OB Chapter 3 Quiz

The potential to understand, connect with, and effectively work with others is ______ intelligence.

Interpersonal

A person who ___________ is relatively unconstrained by situational forces and effects environmental change.

has a proactive personality

"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.

Managers can have great impact on fixed individual differences.

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

The potential to learn and use spoken and written languages is known as linguistic intelligence.

True

One cause of the increase in intelligence observed in developed countries is better nutrition.

True Experts at an American Psychological Association conference concluded, "Some combination of better schooling, improved socioeconomic status, healthier nutrition, and a more technologically complex society might account for the gains in IQ scores."

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.

Gina says, "I can type 70 words per minute with no errors." She is expressing: high self-efficacy high self-esteem high self-expectations her core self-evaluation an external locus of control

A high self-efficacy Self-efficacy is a person's belief about his or her chances of successfully accomplishing a specific task.

Research has shown that despite the assumption many managers make, proactivity is unrelated to work performance.

False Research shows that those with proactive personalities positively influence many of the work outcomes shown in Figure 3.1. For example, proactivity is related to increased performance, satisfaction, affective organizational commitment, and social networking.

Spatial intelligence is likely to be most valuable to a: Politician Minister College professor Fighter pilot Musician

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

Which of the following is the most fixed of a person's individual differences? Attitudes Intelligence Self-efficacy Self-esteem Emotions

Intelligence Intelligence and mental abilities are relatively fixed. Figure 3.2 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.

Which of the following is not one of the basic dimensions of the Big Five personality dimensions? Locus of control Extraversion Openness to experience Conscientiousness Agreeableness

Locus of control The Big Five Personality Dimensions are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.

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.

People with an external locus of control generally earn lower salaries than those with an internal locus of control.

True People with an external locus of control demonstrate less motivation for performance when offered valued rewards, earn lower salaries and smaller salary increases, and tend to be more anxious.

Increasing the autonomy of a person's job is one effective way to increase that person's self-efficacy.

True Table 3.5 indicates that complex, challenging, and autonomous jobs tend to enhance perceived self-efficacy.

People with very high levels of emotional stability __________ than people with moderate emotional stability.

tend to perform fewer OCBs Employees with high levels of emotional stability have been found to have higher job performance, perform more organizational citizenship behaviors, and exhibit fewer counterproductive work behaviors. However, as emotional stability continues to increase, OCBs decline.

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.

Which of the following is not an element of emotional intelligence? Self-awareness Social awareness Relationship management Intrapersonal intelligence Self-management

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