Organizational Behaviour

OB midterm prep

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Cards In This Set

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What factors influence perception?
The Situation, The Perceiver, The target
What is Distinctiveness?
How often does the person do this in other situations?
Contrast effects?
The concept that our reaction to one person is often influenced by other people we have recently encountered
Prejudice?
An unfounded dislike of a person or group based on their belonging to a particular stereotyped group.
Self-fulfilling prophecy?
A concept that proposes a person will behave in ways consistent with how he or she is perceived by others
What is personality based upon?
Heredity, environment and the situation
Myer- Briggs Type indicator?
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types Extraversion/introversion Sensing/intuiting Thinking/feeling Judging/perceiving
Type A personality?
Personality with aggressive involvement in a chronic struggle to achieve more in less time, and if necessary against other people
Moods?
Feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and that lack a contextual stimulus
What are the 5 dimensions of emotional intelligence?
Self-awareness, self- management, self-motivation, empathy, social skills