Human Behavior and Performance Flashcards
Define: Organizational Citizenship Behavior
a personal voluntary commitment within an organization that is not part of there contractual tasks.
Define: Counterproductive Work behavior
behaviors that explicitly runs counter to the goals of an organization
what is stress?
a response - physiological or (and) psycholigical - to something in the environment when individuals perceive they are unable to cope with demands imposed by stressor
true or false: stress = anxiety
anxiety is more long term and persistent. don’t always go away even in the absence of stressors.
Define: primary and secondary appraisal in terms of stress
primary appraisal: individual determines whether there is a threat to his/her wellbeing
secondary appraisal: determining coping strategy
Define: coping
constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and internal demands appraised as exceeding resource of a person
Define: emotion-focused coping
unchanged circumstance but changing your perception of it
Define: problem-focused coping
involves taking action and changing the circumstance
“unchanged circumstance but changing your perception of it” describes …
emotion-focused coping
“involves taking action and changing the circumstance” describes …
problem-focused coping
Good stress is called …
Eustress
“avoidance of performing a task or of making a decision (by more pleasant activities)” describes
Procrastination
What are 3 main drivers of procrastination?
- fear of failure
- feeling overwhelmed
- overload and inability to prioritize
Define: Planning Fallacy
underestimating the time needed to complete a task
“underestimating the time needed to complete a task” describes …
Planning Fallacy
Define: Optimism Bias
the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate the likelihood of negative events happening in future
“the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate the likelihood of negative events happening in future” describes …
Optimism Bias
give an example of the Synchrony effect
people who are more effective at night performing better and efficient at night
What is a Group?
a group is consciously recognized and connected to one another by social relationship
group is not the same as category
Define: Roles
roles are a set of expected behavioral patterns attributed to someone occupying a given position in a social unit
Define: Role Perception
an individual view of how one is supposed to act in a given situation
Define: Role Expectation
the way others believe one should act in a given context
Define: Role Conflict
appears when compliance with one role requirement makes it difficult to comply with another
Define: Norms
consensual standards that describe what behaviors should and should not be performed in a given context
Define: Conformity
adjustment of behaviors to align with the norms of a group
Define: Status
a socially defined status defined position or rank given to group (members) by others
Groups size should range from ….
2 - 7 people. 2.7 is ideal
Why is it better for groups to have odd numbers?
to avoid polarization. (ie. 50/50 split)
list some advantages of Diversity
- expand talent pool
- multiple view points
- better decision making
- competitive advantage
list some disadvantages of Diversity
- conflict
- faultiness
- etc
Definition: Group
2 or more indivisuals interdependent, may or may not work towards same goal
“2 or more indivisuals interdependent, may or may not work towards same goal” describes a …
Group
Define: Team
group of interdependent with respect to information, resources and skills and combine efforts to achieve a common goal.
Define: Social Loafing
tendency to to expend less effort to achieve a goal when working in a team than working indivisually
What is the Memory Process?
Encoding -> Storage -> Retrieval
Name the 3 types of memory
1) Sensory memory
2) short term memory
3) long term memory
what is the bottom line of Baker Paradox
we learn with association to retain information better
what is the PQ4R method?
preview, question, read, reflect, recite, review
True or False: the PQ4R method is applied in note taking
False, PQ4R is a reading method
explain what the Method of Loci is.
a strategy of memory enhancement which uses visualizations of familiar spatial environments in order to enhance the recall of information
Define: Overconfidence effect
is the unconscious tendency to have greater confidence in ones judgement
“the unconscious tendency to have greater confidence in ones judgement” describes…
Overconfidence effect
Define: self serving bias (attribution bias)
tendency to maintain self-esteem by attributing positive event to selves and negative events to others
What is personality?
relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish individual’s from one another
What is personality?
relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish individual’s from one another
“relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish individual’s from one another “ describes …
Personality
True or False: Individual’s personality is 50% developed through experience and 50% born
True
True or False: re-studying is proven to be more efficient than testing
False, testing helps fill in gaps in knowledge and PRACTICES RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION
Explain the Barnum Effect
individual’s tendency to believe that personality descriptions apply specifically to them, despite description being general and applies to greater audience
List the Big 5 Theory
O.C.E.A.N.
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (also known as Emotional Reaction)
True or False: Personalties can be changed throughout life
True, personalities can change influenced by negative/positive life events.
tend to become more conscientious as we age
Define: Strength Theory
indicates the way in which personality translates in behavior depends on the strength of situation
“indicates the way in which personality translates in behavior depends on the strength of situation” describes …
Strength Theory
What is the Dark Triad? List them.
undesirable values
narcissism
psychopathy
machiavellanism
“Egotistic and need for admiration. may surround themselves by “lesser” people to boost low self esteem” describes…
Narcissism
“Being impulsive and thrill seeking” describes
Psycopathy
“exploits others to succeed. Not related to boosting self-esteem” describes …
Machiavellanism
Define: Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests
contends that career interests are an expression of individuals personality
6 points of Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests
conventional, realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Realistic
prefers physical activities that requires, skills, strength, and conditon
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Investigative
prefers activities that involve thinking
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Social
prefers activities that involve helping and developing others
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Conventional
prefers rule regulated, orderly, and unambiguous activities
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Enterprising
verbal activities in which there are opportunities to influence
Hexagonal Model of Vocational Interests: Artistic
prefers ambiguous and allows activities that allow creative expression
Define: Complimentary Fit
adding to what is missing ie. a new group member
Define: Supplementary fit
adding people with same skills
Define: Values
stable and evaluative beliefs that guide our actions and judgement
True or False: Values are built on experience and environment
True
Define: Intelligence
No one definition but IQ comes close. IQ is all contextual
Define: Fluid Intelligence
ability to reason and think in an abstract manner, to see complex relationships and solve problems. ie. solving a puzzle
“ability to reason and think in an abstract manner, to see complex relationships and solve problems. ie. solving a puzzle” describes ….
Fluid Intelligence
Define: Crystallized Intelligence
accumulation of knowledge, facts, and skills that are acquired throughout life
True or False: Highest general mental ability is the strongest best indicator of job performance
True
True or False: as job complexity increases, IQ becomes increasingly influential
True
GMA (IQ) are generally inconsistent in results
False, retesting will result in similar results