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People program themselves for success or failure by enacting their self-efficacy expectations.

True People program themselves for success or failure by enacting their self-efficacy expectations.

Which of the following is not an element of emotional intelligence?

Intrapersonal intelligence Emotional intelligence has four key components (see Table 3.6): self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Managers can have great impact on fixed individual differences.

False Managers have little or no impact on fixed individual differences.

Which of the following is the most fixed of a person's individual differences

Intelligence Intelligence and mental abilities are relatively fixed. Figure 3.1 is arranged on a continuum from top to bottom with intelligence at the top.

Core self-evaluations represent a broad personality trait comprised of all but one of the following. Which one?

Interpersonal intelligence Core self-evaluations represent a broad personality trait comprised of four narrower and positive individual traits: generalized self-efficacy, self-esteem, locus of control, and emotional stability.

People with __________ often see the causes of events in their lives as due to luck or other environmental factors.

An external locus of control People who have an external locus of control tend to attribute outcomes to environmental causes, such as luck or fate.

"Individual differences" is a narrow category only used to describe the "Big Five" personality attributes.

False "Individual differences" is a broad category used to collectively describe the vast number of attributes (e.g., traits and behaviors) that describe you as a person.

Self-esteem is a broad personality trait composed of self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability.

False Core self-evaluations represent a broad personality trait comprised of four narrower and positive individual traits: generalized self-efficacy, self-esteem, locus of control, and emotional stability.

Intelligence cannot be modified or altered.

False Research has shown that intelligence, like personality, can be altered or modified in a number of ways.

Spatial intelligence is likely to be most valuable to a:

Fighter pilot Fighter pilots are excellent examples of people who possess spatial intelligence, which is the potential to recognize and use patterns.