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MGT chapter 15
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1_____ is the process by which individuals attend to, organize, interpret, and retain information from their environments.
- APerception
- BParticipative communication
- CActive hearing
- DPassive hearing
- EApprehension
2Which of the following causes people exposed to the same information to often disagree about what they saw or heard?
- AStraightforward communication
- BDefensive bias
- CPerceptual filter
- DEmpathetic listening
- EAntagonism
3Which of the following statements about perception and perceptual filters is true?
- APeople organize and interpret what they pay attention to similarly
- BPeople perceive according to experience-based differences.
- CPeople are unaffected by differences in stimuli.
- DPeople remember things similarly.
- EPeople can perceive only similar things.
4The steps in the basic perception process, in order, are _____
- Aattention, decision, intention, and action
- Borganization, attention, interpretation, retention
- Cinterpretation, attention, organization, action
- Dattention, interpretation, organization, retention
- Eattention, organization, interpretation, retention
5In the perception process, _____ is the process of noticing or becoming aware of particular stimuli.
- Aretention
- Battention
- Corganization
- Dinterpretation
- Eactivation
6_____ is the tendency to notice and accept objects and information consistent with our values, beliefs, and expectations, while ignoring or screening out inconsistent information.
- AFundamental attribution error
- BSelective evaluation
- CClosure
- DDefensive bias
- ESelective perception
7_____ states that we all have a basic need to understand and explain the causes of other people's behavior.
- AAttribution theory
- BTheory of empathetic reinforcement
- CCausality theory
- DPrinciple of consideration
- EBehavioral reflection principle
8Lopez was injured at work when he slips and falls at a construction site. However, his coworkers assumed the accident was due to improper flooring. According to attribution theory, Lopez's coworkers interpreted the incident with a _____.
- Aculpability bias
- Bproactive perceptual error
- Creactive perception error
- Ddefensive bias
- Efundamental attribution error
9According to attribution theory, _____ makes managers more likely to attribute workers' problems or failures to internal rather than external causes.
- Athe defensive bias
- Bthe self-serving attribution bias
- Cthe fundamental attribution error
- Dclosure
- Ecognitive dissonance
10When things go wrong in the workplace, workers are more likely to attribute their problems to _____, while managers are more likely to attribute those same workers' problems to _____.
- Aexternal causes; internal causes
- Bthe fundamental attribution error; the defensive bias
- Cinternal causes; external causes
- Dextrinsic reinforcers; intrinsic reinforcers
- Eintrinsic reinforcers; extrinsic reinforcers
11In the communication process, _____ makes senders aware of possible miscommunications and enables them to continue communicating until the receiver understands the intended message.
- Afeedback
- Bencoding
- Cretention
- Dnoise
- Eattribution
12Andrea works for a finance company. She receives a complex message that she is unable to decode correctly. This situation is an example of _____ interfering with the transmission of a message.
- Anoise
- Battribution biases
- Cattrition
- Ddefensive biases
- Efilters
13
The _____ communication channel is the system of official channels that carry organizationally approved messages and information.- Aformal
- Bkinesic
- Cattribution
- Dcluster chain
- Egrapevine
14The three formal communication channels in organizations are categorized as _____.
- Ahierarchical, functional, and organizational
- Bdownward, horizontal, and upward
- Cvertical, horizontal, and dyadic
- Dupward, dyadic, and downward
- Ehorizontal, vertical, and grapevine
15The two primary types of grapevine communication networks are _____ chains
- Aupward and downward
- Bcluster and gossip
- Cfocus and scramble
- Ddiagonal and horizontal
- Elinear and circular
16In a grapevine communication network, a _____ involves one highly connected individual sharing information with many other managers and workers.
- Adyadic chain
- Bvacuum chain
- Ccluster chain
- Dstructural chain
- Egossip chain
17Organizational grapevines can be managed by:
- Athe management withholding information.
- Brewarding employees when they circulate rumors in the company.
- Ckeeping employees informed about changing strategies and policies
- Dgiving incorrect information to the employees
- Epunishing those who share information with other employees.
18_____ is a type of one-on-one communication used by managers to improve an employee's on-the-job performance or behavior.
- Acoaching
- Bleading
- Ccounseling
- Dsupportive supervision
- Eupward guidance
19In nonverbal communication, the term _____ refer to movements of the body and face.
- Amnemonics
- Bkinesics
- Csemitones
- Dsemantics
- Eproxemics
20In nonverbal communication, _____ includes the pitch, rate, tone, volume, and speaking pattern (i.e., use of silences, pauses, or hesitations) of one's voice.
- Aparalanguage
- Bmetalanguage
- Csemitones
- Dproxemics
- Ekinesics
21Which of the following is one of the primary tasks faced by managers who want to improve communication?
- AControlling organization-wide kinesics
- BMaintaining vertical communication channels
- CManaging small group communication
- DManaging organization-wide communication
- EEliminating informal communication channels
22Which of the following statements about hearing and listening is true?
- AListening is a passive action, while hearing is an active action
- BHearing is perception of sounds, while listening is making a conscious effort to hear.
- CListening is an involuntary behavior, and hearing is a voluntary behavior.
- DBoth hearing and listening require paralanguage for the communication process to occur.
- EHearing and listening are synonymous with each other
23_____ is a technique of understanding a speaker's perspective and personal frame of reference and giving feedback that conveys that understanding to the speaker.
- ASymbiotic listening
- Bactive listening
- Creflective hearing
- Dempathetic listening
- Enon-confrontational listening
24_____ is feedback that is intended to be helpful, corrective, and/or encouraging and is aimed at correcting performance deficiencies and motivating employees.
- ADyadic feedback
- BConstructive feedback
- CSolicited feedback
- DParticipative feedback
- EEmpathetic feedback
25Organizational silence occurs when _____.
- Aan organization is going to engage in a leveraged buyout
- Bemployees believe that telling managers about problems will not make a difference
- Cemployees are encouraged to discuss company issues with the news media
- Dan organization refuses to answer customer complaints
- Emanagers shut down all efforts to conduct grapevine communications in the organization
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- Management chapter 15 quiz
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- Bailey N
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