Org B 320 Lesson 8
Researchers believe that _____________ of adult personality is genetically determined.
50 percent
social dominance orientation (SDO)
A general attitudinal orientation concerning whether one prefers social relationships to be equal or to reflect status differences.
attitude
A persistent tendency to feel and behave in a favorable or unfavorable way toward a specific person, object, or idea.
personality
A stable set of characteristics representing internal properties of an individual, which are reflected in behavioral tendencies across a variety of situations.
cognitive dissonance
An uneasy feeling produced when a person behaves in a manner inconsistent with an existing attitude.
Extroverts are particularly well suited for which of the following occupations?
Both Sales and Management
emotions
Complex subjective reactions that have both a physical and mental component. Also affective states corresponding to specific feelings, such as anger, that tend to be associated with particular events, people or other stimuli.
Personality traits influence one's behavior across only a specific set of situations.
False
The Big 5 model of personality is the only way to evaluate one's personality.
False
Intelligence
General mental ability used in complex information processing.
emotional contagion
Phenomenon where emotions experienced by one or a few members of a work group spread to other members.
emotional intelligence
The ability to accurately appraise one's own and others' emotions, effectively regulate one's own and others' emotions, and use emotion to motivate, plan, and achieve.
self-monitoring
The degree to which an individual attempts to present the image he or she thinks others want to see in a given situation.
locus of control
The degree to which an individual attributes control of events to self or external factors.
authoritarianism
The degree to which an individual believes in conventional values, obedience to authority, and legitimacy of power differences in society.
achievement motivation
The degree to which an individual desires to perform in terms of a standard of excellence or to succeed in competitive situations.
emotional stability
The degree to which an individual easily handles stressful situations and heavy demands.
conscientious
The degree to which an individual focuses on goals and works toward them in a disciplined way.
agreeableness
The degree to which an individual is easygoing and tolerant.
extraversion
The degree to which an individual is outgoing and derives energy from being around other people.
regulatory focus
The extent to which an individual is promotion focused or prevention focused.
emotional labor
The process whereby associates must display emotions that are contrary to what they are feeling.
Research suggests individuals who score high on emotional stability, extraversion, and conscientiousness are more likely to have team leadership potential.
True
Temperament in the early weeks of life has been found to predict personality later in life.
True
Which of the following types of studies helps to examine how personality develops?
all of the choices are correct (identical twin studies, newborn studies, genetic studies)
elements of the persuasive communication approach
communicator, message, situation, target
factors that influence the target
credibility, trust, appearance
Specific abilities generally associated with emotional intelligence include self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social skill, and
empathy
big 5
extraversion, conscientious, agreeable, emotional stability, and openness to experience
cognitive element of an attitude
facts we gather and consider about a person, object, or idea
The two most thoroughly examined attitudes in strategic OB are job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior.
false
An individual with an ____________ believes he/she can control what happens to him/her.
internal locus of control
One major criticism of the theory of emotional intelligence is that
it is not intelligence.
A criticism of the definition of emotional intelligence is that
it is too broad
_____________ is defined as a stable set of characteristics representing internal properties of an individual, which are reflected in behavioral tendencies across a variety of situations.
personality
Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five traits?
self-monitoring
openness to experience
the degree in which a person seeks new experiences and thinks creatively about the future
affective element of an attitude
the feelings one has about a person, object, or idea
behavior element of an attitude
the intention the individual has to act in certain ways toward the object of the attitude
regulatory fit theory
the premise that people are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain
Influencing others with foot-in-the door techniques is based on the self-perception effect.
true
Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are related to job performance.
true
