Question

#1: Pick ONE of the compare/contrast questions and answer in 1-2 detailed paragraphs with supporting answers and citations.

CLO1: Analyze: Students will draw connections among ideas by comparing and contrasting the scientific goals, definitions, and methods while demonstrating their skills in written communication, critical thinking, and information literacy.

a. Compare and contrast these concepts: The fundamental attribution error versus the actor-observer bias

b. Compare and contrast these concepts: The halo effect versus the similar-to-me effect.

c. Compare and contrast these concepts: group polarization versus groupthink. #2: Which theory/model discussed in the chapter was the best? Explain your rationale with examples. You can also bring in additional background information.

CLO2: Comprehend/Evaluate: Students will understand the value of theory and justify their decision for selecting the best social psychological theory covered across 10 application areas based on a set of criteria while demonstrating their skills in written communication, critical thinking, and information literacy.

Review this link to help your decision: https://www.coursehero.com/file/p4l6k1r/5-criteria-of-evaluating-theories-Scope-Testability-Parsimony-Utility-Heurism-o/ #3 Applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to enhance employee performance, commitment, and engagement.

CLO3: Apply: The student will use information in new situations while demonstrating their skills in written communication, critical thinking, and information literacy. How might a new business or organization use the hierarchy of needs to enhance employee performance, commitment, and engagement? Provide examples of service, policies, or resources by each level – beginning with physiological needs and move up to self-actualization strategies for employees. Have you ever seen any of these in your workplaces?

#4. Create Your Own Measure of employee job satisfaction? Design your own ten-item job satisfaction scale with subscales. Give it a title. Create subscales. Explain the scoring process. How will you score it? (For example, create one item to represent ten different subscales or facets. Or create a scale with five subscales/facets with two items per scale. Use a Likert scale (0 – 5 or 1-4, etc). Explain your theory of job satisfaction that lead to your items.

Answer 1

Fundamental attribution error is a psychological phenomenon where an individual attributes personal reasons for a persons action specially failure. For example in the case of suicide of some person , people will always attribute to the inability of the individual to cope up with the life circumstances that he/she had . In this attribution error we believe that the event happened because the person could not manage his circumstances or he did not have requisite skill to do so .

Actor observer Bias is just opposite of fundamental attribution error , when something happens to an individual he attributes it to external causes for the same . This tendency is generally observed in the cases of failure or inability to attain something .