Question 1

Which of the following statements concerning perceptual sets is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Perceptual sets can influence any of our senses.
B)  Perceptual sets are the tendency to perceive everything.
C)  Feelings can trigger a perceptual set.
D)  They are the tendency to perceive one thing and not another.

Question 2

Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

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In role playing, learners are assigned p...

Question 3

A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individualized feedback to students through leadership behavior ratings.
B)  Depict the challenges commonly faced in the work environment.
C)  Used as a vehicle for leadership discussions.
D)  Greater transferability to the workplace.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

Accepted Answer

Mentoring is a personal relationship in ...

Question 9

Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

Accepted Answer

A)  uncertain.
B)  overwhelmed.
C)  fearful.
D)  challenged.

Question 10

Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

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Informal coaching takes place whenever a...

Question 11

In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

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A)  Forging a partnership
B)  Inspire commitment
C)  Growing skills
D)  Promote persistence A

Question 12

Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

Define double-loop learning.

Accepted Answer

Double-loop learning involves a willingness to confront one's own views and an invitation to others to do so, too. It is associated with a view that openness to information and power sharing with others can lead to better recognition and definition of problems, improved communication and increased decision-making effectiveness.

Question 14

Explain how going against the grain is often an important ingredient in learning from experience.

Accepted Answer

Bunker and Webb note that executives try...

Question 15

A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptual components.
B)  individualized feedback.
C)  intellectual components.
D)  strategic planning.

Question 17

Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Deutero-learning
B)  Double loop learning
C)  Triple-loop learning
D)  Single-loop learning

Question 19

The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Leader Development

Which of the following statements concerning perceptual sets is false?

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Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

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In role playing, learners are assigned p...
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A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

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A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

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What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

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

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Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

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Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

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Mentoring is a personal relationship in ...
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Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

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Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

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Informal coaching takes place whenever a...
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In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

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Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

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Define double-loop learning.

Explain how going against the grain is often an important ingredient in learning from experience.

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Bunker and Webb note that executives try...
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A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

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Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

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Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

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

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The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

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Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

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Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

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A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

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A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

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What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

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

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Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

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Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

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Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

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Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

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In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

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Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

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Define double-loop learning.

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A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

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Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

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Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

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

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The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

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Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

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