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