Chapter 3 Quiz

__________ is the degree to which a person is anxious, irritable, aggressive and moody.

Neuroticism

Which of the following statements about positive and negative affectivity is correct?

When negative affective people comprise a team, there tends to be less cooperation among members.

Which instrumental value might surveys find to be prevalent in Wall Street brokers?

ambition

Individuals with an internal locus of control

believe that what happens to them is their own doing.

Among the limitations associated with using personality tests in employee selection is

candidates faking their answers.

Person/job fit is the

degree to which a person's skill, knowledge, abilities and other characteristics match the job demands.

Person/organization fit is the

degree to which a person's values, personality, goals and other characteristics match those of the organization.

People from Europe and the United States have higher levels of ___________ than that of Asia and Africa

extraversion

Empathy is to agreeableness as sociability is to ______________.

extraversion.

Bill is the quarterback of his college football team. The team was 10-0, but lost this week after what Bill says was a very bad call by the referee. Bill seldom says anything about how the referees called any game, but he is very vocal about this one. You know that Bill works hard both on the field and off. You talk to other players on the team and they complain about the referee's call also. The fact that Bill seldom complains about the referees suggests he has

high distinctiveness.

John said, "If I just hadn't had that argument with my girlfriend last night, I wouldn't have been so upset and I would have done much better on my finance exam." John exhibits

high external locus of control.

In the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, what dimension describes those who derive their energy from inside?

introversion

Lauren takes a personality survey and finds she strongly exhibits the trait of agreeableness. She might be described as being

nice, tolerant, sensitive and kind.

The relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has is

personality.

Hofstede found that countries differ on the equality or hierarchy among people or its

power distance

Values

refer to stable life goals people have, reflecting what is most important to them.

Mike went to his friend Abe's house with Nick. When the pair returned to Mike's house, Nick said, "Mike, isn't Abe's cat the brightest orange cat you've ever seen?" Mike replied, "Nick to be honest, I didn't notice anything but Abe's dog. I'm afraid of dogs and wasn't sure if he would bother me or not." Mike exhibited

selective visual perception at Abe's house.

The car was traveling very slowly on the highway in front of Ned. He turned to Sally and said, "This is ridiculous, we are never going to get there on time. That must be a woman driver in front of us!" Ned is engaging in

stereotyping.

Self-esteem is

the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about him or herself.

Removing your hat during the playing of The National Anthem in the United States is an example of the value of ________________.

tradition.