Psychological Aging

question 5

Multiple Choice

Psychological aging:

• A) involves memory loss, but not normally until the late eighties
• B) has effects that are more established than physical effects
• C) can involve clarity of thought, but normally these effects disappear completely by the late eighties
• D) has largely been overlooked as an important area of study by sociologists and scientists

Understand the relationship between leader behaviors (such as consideration and initiating structure) and various outcomes (e.g., job satisfaction, leader effectiveness).

Describe different leader behaviors including reward, punishment, participative, and transactional behaviors, and their effects on employee attitudes.

Grasp the key principles of the trait theory of leadership and its limitations.

Understand the role of contingency factors in leadership effectiveness, particularly in Fiedler's Contingency Theory.

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Definitions:

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