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Questions & Verified Answers Study Guide
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1. The underlying premise of the psychodynamic approach chapter is
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a. There are rational behaviors that describe leadership action
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b. There are irrational forces that underlie seemingly rational behaviors
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c. Irrational behaviors are the downfall of organizations
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Ans: B
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: Description
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Question Type: MC
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2. Historically, leadership scholars bb bb
a. Have avoided studying emotions in leadership
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b. Have avoided studying leadership behaviors
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c. Have avoided the psychological realm of organizational life
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d. Have avoided studying personality and leadership
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Ans: C
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: Description
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Question Type: MC
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3. The dynamics of human behavior
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a. Are often difficult to understand
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b. Are easy to understand
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c. Are similar to skills dynamics
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d. Are related to the Big Five personality profiles
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Ans: A
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: Description
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Question Type: MC
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4. The psychodynamic approach to leadership focuses on
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a. The effects of behavior in organizations
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b. The dynamics of personality
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, c. The effects of behavior on the leader
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d. The dynamics of human behavior
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Ans: D
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Question Type: MC
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5. The psychodynamic approach to leadership suggests that only through accepting and
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explaining undercurrents of human behavior
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a. Can we begin to understand complex organizations
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b. Will decision making be easy
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c. Can we understand human motivation
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d. Will we understand leadership
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Ans: A
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Answer Location: Description
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Question Type: MC
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6. A framework through which we apply a psychodynamic lens to the study of behavior in
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organizations is
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a. A behavioral paradigm
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b. A psychological paradigm
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c. A clinical paradigm
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d. A psychic paradigm
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Ans: C
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge bb bb
Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
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Question Type: MC
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7. The purpose of the clinical paradigm is
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a. To identify aberrant behaviors
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b. To discover how leaders and organizations really work
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c. To discover the best emotional leadership style
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d. To determine the best behavioral leadership style
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Ans: B
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Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
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Question Type: MC
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, 8. Which of the following is not one of the four premises of the clinical paradigm?
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a. There is irrationality behind every act
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b. Regulating emotions is less important than regulating actions
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c. Much of mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
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d. We are products of interpersonal experiences
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Ans: C
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Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
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Question Type: MC
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9. Which premise of the clinical paradigm states that there is a logical explanation behind every
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human act?
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a. Mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
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b. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
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c. There is rationale behind every act
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d. How one regulates and expresses emotions is central to a person’s identity
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Ans: C
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Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
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10. Which premise requires “tective” work to find clues to explain perplexing behavior?
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a. Mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
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b. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
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c. There is rationale behind every act
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d. How we regulate and express emotions is central to a person’s identity
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Ans: C
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Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
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Question Type: MC
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11. One of my employees is acting irrationally. I am certain there is a reasonable explanation for
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the behavior. I am applying which premise of the clinical paradigm?
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a. Mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
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b. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
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c. There is rationale behind every act
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d. How we regulate and express emotions is central to a person’s identity
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Ans: C
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Cognitive Domain: Application bb bb
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