Chapter 5: Personality & Values

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. Keirsey Temperament Sorter Big Five model Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Birkman method Forté Profile

Big Five model

With reference to the Big Five Model, which of the following is a difference between highly agreeable and less agreeable people? Highly agreeable people have more tendency to engage in organizational deviance than less agreeable people. Highly agreeable people tend to be less satisfied in their jobs than less agreeable people. Highly agreeable people engage in less organization citizenship behavior than less agreeable people. Highly agreeable people are less compliant and less rule abiding than less agreeable people. Highly agreeable people tend to do better in interpersonally oriented jobs than less agreeable people.

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

Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations? They view themselves as powerless over their environment. They tend to be disliked by superiors and co-workers. They lack persistence to achieve goals. They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals. They tend to question their capabilities and capacities.

They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.

Which of the following is true regarding the baby boomer generation? They give the highest importance to flexibility and life options. They give high importance to achievement and loyalty. They are more questioning and entrepreneurial than other generations. They rate highest in friendship and pleasure on the RVS. They lead lives shaped mainly by globalization

They give high importance to achievement and loyalty.

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. A recent survey revealed a succinct set of 112 adjectives to describe people they know. We tend to describe personality traits using approximately 55 adjectives. A recent survey revealed just 211 adjectives to describe people they know. We tend to use the same small set of adjectives to describe how people act.

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

Which dimension of the Big Five model is a measure of reliability? motional stability extraversion conscientiousness openness to experience agreeableness

conscientiousness

People with an ESTJ personality type are characterized as ________ according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification. perplexed decisive emotional irrational disoriented

decisive

Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five model indicates a person's ability to withstand stress? emotional stability conscientiousness agreeableness extraversion openness to experience

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. realistic conventional investigative artistic enterprising

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. conscientiousness agreeableness emotional stability extraversion openness

extraversion

Ellen Athers works as a communication executive at a travel house. She is known to be friendly with her colleagues and interacts with them regularly to build strong work relationships. She knows that her rapport with her co-workers is a crucial part of her work and invests time in these relationships. In addition, she is assertive in making decisions, and colleagues take her decisions seriously. Which of the following types is Athers most likely to be characterized as according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification? extraverted perceiving brooder introverted solitary

extraverted

Tracy Winter works at a publishing firm in London and recently received an e-mail from the human resource department of her company asking her to study the behavior of a colleague, Cindy Camp, including her attention toward her work. Winter now needs to scrutinize Camp's behavior and notice if she is free from distractions and pays sufficient attention to her tasks. Which of the following is Winter conducting? informational interview observer-ratings survey participant observation focus group survey knowledge survey

observer-ratings survey

According to the Big Five model, the ________ dimension addresses a range of interests and fascination with novelty. openness to experience emotional stability agreeableness extraversion conscientiousness

openness to experience

Which of the following are characteristics of the intuitive type of people according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification? rely on their personal values and emotions to make decisions outgoing, sociable, and assertive in nature rely on unconscious processes and look at the overall picture use reason, rationality, and logic to handle problems and situations prefer routine and order and focus on details

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 ________. reserved, timid, and quiet distracted, disorganized, and unreliable cold, disagreeable, and antagonistic responsible, organized, and dependable calm, self-confident, and secure

responsible, organized, and dependable

Which of the following is the most common means of measuring personality? stress interviews in-depth interviews reference interviews self-report surveys career portfolio

self-report surveys

Which of the following is a terminal value according to Milton Rokeach? personal discipline goal-orientation self-improvement self-reliance social recognition

social recognition

Individuals low in self-monitoring ________. A) tend to display their true dispositions and attitudes in every situation B) are pragmatic, maintain emotional distance, and believe ends can justify means C) have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and are arrogant D) are easily distracted, disorganized, and unreliable E) tend to dislike themselves and view themselves as powerless over their environment

tend to display their true dispositions and attitudes in every situation

According to Hofstede's framework, ________ indicates the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations. uncertainty avoidance power distance long-term orientation collectivism individualism

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 attitudes traditions emotions feelings

values