WGU - C715 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
PERSONALITY - CORRECT ANSWER - a complex set of characteristics that makes you
unique
HEREDITY - CORRECT ANSWER - factors determined at conception
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR - CORRECT ANSWER - the most widely used
personality assessment in the world. includes scales on introversion/extroversion,
sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving
THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER - personality typing
instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability,
openness to experience
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which an individual's pragmatic,
maintains emotional distance, and believes the end justifies the means
NARCISSM - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense
of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement
SELF-MONITORING - CORRECT ANSWER - A personality trait that measures an
individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY - CORRECT ANSWER - people identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
, TERMINAL VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - preferable modes of behavior or
means of achieving one's terminal values
POWER DISTANCE - CORRECT ANSWER - a national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed
unequally
PERCEPTION - CORRECT ANSWER - a process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment
ATTRIBUTION THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER - an attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency for individuals to attribute
their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to selectively
interpret what one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and attitude
HALO EFFECT - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to draw a general impression
about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic
and CORRECT Answers
PERSONALITY - CORRECT ANSWER - a complex set of characteristics that makes you
unique
HEREDITY - CORRECT ANSWER - factors determined at conception
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR - CORRECT ANSWER - the most widely used
personality assessment in the world. includes scales on introversion/extroversion,
sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving
THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER - personality typing
instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability,
openness to experience
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which an individual's pragmatic,
maintains emotional distance, and believes the end justifies the means
NARCISSM - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense
of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement
SELF-MONITORING - CORRECT ANSWER - A personality trait that measures an
individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY - CORRECT ANSWER - people identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
, TERMINAL VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES - CORRECT ANSWER - preferable modes of behavior or
means of achieving one's terminal values
POWER DISTANCE - CORRECT ANSWER - a national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed
unequally
PERCEPTION - CORRECT ANSWER - a process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment
ATTRIBUTION THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER - an attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency for individuals to attribute
their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to selectively
interpret what one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and attitude
HALO EFFECT - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency to draw a general impression
about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic
