A State of Tension That Occurs When a Person Simultaneously

question 11

Multiple Choice

A state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent is called:

• A)cognitive dissonance.
• B)the validity effect.
• C)the fundamental attribution error.
• D)routinization.

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Definitions:

Scientific Management

Developed in the 1910s by Frederick W. Taylor, is a system for improving productivity. After analyzing the movements of workers as they did their jobs, Taylor trained them to eliminate unnecessary actions. This technique is also known as Taylorism.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of production, often quantified as the ratio of inputs to outputs in economic terms.

Taylorism

A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, with the primary objective of improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

Fordism

Is a method of industrial management based on assembly-line methods of producing inexpensive, uniform commodities in high volume.