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Personal effectiveness is the foundation of great management. A) True

False B) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-02 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Remember AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Easy Page: 19 Explanation: Personal effectiveness is the foundation of great management. Those who can manage themselves are much more likely to be effective managers of others.
2 CORRECT

Reciprocal determinism is at the root of Albert Bandura's social learning theory. A) True

False B) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-01 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Remember AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Easy Page: 20 Explanation: Albert Bandura's theory suggests that the learning of any new behavior is the result of three main factorsthe person, the environment, and the behaviorand they all influence each other. This mutual influence is referred to as reciprocal determinism and is at the root of social learning theory.
3 INCORRECT

Albert Bandura's social learning theory reinforces widely held notions that people only learn through their own personal experience of rewards and consequences. A) True

False B) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-02 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Understand AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Medium Page: 20 Explanation: Albert Bandura's social learning theory has been so influential because it refutes widely held notions that people only learn through their own personal experience of rewards and consequences.
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The best goals often derive from attention to effective models. A) True

False B) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Remember AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Easy Page: 24 Explanation: Charles Manz and his colleagues have created a simple and practical framework for self-management. The first task of setting goals is to determine what your desired outcome or effective behaviors look like. The best goals often derive from attention to effective models.
5 INCORRECT

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an example of a commonly used assessment tool for personal values. A) True

False B) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Building Self-Awareness Blooms: Understand AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Medium Page: 29

Refer: Table 1.3 Explanation: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an example of a commonly used assessment tool for personality preferences (temperament).
6 INCORRECT

According to Albert Bandura's social learning theory, which of the following is a reason managers become poor managers? A) B) C) D) They get too involved with details. They themselves were managed ineffectively. They are not good at learning from others. They fail to learn from personal experiences.

They lack personal time management skills. E) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-03 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Understand AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Medium Page: 20 Explanation: According to Albert Bandura's social learning theory, any new behavior is the result of three main factorsthe person, the environment, and the behaviorand they all influence each other. Most people learn by watching the behavior of others, so managers become poor managers because they themselves were managed ineffectively.
7 INCORRECT

Albert Bandura outlines a few critical components required to learn through observation. In which of those components can the study of written models and frameworks be most useful? A) B) C) D) Suspension Attention Retention Reproduction Motivation

E) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Understand AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Medium Page: 22 Explanation: Albert Bandura outlines four critical components required to learn through observation. Of those four, the study of written models and frameworks can be most useful in retention of what is learned.
8 CORRECT

Which of the following behavior-based self-management strategies provides the building blocks for managing ourselves? A) B) C) D) Self-observations Self-criticisms Self-set goals Management of cues

Rehearsals E) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Learning and Personal Improvement Blooms: Remember AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Easy Page: 24 Explanation: The behavior-based self-management strategy of selfobservations provides the building blocks for managing ourselves.
9 INCORRECT

Jaime just completed the Holland Occupational Preference Scale. It will help him answer the question: A) B) C) "Is cognitive ability an area of strength or weakness for me?" "Do I understand and use emotions to make effective decisions?" "With what types of people will I thrive?"

D)

"Do I make good executive presentations?"

"What are my dominant personality traits?" E) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Building Self-Awareness Blooms: Apply AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Hard Page: 29 Refer: Table 1.3 Explanation: Jaime just completed the Holland Occupational Preference Scale. It will help him answer the question, "With what types of people will I thrive?"
10 INCORRECT

The Wonderlic Personnel Test is designed to test: A) B) C) D) emotional intelligence. cognitive ability. personal values. ethical standards.

work team preferences. E) Feedback: Learning Objective: 01-04 Topic: Building Self-Awareness Blooms: Remember AACSB: Analytic Difficulty: Easy Page: 29 Explanation: The Wonderlic Personnel Test is designed to test cognitive ability.