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Kyra,a 16-year-old high school girl,is skeptical about her first day at a new school.She believes that nobody will talk to her and that her new teachers will be rude to her.She enters the class in a negative mood and speaks rudely to everyone.Eventually,she sees that her beliefs about the new school and teachers come true.Which of the following is most likely exemplified in this scenario?


A) self-fulfilling prophecy
B) action learning
C) the heroic theory
D) the constructionist approach

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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The tendency to overestimate the dispositional causes of behavior and underestimate the environmental factors when others fail is called the fundamental attribution error.

A) True
B) False

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The most productive way to develop as a leader is to travel along the spiral of experience.

A) True
B) False

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Studies indicate that perception is basically a passive activity suggesting that everyone attends to all aspects of a situation equally.

A) True
B) False

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Mentoring is the same as coaching.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following terms describes a kind of learning between an individual and the environment in which learners seek relatively little feedback that may significantly confront their fundamental ideas or actions?


A) deutero-learning
B) double-loop learning
C) action learning
D) single-loop learning

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Leadership practitioners have a tendency to concentrate on coaching their solid or top followers.

A) True
B) False

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According to Patricia O'Connell's webs of belief,the reverence web provides a bridge for leaders to understand,embrace,and practice global citizenship and multiculturalism.

A) True
B) False

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People do not see everything that happens in a particular leadership situation,nor do they hear everything; instead they are selective in what they attend to and what they,in turn,understand.A phenomenon that demonstrates this selectivity is called


A) the stereotype threat.
B) perceptual set.
C) the glass cliff.
D) action learning.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Simone,a senior sales manager at ReadMe Inc.,cares about developing the skills of her teammates and works beside them as a role model.In the context of the five fundamental archetypes of leadership,she most likely belongs to the


A) Warrior-Knight archetype.
B) Visionary-Alchemist archetype.
C) Father-Judge archetype.
D) Teacher-Mentor archetype.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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The tendency to overestimate the dispositional causes of behavior and underestimate the environmental causes when others fail is called


A) single-loop learning.
B) the fundamental attribution error.
C) the self-fulfilling prophecy.
D) double-loop learning.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Useful information about a leader's strengths and development needs is most likely provided by 360-degree feedback.

A) True
B) False

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Experience is just a matter of what events happen to you.

A) True
B) False

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According to the fundamental archetypes of leadership,the Visionary-Alchemist archetype refers to a leader who provides oversight,control,moral guidance,and caring protectiveness.

A) True
B) False

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Informal mentoring programs occur when an organization assigns a relatively inexperienced but high-potential leader to one of the top executives in the company.

A) True
B) False

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Leadership development is enhanced when an experience involves three processes,which are


A) causation,vision,and listening.
B) perception,attribution,and learning.
C) action,observation,and reflection.
D) action,behavior,and consequence.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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In the context of perception,which of the following terms is best described as the explanations people develop for the characteristics,behaviors,or actions to which they attend?


A) attribution
B) single-loop learning
C) self-fulfilling prophecy
D) fundamental attribution error

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Unlike traditional training programs,action learning


A) inherently involves time away from immediate job responsibilities.
B) makes transfer back to the actual work situation more difficult.
C) requires personnel who participate in leadership development activities to attend classes for several weeks.
D) often is conducted in teams of work colleagues who are addressing real company challenges.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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People who are observing an action are much more likely than the actor to make the fundamental attribution error.This is called


A) stereotyping.
B) the self-serving bias.
C) the ultimate attribution error.
D) the actor/observer difference.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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In single-loop learning,individuals tend to learn about subjects outside the comfort zone of their belief systems.

A) True
B) False

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