When People Have Leadership Prototypes, They

question 62

Multiple Choice

When people have leadership prototypes, they

• A)tend to observe the leader's performance rather than physical features and other traits.
• B)attribute the actions of leaders to external causes.
• C)give leaders more credit or blame than they are due because of our need to believe that life's events are caused mainly by human agents.
• D)believe that effective leaders are infallible.
• E)believe that leaders are effective only if they behave consistently with their own preconceptions of how an effective leader should act.

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Definitions:

Lasting Memory

A lasting memory refers to information or experiences that can be retained and recalled for a long period of time.

Transfer of Information

The process of conveying or sharing knowledge, data, or facts from one entity to another.

Levels-of-processing

A theory suggesting that the depth (shallow to deep) of mental processing affects memory recall; deeper levels of analysis lead to better recall.

Craik and Lockhart

Psychologists who developed the Levels of Processing model of memory, which suggests that memory retention depends on the depth of processing.