WGU C803 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+.
■ Machiavellianism. Ans: The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means.
■ narcissism. Ans: The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
■ self-monitoring. Ans: where an individual's has ability to adjust his or
her behavior to external, situational factors.
■ proactive personality. Ans: People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
■ values. Ans: Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-
state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or
converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
■ value system. Ans: A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
,■ terminal values. Ans: Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
■ instrumental values. Ans: Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
■ personality Job-fit theory. Ans: A theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
■ power distance. Ans: where society accepts that power in institutions
and organizations is distributed unequally.
■ individualism. Ans: where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
■ collectivism. Ans: A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they
are a part to look after them and protect them.
■ masculinity. Ans: where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
,■ femininity. Ans: indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all
aspects of the society.
■ uncertainty avoidance. Ans: A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and
ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
■ long-term orientation. Ans: A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
■ short-term orientation. Ans: A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of
social obligations. people value the here and now; they accept change
more readily and don't see commitments as impediments to change.
■ heredity. Ans: factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
■ Perception. Ans: A process by which individuals organize and interpret
their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
■ attribution theory. Ans: An attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
, ■ fundamental attribution error. Ans: The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal
factors when making judgments about the behavior of others.
■ self-serving bias. Ans: The tendency for individuals to attribute their
own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on
external factors.
■ selective perception. Ans: The tendency to selectively interpret what
one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and
attitudes.
■ halo effect. Ans: The tendency to draw a general impression about an
individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
■ contrast effect. Ans: Evaluation of a person's characteristics that is
affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who
rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.
■ stereotyping. Ans: Judging someone on the basis of one's perception of
the group to which that person belongs.
■ self-fulfilling prophecy. Ans: A situation in which a person
inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting expectations
cause the second person to behave in ways consistent with the original
perception.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+.
■ Machiavellianism. Ans: The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means.
■ narcissism. Ans: The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
■ self-monitoring. Ans: where an individual's has ability to adjust his or
her behavior to external, situational factors.
■ proactive personality. Ans: People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
■ values. Ans: Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-
state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or
converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
■ value system. Ans: A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
,■ terminal values. Ans: Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
■ instrumental values. Ans: Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
■ personality Job-fit theory. Ans: A theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
■ power distance. Ans: where society accepts that power in institutions
and organizations is distributed unequally.
■ individualism. Ans: where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
■ collectivism. Ans: A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they
are a part to look after them and protect them.
■ masculinity. Ans: where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
,■ femininity. Ans: indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all
aspects of the society.
■ uncertainty avoidance. Ans: A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and
ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
■ long-term orientation. Ans: A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
■ short-term orientation. Ans: A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of
social obligations. people value the here and now; they accept change
more readily and don't see commitments as impediments to change.
■ heredity. Ans: factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
■ Perception. Ans: A process by which individuals organize and interpret
their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
■ attribution theory. Ans: An attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
, ■ fundamental attribution error. Ans: The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal
factors when making judgments about the behavior of others.
■ self-serving bias. Ans: The tendency for individuals to attribute their
own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on
external factors.
■ selective perception. Ans: The tendency to selectively interpret what
one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and
attitudes.
■ halo effect. Ans: The tendency to draw a general impression about an
individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
■ contrast effect. Ans: Evaluation of a person's characteristics that is
affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who
rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.
■ stereotyping. Ans: Judging someone on the basis of one's perception of
the group to which that person belongs.
■ self-fulfilling prophecy. Ans: A situation in which a person
inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting expectations
cause the second person to behave in ways consistent with the original
perception.
