By John M. Ivancevich – Test Bank
chapter 4
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Different individuals will perceive the same thing in different ways, because each gives his or her own meaning to stimuli.
True False
2. The stimuli that a person focuses on is based on what he or she chooses to pay attention to at a particular moment.
True False
3. The United States is exporting low-skill, low-paying jobs and importing high-skill, high-paying jobs.
True False
4. If interviewers rate candidates who are similar in appearance, background, and interests higher than candidates who are dissimilar, they are making a “self promotion” perception error.
True False
5. Subordinates recognize rewards for good performance just as frequently as supervisors feel they offer them.
True False
6. A manager has a responsibility to manage within a framework that permits perceptual differences to be voiced without fear or impatience.
True False
7. Stereotyping is useful for categorizing individuals, events, or organizations on which you have limited information or observation.
True False
8. At times, prejudice can be traced to direct experiences with members of the rejected group.
True False
9. Group prejudice occurs when a person takes a dislike to a whole group of individuals.
True False
10. Stereotyping can be a useful process in that it can greatly increase our efficiency in making sense of our environment.
True False
