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Which of the following sets of items relate to the perceiver as a factor influencing of the perceptual process?

A) Physical,social,and organizational contexts
B) Past experiences,needs or motives,personality,values,and attitudes
C) Contrast,intensity,figure-ground separation,size,motion,and repetition/novelty
D) Attitudes,physical characteristics,contrast,and size
E) Values,organizational norms,motion,and repetition/novelty

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In Pavlov's classical conditioning research,the food for the dogs was the stimulus.

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The director of engineering at a local company was very impressed that Jerry,a production engineer,had not missed a single day of work in the past 12-month period.Based on this one item,the director of engineering rated Jerry very high on all dimensions of his performance appraisal.This error in the performance appraisal process is known as a__________.

Classical conditioning is a form of learning through association that involves the manipulation of stimuli to influence behavior.

The factors that influence the perceptual process include characteristics regarding the __________.

__________ is a reinforcement schedule that administers a reward each time a desired behavior occurs.

A(n)__________ occurs when an individual's characteristics are compared with those of others who have been recently encountered and who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.

If a person performs poorly in many different situations,the tendency is to attribute the person's poor performance to external causes; but if the person performs poorly only occasionally,the tendency is to attribute the person's poor performance to internal causes.

Schemas are cognitive frameworks that represent organized knowledge about a given concept or stimulus developed through experience.

The label __________ Class is often used to describe hi-tech young professionals.They face lots of stress in struggles to balance work,family,and leisure.

A manager who advises someone's co-workers to ignore that person's disruptive behaviors during meetings is using __________.

The law of __________ states that behavior that results in a pleasant outcome is likely to be repeated while behavior that results in an unpleasant outcome is not likely to be repeated.

Perception is the process through which people select,organize,interpret,retrieve,and respond to information from their environment.

Halo effects are particularly important in which managerial process?

Continuous reinforcement and intermittent reinforcement administer a reward each time a desired behavior occurs.

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to underestimate the influence of situational factors and to overestimate the influence of personal factors in evaluating someone else's behavior.

Which of the following statements reflect the correct order of the stages of the perceptual process?

A(n)__________ occurs when a new manager designed a subordinate's job with his own likes and dislikes in mind (instead of the employee's).

The law of contingent reinforcement states that the reward must be given as soon as possible after the occurrence of the desirable behavior.

Ability and age stereotypes have almost been eliminated from the workplace today.