(p. 45) Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of:
A. stopping, looking, and listening.
B. perception, attribution, and learning.
C. action, observation, and reflection.
D. action, behavior, and consequence.
action, observation, and reflection.
(p. 48) Which statement about perceptual sets is most likely FALSE?
A. Perceptual sets can influence any of our senses.
B. Perceptual sets are the tendency to perceive everything.
C. Feelings and needs can trigger a perceptual set.
D. Prior experiences ca
Perceptual sets are the tendency to perceive everything.
(p. 49) In perception, which term refers to the process of assigning underlying causes to behaviors?
A. Attribution
B. Single-loop learning
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
D. Fundamental attribution error
Attribution
(p. 50) Crediting your own successes to dispositional factors and others' successes to factors in the environment are aspects of:
A. single-loop learning.
B. fundamental attribution error.
C. self-fulfilling prophecy.
D. double-loop learning.
fundamental attribution error.
(p. 50) People who are observing an action are much more likely than the actor to make the fundamental attribution error. This is called:
A. stereotyping.
B. self-serving bias.
C. ultimate attribution error.
D. actor/observer difference.
actor/observer difference.
(p. 52) Which statement about the reflection component of the A-O-R model is most likely FALSE?
A. The importance of reflection in leadership development is rarely addressed by scholars.
B. Reflection is the most significant and most neglected component o
The importance of reflection in leadership development is rarely addressed by scholars.
(p. 53) A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as:
A. attribution.
B. double-loop learning.
C. self-fulfilling prophecy.
D. fundamental attribution error.
self-fulfilling prophecy.
(p. 54) Which term refers to a kind of learning between the individual and the environment in which learners seek relatively little feedback that may significantly confront their fundamental ideas or actions?
A. Deutero-learning
B. Double-loop learning
C.
Single-loop learning
(p. 54) Which of the following involves confronting your beliefs, inviting others to challenge you, and working on personal blind spots?
A. Fundamental attribution
B. Double-loop learning
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
D. Single-loop learning
Double-loop learning
(p. 56) What is a frequent lesson learned by both men and women from their career experiences?
A. Recognizing and seizing opportunities
B. Understanding personal limits
C. Persevering through adversity
D. Handling political situations
Handling political situations
(p. 58) Leadership studies programs at the university-level:
A. typically offer academic credit in the form of academic minors.
B. are increasingly popular at many liberal-arts institutions.
C. are typically curriculum-based at public and private institut
are increasingly popular at many liberal-arts institutions.
(p. 60) _____ describe leadership situations and are used as vehicles for leadership discussions.
A. In-basket exercises
B. Simulations
C. Case studies
D. Games
Case studies
(p. 60) What is most likely an advantage of role playing in leadership development programs?
A. Provides individualized feedback to students through leadership behavior ratings
B. Analyzes the challenges commonly faced in the work environment
C. Establish
Provides greater transferability to the workplace
(p. 61) Leadership training programs for mid-level managers are LEAST likely to focus on improving _____ skills.
A. strategic planning
B. time management
C. oral communication
D. interpersonal
strategic planning
(p. 61) Which of the following involves participants being given a limited amount of time to prioritize and respond to a number of notes, phone messages, and letters?
A. Virtual simulations
B. Role playing
C. In-basket exercises
D. Case studies
In-basket exercises
(p. 61) In leaderless group discussions, facilitators and observers rate participants and provide feedback about _____ skills.
A. supervisory
B. interpersonal
C. planning
D. time management
interpersonal
(p. 65) Which statement about action learning is most likely FALSE?
A. Adults learn best by doing, which is the basic philosophy of action learning.
B. Although action learning is a popular tool, it has not shown a high level of effectiveness in leadershi
Action learning involves attending classes, watching videotapes, and working in teams to create development plans for the firm.
(p. 69) In the informal coaching process, a leader is most likely to help a follower to grow skills by:
A. reviewing a 360-degree feedback.
B. creating a coaching plan.
C. identifying long-term career goals.
D. conducting a personality assessment.
creating a coaching plan.
(p. 69) In the informal coaching process, a leader is most likely to inspire commitment from a follower by _____.
A. reviewing performance appraisals
B. building a trusting relationship
C. assisting with networking
D. providing new tasks
reviewing performance appraisals
(p. 71) The process by which an older and more experienced person helps to socialize and encourage younger organizational colleagues is called:
A. evaluating.
B. consulting.
C. mentoring.
D. networking.
mentoring