WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Exam:C715 Organizational
Behavior Exam: 100& Verified Questions & Answers
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of situations -
ANSWER:personality traits
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior:
1. Extroversion vs introversion
2. Sensing vs intuition
3. Thinking vs feeling
4. Judging vs perceiving - ANSWER:Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
1. extroversion
2. agreeableness
3. openness
4. conscientiousness eg. begin on time
5. neuroticism eg. biting finger nails - ANSWER:Big Five Model
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )type -
ANSWER:extraversion
A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting. -
ANSWER:agreeableness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
- ANSWER:conscientiousness
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
- ANSWER:emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
- ANSWER:openness to experience
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
- ANSWER:core self-evaluation
,The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means.
- ANSWER:Machiavellianism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement.
- ANSWER:narcissism
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
- ANSWER:self-monitoring
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs.
- ANSWER:proactive personality
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.
- ANSWER:values
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity. - ANSWER:value
system
Values that we work towards (happiness, self-respect, family security, recognition)
- ANSWER:terminal values
Core values that are permanent in nature (honesty, sincerity, ambition, independence)
. - ANSWER:instrumental values
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover. - ANSWER:personality Job-fit theory
where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
- ANSWER:1 power distance
where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups.
, - ANSWER:2 individualism
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.
- ANSWER:3 collectivism
where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power, and control.
. - ANSWER:4 masculinity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where women are treated as the equals of
men in all aspects of the society.
- ANSWER:5 femininity
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain
and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
- ANSWER:6 uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence. - ANSWER:long-term
orientation
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. - ANSWER:short-term orientation
factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
- ANSWER:heredity
A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning
to their environment.
- ANSWER:Perception
An attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
. - ANSWER:attribution theory
Behavior Exam: 100& Verified Questions & Answers
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of situations -
ANSWER:personality traits
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior:
1. Extroversion vs introversion
2. Sensing vs intuition
3. Thinking vs feeling
4. Judging vs perceiving - ANSWER:Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
1. extroversion
2. agreeableness
3. openness
4. conscientiousness eg. begin on time
5. neuroticism eg. biting finger nails - ANSWER:Big Five Model
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )type -
ANSWER:extraversion
A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting. -
ANSWER:agreeableness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
- ANSWER:conscientiousness
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
- ANSWER:emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
- ANSWER:openness to experience
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
- ANSWER:core self-evaluation
,The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means.
- ANSWER:Machiavellianism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement.
- ANSWER:narcissism
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
- ANSWER:self-monitoring
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs.
- ANSWER:proactive personality
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.
- ANSWER:values
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity. - ANSWER:value
system
Values that we work towards (happiness, self-respect, family security, recognition)
- ANSWER:terminal values
Core values that are permanent in nature (honesty, sincerity, ambition, independence)
. - ANSWER:instrumental values
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover. - ANSWER:personality Job-fit theory
where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
- ANSWER:1 power distance
where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups.
, - ANSWER:2 individualism
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.
- ANSWER:3 collectivism
where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power, and control.
. - ANSWER:4 masculinity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where women are treated as the equals of
men in all aspects of the society.
- ANSWER:5 femininity
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain
and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
- ANSWER:6 uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence. - ANSWER:long-term
orientation
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. - ANSWER:short-term orientation
factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
- ANSWER:heredity
A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning
to their environment.
- ANSWER:Perception
An attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
. - ANSWER:attribution theory
