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WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
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The hereditary approach states what?
Ans: An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of genes.
hereditary
Ans: determined at time of conception
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Ans: Most widely used personality test that includes Extroverted (E) versus
Introverted (I), Sensing (S) versus Intuitive (N), Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F),
Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P
What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs personality test?
Ans: It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or another.
Big 5 Personality Traits
Ans: Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extroversion, Emotional
stability.
Among all Big 5 personality traits, which one is most consistently related to job
performance?
Ans: conscientiousness
narcissism
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Ans: The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust their behavior to
external, situational factors and can behave differently in different situations.
Ans: high on self-monitoring
People with proactive personalities do what?
Ans: They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
What is true of values?
Ans: They have content and intensity attributes.
What is an instrumental value?
Ans: A method of behaviors that get you to the end result like personal
discipline.
What is a terminal value?
Ans: Where you are trying to end up such as social recognition.
What are John Holland's six personality types?
Ans: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional.
(remember investigative)
With reference to Hofstede's framework, which country scores the highest in
individualism?
Ans: United States
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What is perception?
Ans: A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
What are the three factors that influence perception?
Ans: Situation, perceiver, target
attributional theory
Ans: when we observe someone's behavior, we attempt to determine whether
it was caused by internal or external factors.
what is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic?
Ans: Intrinsic is inside you (fits the pattern) and extrinsic is outside you (breaks
the pattern).
dispositional attribution
Ans: attributing behavior to the person's disposition and traits (internal)
situational attribution
Ans: attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within
the situation (an external attribution like environment)
Three determinants of attributions are?
Ans: distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency
What is the fundamental attribution error?
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WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
The hereditary approach states what?
Ans: An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of genes.
hereditary
Ans: determined at time of conception
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Ans: Most widely used personality test that includes Extroverted (E) versus
Introverted (I), Sensing (S) versus Intuitive (N), Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F),
Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P
What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs personality test?
Ans: It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or another.
Big 5 Personality Traits
Ans: Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extroversion, Emotional
stability.
Among all Big 5 personality traits, which one is most consistently related to job
performance?
Ans: conscientiousness
narcissism
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Ans: The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust their behavior to
external, situational factors and can behave differently in different situations.
Ans: high on self-monitoring
People with proactive personalities do what?
Ans: They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
What is true of values?
Ans: They have content and intensity attributes.
What is an instrumental value?
Ans: A method of behaviors that get you to the end result like personal
discipline.
What is a terminal value?
Ans: Where you are trying to end up such as social recognition.
What are John Holland's six personality types?
Ans: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional.
(remember investigative)
With reference to Hofstede's framework, which country scores the highest in
individualism?
Ans: United States
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What is perception?
Ans: A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory
impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
What are the three factors that influence perception?
Ans: Situation, perceiver, target
attributional theory
Ans: when we observe someone's behavior, we attempt to determine whether
it was caused by internal or external factors.
what is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic?
Ans: Intrinsic is inside you (fits the pattern) and extrinsic is outside you (breaks
the pattern).
dispositional attribution
Ans: attributing behavior to the person's disposition and traits (internal)
situational attribution
Ans: attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within
the situation (an external attribution like environment)
Three determinants of attributions are?
Ans: distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency
What is the fundamental attribution error?
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