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WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Final Exam | Grade A Questions and Verified Answers (Latest 2023/ 2024) 100% Correct Q: What is true regarding the rational decision-making model? Answer: It assumes that an individual is able to identify all relevant options in an unbiased manner. Q...

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WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Final Exam | Gra de A Questions and Verified Answers (Latest 2023/ 2024) 100% Correct Q: What is true regarding the rational decision -making model? Answer: It assumes that an individual is able to identify all relevant options in an unbiased manner. Q: Define Bounded Rationality. Answer: It involves constructing simplified models without capturing all their complexity. Q: What is an unconscious decision making process created from distilled experience? Answer: Intuitive Decision making model. Q: The tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information that contradicts past judgments is known as a(n) ________ bias. Answer: Confirmation Bias Q: The tendency to fixate on initial information from which one then fails to adequately adjust. Answer: Anchoring Bias Q: A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to behaviors of 6 or 9 months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by a(n) ________ bias. Answer: availabilit y bias - the tendency for people to base their judgements on information that is readily available. Q: If Alberta is a categorized as a Theory X manager, what behaviors is she most likely to exhibit? Answer: She will strictly control all the details of any project she is managing. Q: Davina is categorized as a Theory Y manager, what are some behaviors that she is most likely to exhibit? Answer: She will let her employees choose their own goals. She will trust her employees to use their discretion in most matters. She will delegate authority extensively to junior managers. Q: You manage a department of five employees. You have identified that Joe has a high need for achievement, Mary has a high need for power, and Tim has a high need for affiliation. Sarah scored high on the need for power and low on the need for affiliation . Doug scored low on both need for power and need for affiliation. Which of these five employees is most suitable for handling your responsibilities when you are on a vacation? Answer: Sarah Q: Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying one's hunger, thirst, and other bodily needs? Answer: physiological base needs must be met first Q: According to the two -factor theory, ________. Answer: The aspects that lead to job satisfaction are separate and distinct from those that lead to job dissatisfaction Q: What are the two factors of the two factor theory (Hygiene)? Answer: Intrinsic -job satisfaction Extrinsic - dissatisfaction Q: What theory proposes that people prefer to feel they have control over their actions, so anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen activity will undermine motivation? Answer: self-determination the ory Q: What statements are true regarding goal -setting theory? Answer: People do better when they get feedback on how well they are progressing toward their goals. Q: According to Albert Bandura, the most important source of increasing self -efficac y is ________. Answer: enactive mastery Q: Name a describe the four ways that self efficacy can be increased. Answer: Enactive Mastery - gaining relevant experience. Vicarious Modeling - becoming more confident seeing someone else complete a task. Verbal Persuasion -someone convinces you. Arousal - Psyched up Q: A(n) ________ is any consequence, immediately following a response, that increases the probability that the behavior will be repeated. Answer: reinforcer Q: Jim is a salaried employee whose job is to develop content for online web sites. He discovers that he is paid substantially more than his colleagues, even though their jobs and levels of performance are very similar. According to the equity theory, what impact is this discovery most likely to have on his behavior and performance? Answer: He will increase his productivity and/or the overall quality of his work.

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