C715 WGU Exam Questions With Correct
Answers!!
PERSONALITY
a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique
HEREDITY
factors determined at conception
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
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
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,
emotional stability, openness to experience
Machiavellianism
the degree to which an individual's pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes the end
justifies the means
NARCISSM
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive
admiration, and have a sense of entitlement
SELF-MONITORING
A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY
people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs.
,VALUES
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
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her
lifetime
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values
POWER DISTANCE
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally
PERCEPTION
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give
meaning to their environment
ATTRIBUTION THEORY
an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or externally caused
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
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
the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame
for failures on external factors
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
the tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of one's interests, background,
experience, and attitude
, HALO EFFECT
the tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single
characteristic
CONTRAST EFFECT
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
judging someone on the basis of one's perception of the group to which it belongs
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
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
RATIONAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL
a decision-making model that describes how individuals should behave in order to maximize
some outcomes
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
a process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity
INTUITION DECISION-MAKING
an unconscious process distilled out of distilled experience
ANCHORING BIAS
a tendency to fixate on initial information from which one then fails to adequately adjust for
subsequent information
CONFIRMATION BIAS
the tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information that
contradicts past judgments
Answers!!
PERSONALITY
a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique
HEREDITY
factors determined at conception
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
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
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,
emotional stability, openness to experience
Machiavellianism
the degree to which an individual's pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes the end
justifies the means
NARCISSM
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive
admiration, and have a sense of entitlement
SELF-MONITORING
A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY
people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs.
,VALUES
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
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her
lifetime
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values
POWER DISTANCE
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally
PERCEPTION
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give
meaning to their environment
ATTRIBUTION THEORY
an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or externally caused
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
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
the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame
for failures on external factors
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
the tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of one's interests, background,
experience, and attitude
, HALO EFFECT
the tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single
characteristic
CONTRAST EFFECT
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
judging someone on the basis of one's perception of the group to which it belongs
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
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
RATIONAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL
a decision-making model that describes how individuals should behave in order to maximize
some outcomes
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
a process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity
INTUITION DECISION-MAKING
an unconscious process distilled out of distilled experience
ANCHORING BIAS
a tendency to fixate on initial information from which one then fails to adequately adjust for
subsequent information
CONFIRMATION BIAS
the tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information that
contradicts past judgments
