SMG OB 221 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Attention, Confirmation Bias, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: Boston University
• Department: Organizational Behavior
• Course: SMG OB 221
• Professor: Wang

Document Summary

Motivation: internal forces that affect the voluntary choice of behavior. Role perceptions: belief about what behaviors is required to achieve the desire outcome. World is changing too fast technical skills are too easily outdated. A technique to help you know yourself. Conscientiousness: organized and dependable ob"s (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t fa(cid:272)tor. Neuroticism more neurotic = more emotionally unstable. Extraversion vs introversion (cid:862)getti(cid:374)g e(cid:374)erg(cid:455)(cid:863: e: essential stimulation from environment. Sensing vs intuitive (cid:862)per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)fo/pro(cid:272)essi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374)(cid:863: s: observant. Thinking vs feeling (cid:862)(cid:373)aki(cid:374)g de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)(cid:863: t: analyze, f: empathic/compassionate. Judging vs perceiving (cid:862)orie(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g to the e(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al (cid:449)orld(cid:863) J: living a structured life: p: spontaneous stay open to possibilities. Self concept: social self: social self, self-enhancement, self-evaluation, self-verification. Motivation to preserve the your own status. Process of receiving info and make sense of the world around us. Characteristic of objects/perceiver: confirmation bias: screening out info that contradicts our belief/values, dangers: Leads to ethical blind spots: ethical fading, motivated blindness: (cid:271)li(cid:374)d to other"s behavior, conflict of interest.