Match the Following: -Cognitive Dissonance

question 95

Multiple Choice

Match the following:
-cognitive dissonance

• A)willing to take chances
• B)effort and skill
• C)attitude that guides behavior
• D)pay and security
• E)comfortable with relationships
• F)desire for power
• G)incongruent cognitions
• H)influences organizational effectiveness
• I)knowledge
• J)ability to get along with others
• K)experience unpleasant emotions
• L)downbeat and pessimistic
• M)internal or external
• N)information screening
• O)blue-collar workers are unmotivated
• P)emotions and feelings
• Q)dysfunctional behavior
• R)fulfilled by his or her work
• S)acceptance of power and status
• T)positive overall contribution

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefit

The plus in satisfaction or usefulness someone gets by consuming an extra unit of a given product or service.

Socially Optimal

A situation in economics where resources are allocated in the most efficient way from a societal perspective.

Pigouvian Tax

A tax imposed on activities that generate negative externalities, intended to correct an undesirable or inefficient market outcome by being equal in value to the externality.

Positive External Benefits

benefits that result from a product or service's use that affect someone other than the direct buyer or seller, often leading to social gains.