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MGMT 1105 Chapter 3
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- 1Interactional psychologythe psychological approach to understanding human behavior that involves knowing something about the person and about the situation.
- 2Individual differencesthe way in which factors such as skills, abilities, personalities, perceptions, attitudes, values, and ethics differ from one individual to another.
- 3Personalitya relatively stable set of characteristics that influence an individual’s behavior.
- 4Trait theorya personality theory that advocates breaking down behavior patterns into a series of observable traits in order to understand human behavior.
- 5Integrative approacha personality theory that advocates breaking down behavior patterns into a series of observable traits in order to understand human behavior.
- 6Strong situationa situation that overwhelms the effects of individual personalities by providing strong cues for appropriate behavior.
- 7Locus of controlan individual’s generalized belief about internal control (self-control) versus external control (control by the situation or by others).
- 8General self-efficacyan individual’s general belief that he or she is capable of meeting job demands in a wide variety of situations.
- 9Self-esteeman individual’s general feeling of self-worth.
- 10Self-monitoringthe extent to which people base their behavior on cues from other people and situations.
- 11Positive affectan individual’s tendency to accentuate the positive aspects of herself or himself, other people, and the world in general.
- 12Negative affectan individual’s tendency to accentuate the negative aspects of himself or herself, other people, and the world in general.
- 13Projective testa personality test that elicits an individual’s response to abstract stimuli.
- 14Behavioral measurespersonality assessments that involve observing an individual’s behavior in a controlled situation.
- 15Self-report questionnairea common personality assessment that involves an individual’s responses to a series of questions.
- 16Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) instrumentan instrument developed to measure Carl Jung’s theory of individual differences.
- 17Extraversionbeing energized by interaction with other people.
- 18Introversionbeing energized by spending time alone.
- 19Sensinggathering information through the five senses and focusing on what actually exists.
- 20Intuitiongathering information through a “sixth sense” and focusing on what could be.
- 21Thinkingmaking decisions in a logical, objective fashion.
- 22Feelingmaking decisions in a personal, value-oriented way.
- 23Judgingpreferring closure and completion in making decisions.
- 24Perceivingpreferring to explore many alternatives with flexibility and spontaneity
- 25Social perceptionthe process of interpreting information about another person.
- 26Discounting principlethe assumption that an individual’s behavior is accounted for by the situation
- 27Selective perceptionthe tendency to select information that supports our individual viewpoints while discounting information that threatens our viewpoints.
- 28Stereotypea generalization about a group of people.
- 29First-impressionforming lasting opinions about an individual based on initial perceptions.
- 30Projectionoverestimating the number of people who share our own beliefs, values, and behaviors.
- 31Self-fulfilling prophecyallowing expectations about people to affect our interaction with them in such a way that those expectations are fulfilled.
- 32Impression managementthe process by which individuals try to control the impressions others have of them.
- 33Attribution theorya theory that explains how individuals pinpoint the causes of their own and others behavior.
- 34Fundamental attribution errorthe tendency to make attributions to internal causes when focusing on someone else’s behavior.
- 35Self-serving biasthe tendency to attribute one’s successes to internal causes and ones failures to external causes.
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