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Which of the following does the heredity approach state?

An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.

The ________ is a personality assessment model that describes five basic dimensions encompassing most of the significant variation in human personality, namely extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.

Big Five model

________ has been found to be more important than other traits in the success of CEOs of private equity companie

Conscientiousness

________ refers to bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.

Core self-evaluation

According to Hofstede's framework, individualism describes the degree to which people in a country accept that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally

FALSE

According to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, individuals belonging to the conventional type prefer ambiguous activities that allow creative expression

FALSE

According to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, individuals belonging to the realistic type are disorderly, impractical, and emotional.

FALSE

According to the Big Five model, a person who scores high on the openness to experience dimension is conventional and finds comfort in the familiar.

FALSE

According to the Big Five model, introverts tend to be more emotionally expressive than extraverts and have better interpersonal skills.

FALSE

As compared to observer-ratings surveys, self-reporting surveys are a better predictor of success on the job.

FALSE

People with positive core self-evaluations feel that they are powerless over their environment.

FALSE

The degree to which norms, cues, or standards dictate appropriate behavior is known as consistency.

FALSE

With reference to the Big Five Model, which of the following is a difference between highly agreeable and less agreeable people?

Highly agreeable people tend to do better in interpersonally oriented jobs than less agreeable people.

Which of the following differentiates introverts from extraverts?

Introverts experience less burnout than extraverts

What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality?

It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or another.

Which of the following traits has a negative effect on job search?

Low self-efficacy

Which of the following personality traits indicates the degree to which a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means?

Machiavellianism

The ________ is a personality assessment consisting of 100 questions where respondents are classified as extraverted or introverted, sensing or intuitive, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

________ refers to the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.

Narcissism

________ is the sum of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others

Personality

Which of the following is true about personality assessments used in organizations?

Personality assessments have been increasingly used in diverse organizational settings

Which of the following statements is true about personality?

Personality is influenced by hereditary factors

A drawback of self-report surveys is the level of accuracy.

TRUE

According to Hofstede's five value dimensions of national culture, people in a culture with long-term orientation look to the future and value thrift, persistence, and tradition

TRUE

According to the Big Five model, the agreeableness dimension refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others

TRUE

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the judging type prefer control and like their world to be ordered and structured

TRUE

An individual's value system is obtained by ranking the person's values in terms of their intensity

TRUE

Extraversion, conscientiousness, and positive affectivity tend to have a substantial effect on becoming employed and coping with unemployment

TRUE

Managers today are less interested in an applicant's ability to perform a specific job than with his or her flexibility to meet changing situations and commitment to the organization.

TRUE

Millennials have high expectations, seek meaning in their work, and have life goals oriented toward becoming rich and famous.

TRUE

One problem with the MBTI is that the model forces a person into one type or another; that is, you're either introverted or extraverted. There is no in-between.

TRUE

Personality assessments have been increasingly used in diverse organizational settings.

TRUE

Research suggests that personality traits better predict behavior in weak situations than in strong ones

TRUE

The most widely used and best known personality frameworks are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Big Five Personality model. Both describe a person's total personality through exploration of the facets of personality.

TRUE

Values contain a judgmental element in which they carry an individual's ideas as to what is right, good, or desirable

TRUE

When rating themselves, people in individualistic cultures trend toward self-enhancement, while people in collectivist cultures trend toward self-diminishment

TRUE

Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations?

They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals

Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding people with proactive personalities?

They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.

Which of the following is true about narcissists?

They are more likely to emerge as leaders.

Which of the following is most likely to be a drawback of highly conscientious people according to the Big Five model?

They can be too deliberate and perfectionistic.

Which of the following is true regarding the baby boomer generation?

They give high importance to achievement and loyalty.

Which of the following is true regarding values

They have content and intensity attributes

Which of the following is a drawback of self-report surveys?

They may result in the respondent rating themselves better to create a good impression.

Which of the following is true about how we speak of peoples' personalities?

We tend to use many adjectives to describe how people act and seem to think.

With reference to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, people belonging to the investigating type prefer ________.

activities that involve thinking, organizing, and understanding

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others?

agreeableness

As compared to high self-monitors, low self-monitors ________.

are less likely to emerge as leaders

With reference to the Hofstede's Framework for Assessing Cultures, ________ emphasizes a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them.

collectivism

Which dimension of the Big Five model is a measure of reliability?

conscientiousness

People with an ESTJ personality type are characterized as ________ according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification

decisive

Among the Big Five model traits, ________ is most strongly related to life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and reduced intentions to quit and burn out.

emotional stability

Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five model indicates a person's ability to withstand stress?

emotional stability

With reference to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, people belonging to the ________ type prefer verbal activities in which there are opportunities to influence others and attain powers.

enterprising

People scoring high on the ________ dimension of the Big Five model are more likely to be socially dominant, "take charge" people than those who score low

extraversion

What does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of "E or I" stand for?

extraverted/introverted

Which of the following terms refers to factors such as one's biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup determined at conception?

heredity

With reference to the Hofstede's framework, a class or caste system that discourages upward mobility is more likely to exist in a nation that scores ________.

high on power distance

Individuals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust their behavior to external, situational factors and can behave differently in different situations. A) low on openness

high on self-monitoring

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people with an ENTP personality type are most likely to be ________.

innovative

According to Milton Rokeach, ________ values refer to preferable modes of behavior.

instrumental

Milton Rokeach organized values into two categories: ________ values and ________ values.

instrumental; terminal

When we rank an individual's values in order of their ________, we obtain the person's value system.

intensity

John Holland's personality-job fit theory presents six personality types. Which of the following is one of these six types?

investigative

According to the Big Five model, a person who scores ________ is easily distracted, disorganized, and unreliable

low on conscientiousness

With reference to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, people belonging to the realistic type will be most suitable for the job of a(n) ________.

mechanic

In ________, a co-worker or another observer does an independent assessment of personality

observer-ratings surveys

According to the Big Five model, the ________ dimension addresses a range of interests and fascination with novelty

openness to experience

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the ________ type are flexible and spontaneous.

perceiving

Which of the following is an instrumental value according to Milton Rokeach?

personal discipline

Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advertising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to complete a self-report survey to help interviewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job. From the interview, they have found that she is extroverted, empathic, scrupulous, and cooperative in nature, which are key characteristics needed for the job. These characteristics about Lugo indicate her ________.

personality

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the judging type ________.

prefer their world to be ordered

Those with a ________ personality identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs, compared to others who passively react to situations.

proactive

Which of the following are characteristics of the intuitive type of people according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?

rely on unconscious processes and look at the overall picture

According to the Big Five model, a highly conscientious person is most likely to be ________.

responsible, organized, and dependable

Which of the following is the most common means of measuring personality?

self-report surveys

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the ________ type are practical and prefer routine and order and focus on details

sensing

extraverted/introverted

sensing/intuitive

Which of the following is a terminal value according to Milton Rokeach?

social recognition

Individuals low in self-monitoring ________.

tend to display their true dispositions and attitudes in every situation

According to Milton Rokeach, ________ values refer to desirable end-states.

terminal

According to Hofstede's framework, ________ indicates the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations

uncertainty avoidance

Which of the following terms describes basic convictions that "a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct"?

values

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, introverted-intuitive-thinking-judging type of people are ________

visionaries