Social Sciences Overview Quiz
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What is Organizational Behavior (OB) primarily concerned with?

  • Exploring people's influence on one another's behavior
  • Understanding people in relation to their social environment and culture
  • Studying the interactions and influences among individuals, groups, and organizations (correct)
  • Measuring and changing the behavior of humans and animals

Which field of study blends concepts from both psychology and sociology?

  • Social psychology (correct)
  • Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
  • Anthropology
  • Group cohesion

What are the key variables that Organizational Behavior seeks to explain or predict?

  • Group cohesion and organizational culture
  • Inputs and processes
  • Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and group structure
  • Outcomes affected by other variables (correct)

What does Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) describe?

<p>All the positive and constructive employee actions and behaviors not part of their formal job description (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does social psychology primarily focus on?

<p>Exploring the influence of individuals, groups, and organizations on one another's behavior (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is anthropology primarily focused on?

<p>Learning about human beings and their activities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does group cohesion measure?

<p>The extent to which group members are attracted to the group and its goals (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of social psychology?

<p>Understanding people's influence on one another (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the key variables that lead to processes in organizational behavior?

<p>Personality, group structure, and organizational culture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) describe?

<p>Positive and constructive employee actions not part of their formal job description (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does anthropology primarily study?

<p>Societies to learn about human beings and their activities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does psychology seek to measure and explain?

<p>The behavior of humans and other animals in a social context (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition in psychology focuses on the id, ego, and superego as well as defense mechanisms like projection and denial?

<p>Psychoanalytic tradition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition in psychology emphasizes traits such as openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?

<p>Trait tradition (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition in psychology underscores the importance of how people experience the world around them and their connection with external experiences?

<p>Phenomenological tradition (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition in psychology believes that behavior is primarily determined by the environment rather than internal forces like thoughts and emotions?

<p>Behaviorist tradition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition in psychology focuses on how rewards and punishments influence human behavior?

<p>Behaviorist tradition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which psychological tradition places emphasis on the development of the conscience and the internalized standards of a child's parents?

<p>Psychoanalytic tradition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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