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How is extraversion related to one's level of self-esteem?

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Extraversion is directly related to one'...

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Which of the following is a difference between terminal values and instrumental values?


A) Instrumental values are likely to maintain high priority throughout your life, whereas terminal values are short-term goals with little significance.
B) Instrumental values are end-point ideal values, whereas terminal values are everyday action-directed values.
C) Terminal values are goals that you want to accomplish during your life time, whereas instrumental values are related to long-term goals that you want to accomplish.
D) Terminal values help you reach your goals, whereas instrumental values are those goals you want to reach through the terminal values.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Organization citizenship behavior is an attitude of willingness to go above and beyond the behaviors that are generally associated with life in a workplace.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements is true about values and attitudes?


A) Attitudes are inborn and values are developed on the basis of observation and attitudes.
B) Attitudes are much deeper than values and they often conflict with the former.
C) Values and attitudes are two different names for the same set of perceptions.
D) Values affect attitudes, and values conflicts with other people involve attitude problems.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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The most dangerous kind of pessimism is ____.

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David Myers identified "positive attitude" as a:


A) stage resulting from an internal locus of control and unconditional positive regard.
B) stage resulting from an external locus of control and conditional positive regard.
C) position resulting from healthy self-esteem, optimism, introversion, and personal control.
D) position resulting from healthy self-esteem, optimism, extraversion, and personal control.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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What is the importance of attitude in an individual's life?

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An attitude has three parts: thoughts, f...

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To help job attitudes, an employer should:


A) provide mentally challenging work that is difficult to manage.
B) encourage employees to develop an external locus of control.
C) encourage employees to develop personal interest in their work.
D) make accomplishing goals challenging.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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_____ is defined as a failure to confront your problem.

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According to the statistics expert Daniel Yankelovich's study, the Americans now insist much more strongly that jobs become more impersonal.

A) True
B) False

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What are instrumental values?

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Instrumental values (or everyd...

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What are terminal values?

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Terminal values (or end-point ideal valu...

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Why is hopelessness the most dangerous kind of pessimism?

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Feeling hopeless leads to feeling helple...

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A(n) _____ is information given to people either on how well they are performing a task, or on how clearly they are being understood.

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According to David Myers, you can best achieve a positive attitude by:


A) fulfilling expectations of people around you.
B) acting happy and developing an internal locus of control.
C) having at least one peak communication with someone everyday.
D) being critical and establishing an external locus of control.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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When someone else controls your choices, either large or small, your happiness will probably increase.

A) True
B) False

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What constitutes an effective attitude-improving feedback?

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When giving attitude-improving...

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What is the usual reaction of people when they experience cognitive dissonance?

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When people experience cognitive dissona...

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Which of the following best describes organizational citizenship behavior?


A) It is an attitude of willingness to go above and beyond the behaviors that are generally associated with life in the workplace.
B) It is an attitude that results from healthy self-esteem, optimism, extraversion, and personal control.
C) It is the ability of one person to influence another person in the workplace.
D) It is the tendency of a person to justify unethical behavior with excuses.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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The giver of feedback should try to strike a balance between negative and positive feedback.

A) True
B) False

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