WGU C484 Exam 233 Questions with Verified Answers
enduring characteristics that describe individual's behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER
Personality Traits
factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological and inherent
psychological makeup - CORRECT ANSWER Heredity
a personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16
personality types - CORRECT ANSWER Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
it forces you into one or another personality type, there is no in-between -
CORRECT ANSWER Problem with Myers-Briggs
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions: Extraversion,
Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness to
Experience - CORRECT ANSWER Big Five Personality Model
extraverts tend to be gregarious, assertive, and sociable, while introverts tend to
be reserved, timid and quiet - CORRECT ANSWER Extraversion
highly agreeable people are cooperative, warm and trusting. people who score
low on agreeableness are cold, disagreeable and antagonistic - CORRECT ANSWER
Agreeableness
,A highly conscientious person is responsible, organized, dependable and
persistent. Those who score low on this dimension are easily distracted,
disorganized and unreliable. - CORRECT ANSWER Conscientiousness
People with positive emotional stability tend to be calm, self-confident, and
secure. Those with high negative scores tend to be nervous, anxious, depressed
and insecure. - CORRECT ANSWER Emotional Stability
Extremely open people are creative, curious, and artistically sensitive. Those at
the other end of the category are conventional and find comfort in the familiar. -
CORRECT ANSWER Openness to Experience
bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence,
and worth as a person - CORRECT ANSWER Core self-evaluation
the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance and
believes the ends justify the means - CORRECT ANSWER Machiavellianism
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement. - CORRECT ANSWER
narcissism
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors. - CORRECT ANSWER Self-monitoring
people who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action and persevere until
meaningful change occurs - CORRECT ANSWER Proactive personality
,employees high in other-orientation also exert especially high levels of effort
when engaged in helping work or prosocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Other
orientation
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. - CORRECT ANSWER Values
a hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity -
CORRECT ANSWER Value System
consists of two sets of values, terminal values and instrumental values - CORRECT
ANSWER Rokeach Value Survey
desirable end-states of existence, the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime - CORRECT ANSWER Terminal Values
preferable modes of behavior or means of acheiving one's terminal values -
CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER Personality-job fit theory
, people are attracted to and selected by organizations that match their values and
they leave organizations that are not compatible with their personalities -
CORRECT ANSWER Person-organization fit
a national cultural attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally - CORRECT
ANSWER Power distance
the degree to which people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups - CORRECT ANSWER Individualism
a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are
a part to look after them and protect them - CORRECT ANSWER Collectivism
favors traditional work roles of achievement, power and control. Societal values
are characterized by assertiveness and materialism - CORRECT ANSWER
Masculinity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles. A high rating
indicates that women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of society -
CORRECT ANSWER Femininity
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambigious
situations and tries to avoid them - CORRECT ANSWER Uncertainty Avoidance
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence - CORRECT ANSWER Long-term
Orientation
enduring characteristics that describe individual's behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER
Personality Traits
factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological and inherent
psychological makeup - CORRECT ANSWER Heredity
a personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16
personality types - CORRECT ANSWER Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
it forces you into one or another personality type, there is no in-between -
CORRECT ANSWER Problem with Myers-Briggs
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions: Extraversion,
Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness to
Experience - CORRECT ANSWER Big Five Personality Model
extraverts tend to be gregarious, assertive, and sociable, while introverts tend to
be reserved, timid and quiet - CORRECT ANSWER Extraversion
highly agreeable people are cooperative, warm and trusting. people who score
low on agreeableness are cold, disagreeable and antagonistic - CORRECT ANSWER
Agreeableness
,A highly conscientious person is responsible, organized, dependable and
persistent. Those who score low on this dimension are easily distracted,
disorganized and unreliable. - CORRECT ANSWER Conscientiousness
People with positive emotional stability tend to be calm, self-confident, and
secure. Those with high negative scores tend to be nervous, anxious, depressed
and insecure. - CORRECT ANSWER Emotional Stability
Extremely open people are creative, curious, and artistically sensitive. Those at
the other end of the category are conventional and find comfort in the familiar. -
CORRECT ANSWER Openness to Experience
bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence,
and worth as a person - CORRECT ANSWER Core self-evaluation
the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance and
believes the ends justify the means - CORRECT ANSWER Machiavellianism
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement. - CORRECT ANSWER
narcissism
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors. - CORRECT ANSWER Self-monitoring
people who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action and persevere until
meaningful change occurs - CORRECT ANSWER Proactive personality
,employees high in other-orientation also exert especially high levels of effort
when engaged in helping work or prosocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Other
orientation
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. - CORRECT ANSWER Values
a hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity -
CORRECT ANSWER Value System
consists of two sets of values, terminal values and instrumental values - CORRECT
ANSWER Rokeach Value Survey
desirable end-states of existence, the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime - CORRECT ANSWER Terminal Values
preferable modes of behavior or means of acheiving one's terminal values -
CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER Personality-job fit theory
, people are attracted to and selected by organizations that match their values and
they leave organizations that are not compatible with their personalities -
CORRECT ANSWER Person-organization fit
a national cultural attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally - CORRECT
ANSWER Power distance
the degree to which people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups - CORRECT ANSWER Individualism
a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are
a part to look after them and protect them - CORRECT ANSWER Collectivism
favors traditional work roles of achievement, power and control. Societal values
are characterized by assertiveness and materialism - CORRECT ANSWER
Masculinity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles. A high rating
indicates that women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of society -
CORRECT ANSWER Femininity
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambigious
situations and tries to avoid them - CORRECT ANSWER Uncertainty Avoidance
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence - CORRECT ANSWER Long-term
Orientation
