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In ABC Company, relationships between working line employees and their managers are respectful and honest. ABC is a POB organization.

A) True
B) False

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Ideals that are endorsed, shared, and supported by the organization as a whole are known as organizational norms.

A) True
B) False

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Employees' perceptions of formal and informal organizational policies, practices, procedures and routines are known as organizational culture.

A) True
B) False

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POB is a traditional area of study, and research in it is very strong and well-developed.

A) True
B) False

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Awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment is called:


A) Mindfulness
B) Attention deficit
C) Attention delinquency
D) Positive deviance
E) Mindlessness

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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What are "positive emotions," and how they are related to success? How can an individual increase his or her positivity?

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Positive emotions are relatively flexibl...

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Positive emotions are the opposite of negative emotions.

A) True
B) False

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Dr. Riley, a professor in the finance department, keeps his office door open only a crack during his office hours, asking visitors to knock before entering. When his door is open, people tend to stop to say hello, and that interrupts what he is doing. He finds that this increases his ability to grade exams quickly but accurately. This is an example of his increasing his:


A) Mindfulness
B) Optimism
C) Attention delinquency
D) Positive deviance
E) Mindlessness

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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Efficacy is a component of a person's core self-evaluation; it influences how we perceive ourselves but does not influence how we perceive the world.

A) True
B) False

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Temperance is a shared belief in helping others who are suffering.

A) True
B) False

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In the buffering effect, positive practices reduce the impact of negative events and stressors.

A) True
B) False

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What is true about research on the relationship of virtuous leadership to organizational and individual employee performance?


A) A long-standing tradition of research in this area has demonstrated a strong, positive relationship between these variables.
B) Recent research in this area has shown a positive relationship between these variables.
C) Recent research in this area has shown a positive relationship between virtuous leadership and organizational performance, but a negative relationship between virtuous leadership and individual outcomes.
D) Recent research in this area has shown a positive relationship between virtuous leadership and individual performance, but a negative relationship between virtuous leadership and organizational outcomes.
E) No research has been conducted in this area.

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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Positive deviance is an extreme form of mental illness.

A) True
B) False

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Of the following, which is the least frequently experienced?


A) Awe
B) Hope
C) Gratitude
D) Amusement
E) Joy

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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What is Positive OB? How does understanding this concept help managers?

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Positive organizational behavior involve...

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_________ happens when our minds are racing or wandering, resulting in compulsive daydreaming or fantasizing.


A) Mindlessness
B) Attentional hyperactivity
C) Positive deviance
D) PsyCap
E) Negative emotion

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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One thing that organizations should do to foster employee positivity is to withhold negative feedback.

A) True
B) False

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Self-efficacy is a component of:


A) Core self-evaluation
B) Motivational structure
C) Optimism
D) PERMA
E) Resilience

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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Research is clear that listening to music increases performance on the job.

A) True
B) False

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Optimists tend to make external attributions about the causes of their success.

A) True
B) False

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