Once you have started work for an organization through socialization and training it will seek to shape you to fit in and to contribute to achieving its goals. But which of the following is NOT true of socialization?

A. Socialization is the process by which members of society are taught how to behave and feel by influential members of that society
B. Socialization can occur in a country, organization or even in a family
C. In the past, socialization theory research has concentrated on the development of adults, but more recently, it has become clear that children are socialized
D. When employees start work, they learn to align their work values with those of the organization

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Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 1 & 3
When the values in a culture emphasize putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the groups one belongs to, the culture is said to be high in:
A. self-actualization
B. self-efficacy
C. collectivism
D. individualism
A major area of research on power in organizations examines the experiences of women at work. Which of the statements given below is also true of women at work?
A. Stereotyping is no longer problem for women at work
B. It is illegal to treat pregnancy as a cause for dismissal
C. Women’s representation in the ranks of executives has remained the same in recent years
D. Women tend to use a transactional leadership style
What is socialization?
A. Our identity
B. What people see as our status in society?
C. The process by which we learn what is expected of us in society
D. The roles we occupy in our daily lives
_____provides challenges that motivate individuals to work hard and meet their goals, while______results from stressful situations that persist over time and produces negative health outcomes.
A. Eustress; stress
B. Stress; eustress
C. Distress; eustress
D. Eustress; distress
Which of the following are likely to make us find a situation stressful? 1: Having knowledge are experience of the job. 2: Poor relationships at work. 3: Reduced autonomy over work. 4: Neurotic temperament.
A. 1 & 2
B. 1,2 & 3
C. 2,3 & 4
D. 1 & 4
After she received a free hand- painted Christmas ornament from a religious organization, Mrs. Montevecchi felt obligated to mail a cash donation to the organization, Her response to the free gift best illustrates the impact of:
A. the fundamental attribution error
B. the just- world phenomenon
C. the mere exposure effect
D. the reciprocity norm
The major process that contribute to the negative resting potential are:
A. Active exchanged of Na+ and K+ ions
B. Outward diffusion of K+
C. Outward diffusion of organic ions
D. both a & b
Research has indicated that egocentricity, group polarization and production-blocking all contribute to diminished_______.
A. Group decision- making
B. Group cohesiveness
C. Organizational culture
D. Group effectiveness
Our tendency to notice and remember instance in which a premonition of an unlikely phone call is actually followed by the call most clearly contribute to:
A. the placebo effect
B. the false consensus effect
C. replication
D. an illusory correlation