Chapter 8 Industrial & Org Psych. Practice quiz

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practice quiz for chapter 8 Motivation
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What is generally defined as an internal state that induces a person to engage in particular behaviors
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  • Direction
  • Persistence
  • Motivation

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What is the part of motivation that refers to the choice of specific behaviors from a large number of possible behaviors
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  • Intensity
  • two-factor theory
  • direction
  • Persistence

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The amount of effort a person expends at doing a task is
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  • Persistence
  • Intensity
  • Motivation
  • Direction

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__________ motivation theories deal with processes that are far removed from the behavior, but ________ motivation theories deal with processes that are close to the behavior
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  • Two factor, Reinforcement
  • Distal, proximal
  • lateral, medial

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__________ theories are most typically concerned with the reasons, other than ability, that some people perform their jobs better than others.
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  • Motivation
  • Intensity
  • Action
  • Work Motivation

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________ states that motivation comes from the nature of the job, not from external rewards or job conditions.
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  • Need hierarchy
  • Two factor
  • Expectancy
  • Control

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____________ theory describes how rewards or reinforcement can affect behavior
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  • Reinforcement
  • Two factor
  • incentive systems
  • expectancy

Frage 8

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_______________ theory classifies all human needs into a small number of categories and presumes that people's behavior is directed toward fulfilling their needs. Human needs are necessary for physical and psychological health.
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  • Expectancy theory
  • Two- factor theory
  • Self-efficacy
  • Need Hierarchy

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__________ theory can predict a person's choice of behavior from two or more options
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  • Two Factor
  • Expectancy
  • Self efficacy
  • Need Hierarchy

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People with high _________ believe they are capable of accomplishing tasks and will be motivated to put forth effort
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  • Galatea Effect
  • Self Efficacy
  • Motivation
  • Hygiene facotrs

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________ occurs when people's beliefs about their own capabilities lead them to perform better, as in a self fulling prophecy
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  • Galatea Effect
  • Self efficacy
  • Expectancy
  • Motivation

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_________ are job aspects relevant to the animal needs, i.e. pay, supervision, coworkers and organizational policies
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  • Hygiene factors
  • Galatea effect
  • Self efficacy
  • Expectancy

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________ are the rewards, or everything of personal value that an employee gets from working for an org., including pay, fringe benefits, enjoyment and status. ______ are the contributions made by the employee to the organization
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  • Outcomes, inputs
  • Incentives, rewards
  • Expectancy, inputs
  • inputs, outcomes

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________ are job aspects relevant to growth needs, ie. achievement, recognition, responsibility and the nature of the work itself.
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  • Two theory factors
  • Motivation factors
  • Hygiene factors
  • Outcomes

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_____________ is concerned with the fairness with which rewards are allocated.
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  • Justice Theory
  • Distributive justice
  • Goal setting
  • instrumentality

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__________ is the subjective probability that a given behavior will result in a particular rewards
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  • instrumentality
  • incentive systems
  • expectancy theory
  • reinforcement

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________ theory explains how people's goals and intentions can result in behavior
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  • learning
  • goals setting
  • performance
  • justice

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A person with a _________ orientation is concerned with enhancing knowledge and skill
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  • performance
  • goal setting
  • learning
  • action

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A person with a ________ orientation focuses efforts on enhancing performance on specific job tasks.
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  • learning
  • performance
  • action
  • goal setting

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________ refers to whether people focus their goals on learning or performance
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  • action theory
  • goal orientation
  • goal setting
  • instrumentality

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A person who is _________ oriented tends to follow the action process, setting goals, formulating plans, and then sticking with them until the goals are achieved. It's a complex cognitive theory
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  • action
  • goal setting
  • learning
  • self efficacy

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The theory of motivation that has been most useful for I/O psychologist is __________. A person's behavior is motivated by their internal intensions, objectives or goals
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  • goal setting theory
  • action theory
  • two factor theory
  • expectancy theory

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Motivation has to do with all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • direction
  • usefulness
  • persistence
  • intensity

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______________ refers to the motivation to continue engaging in a behavior over time
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  • direction
  • usefulness
  • persistence
  • intensity

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Which of the following motivational theories is concerned specifically with rewards, environmental influences, and human cognitive processes?
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  • expectancy theory
  • self-efficacy theory
  • goal setting theory
  • action theory

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Which motivational theory is a cognitive theory that explains how goals are translated into behaviors that persist until one reaches one's objective?
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  • cognitive control theory
  • need theory
  • action theory
  • goal setting theory

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_________ says that people are motivated to acquire certain categories of things, such as food or recognition
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  • need theory
  • two-factor theory
  • self-efficacy theory
  • reinforcement theory

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These types of motivation theories are concerned with values rather then needs, beliefs or reinforcements
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  • need theories
  • justice theories
  • goal theories
  • reward theories

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According to two factor theory, job aspects relevant to animal needs are called _________________factors and include pay, supervision, co-workers and organization policies
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  • job
  • hygiene
  • family
  • motivator

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Thorndike's _________ states that the probability of a particular behavior increases if it is followed by a reward or reinforcement.
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  • law of needs
  • control theory
  • law of effect
  • incentive effect

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Vroom's theory of motivation includes ____________, which represents the amount of motivation a person has to engage in a particular behavior or sequence of behaviors that are relevant to job performance.
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  • expectancy
  • instrumentality
  • force
  • valance

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____________ is subjective probability one has about his/her ability to perform a behavior.
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  • force
  • expectancy
  • valence
  • instrumentality

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This represents the extent to which one wants or desires something
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  • force
  • valence
  • instrumentality
  • subjective probability

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Research has found support for which aspect of Equity theory?
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  • underpayment
  • overpayment
  • equal payment
  • all of the above

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According to Adams (1965), _______________ induces anger and ___________ induces guilt
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  • overpayment, underpayment
  • underpayment, equal payment
  • equal payment, underpayment
  • underpayment, overpayment

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__________ is concerned with the fairness of the reward distribution process, as opposed to the results of the distribution.
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  • equity justice
  • procedural justice
  • interactional justice
  • distributive justice

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According to Locke & Henne (1986), all these are important for goals setting to improve job performance EXCEPT which of the following factors?
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  • specific goals
  • easy to attain goals
  • feedback on progress toward goals
  • goal acceptance by the employee

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This theory builds on goal-setting theory by focusing on how feedback affects motivation to maintain effort toward goals.
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  • two-factor theory
  • equity theory
  • self-efficacy theory
  • control theory

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This theory focuses on the processes that link goals and intentions to actual behavior
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  • two- factor theory
  • action theory
  • self-efficacy theory
  • control theory
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