Psychology Questions

26) You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. Represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. Which faculty member should furnish information about personality, learning, and motivation?A) sociologyB) psychologyC) anthropologyD) political scienceE) industrial engineering

41) Variations in the economy, longevity, and birth rates are all forces which affect ________.A) organizationsB) socio-economic conditionsC) OB studiesD) the workforceE) networking conditions

40) ________ is an effect of increasing globalization.A) More expensive consumer goodsB) An increase in manufacturing jobs in developed nationsC) An ever increasingly homogeneous workforceD) Shared economic values among all culturesE) Jobs moving to nations with low-cost labor

23) Which behavioral science discipline is most focused on understanding individual behavior?A) sociologyB) social psychologyC) psychologyD) anthropologyE) organizational behavior

32) ________ focuses on the study of people in relation to their social environment.A) PsychologyB) SociologyC) Corporate strategyD) Political scienceE) Operations management

42) Over the past 15 years, longevity rates have ________ while birth rates have ________.A) decreased; decreasedB) increased; decreasedC) increased; remained consistentD) increased; increasedE) decreased; increased

45) Workforce diversity means that organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of all of the following except ________.A) ageB) genderC) domestic partnersD) socio-economic statusE) religion

46) ________ influences employees' behavior so strongly that organizations have started employing specific employees to preserve the status quo of the company.A) Organizational cultureB) Socio-economic environmentC) PoliticsD) Human resourcesE) Social media

27) You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. Represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. Which professor out of this group would you expect to address issues on communication?A) the psychologistB) the anthropologistC) the political scientistD) the social psychologistE) the industrial engineer

35) The subject of organizational culture has been most influenced by which behavioral science discipline?A) anthropologyB) psychologyC) social psychologyD) political scienceE) corporate strategy

30) ________ blends concepts from psychology and sociology and focuses on the influence people have on one another.A) Corporate strategyB) AnthropologyC) Political scienceD) Social psychologyE) Archaeology

19) Basing managerial decisions on the best available scientific support is called ________.A) intuitionB) organizational processC) organizational behaviorD) evidence-based managementE) conceptual management

31) Jude is a social psychologist. He is working on a concept in social psychology, which is a major study area, and learning how to implement it and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance. Jude is studying the concept of ________.A) cultureB) ethicsC) powerD) changeE) fatigue

25) Austin is a graduate student helping to organize a study on individual job satisfaction. The study focuses on the top five causes of satisfaction or dissatisfaction on a job. His department is surveying 200 individuals in 100 different types of organizations. Austin is most likely a graduate student in the department of ________.A) psychologyB) anthropologyC) political scienceD) social psychologyE) archaeology

20) If a manager uses data to define objectives, develop theories of causality, and then test those theories, then she can ultimately determine ________.A) which products to produceB) which employee activities are relevant to objectivesC) what objectives the company needs to followD) who should be firedE) all of the above

24) Psychology's major contributions to the field of organizational behavior have been primarily at what level of analysis?A) the level of the groupB) the level of the individualC) the level of the organizationD) the level of cultureE) the level of interacting groups

29) Group behavior, power, and conflict are central areas of study for ________.A) archaeologistsB) philanthropistsC) anthropologistsD) social psychologistsE) operations analysts

22) Holly needs to assign a very important advertising account to one of her writers. First she reviewed each writer's work load, then she studied the sales data of the products for the last three campaigns of each writer, then she reviewed each writer's annual review to familiarize herself with their goals. Finally, she gave the account to Paula, a very creative, efficient, writer who has had high sales results with her last three clients' products. Janet's management style is based on ________.A) intuition or "gut feeling"B) organizational behavioral studiesC) subjective assessmentsD) preconceived notionsE) systematic study

28) You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. Represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. You should expect that the faculty member from ________ will probably contribute information about large-scale group behavior.A) sociologyB) psychologyC) social psychologyD) anthropologyE) industrial engineering

37) Munwar and Jackson both work as logistics supervisors at a successful restaurant management company. Recently, the manager for District G retired and both Munwar and Jackson have been approached about filling the position. While Munwar was excited about the possible promotion, Jackson was not interested in the position because it would require relocation and travel as well as the supervision of over 200 employees. Jackson's behavior can be explained through ________.A) sociologyB) big dataC) organizational behaviorD) contingency variablesE) interpersonal skills