All India Management Association (AIMA) 2007 M.B.A Marketing Management Organizational Behavior – I - Question Paper
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example of what type of perceptual problem?
(a) Attribution
(b) Perceptual defense
(c) Perceptual situation
(d) Figure-ground
(e) Perceptual constancy.
93. Certain characteristics of the perceiver as well as the perceived play a role in influencing social perception. Which
of the subsequent is not a characteristic that influences the perceptions of an individual (perceiver)?
(a) An individual who has a high self-esteem is more likely to perceive favorable aspects in others as well
(b) If an individual understands his own personality well, it becomes easier for him or her to understand others
accurately
(c) How accurately an individual perceives others is based on not just a single skill but involves many other
skills
(d) The way a person is perceived, is greatly influenced by the visible traits of the person
(e) Personal characteristics of an individual may affect the way he perceives others.
94. Which of the subsequent occurs in response to dramatic difference in language, customs and cultural orientations?
(a) Ethnocentrism
(b) Parochialism
(c) Cultural distance
(d) Cultural shock
(e) Bigotry.
95. “I don’t like Jon because he discriminates against minorities.” This statement refers to which component of an
attitude?
(a) Socialist component
(b) Cognitive component
(c) Conventional component
(d) Affective component
(e) Behavioral component.
96. Which of the subsequent statements is/are actual regarding social perception?
I. Social perception is the study of how an individual gets to know other individuals.
II. The primary factors that affect social perception are related to psychological processes, such as attribution
made by people, stereotyping and the halo effect.
III. Halo effect explains the reasons of the reason for an individual’s behavior, stereotyping and attribution are
issues associated with social perception.
(a) Only (I) above
(b) Only (II) above
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