Organizational Behavior
Chapter 2
Individual and Cultural Differences
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Employee Abilities and Skills LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
1. A key aspect of mental ability is cognitive complexity.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Employee Abilities and Skills LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
2. Stereotypic people tend to have high cognitive complexity.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality: An Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
3. Situational determinants include factors such as stature, health, and sex that often act as constraints
on personal growth and development.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality: An Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
4. Perhaps the most important influences on personal development are family and social group
determinants.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Work Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
5. People with low self-esteem often find it easier to give and receive affection, set higher goals for
personal achievement, and exert energy to try to attain goals set for them.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality and Work Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
6. Dogmatism refers to a particular cognitive style that is characterized by closed-mindedness and
inflexibility.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
7. The basic congruity thesis was proposed by Chris Argyris.
a. True
b. False
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Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
8. There has been renewed interest in pre-employment screening tests in recent years.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
9. Under conditions where employees are immature, the strongest conflict can be expected.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
10. Over time, values tend to be unstable.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
11. Employee motivation is affected little by values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
12. The concept “work ethic” is prominent among work-related values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
13. Those values concerning the way we approach end-states represent instrumental values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
14. Research finds that appropriate standards of behavior are not determined by values but by
organizational training.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
15. Integrity tests are an interesting development in the area of values and decision making.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Cultural Differences LEARNING OUTCOME: 7
16. Because it affects what we do and how we behave, culture affects the workplace.
a. True
b. False
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Chapter 2
Individual and Cultural Differences
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Employee Abilities and Skills LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
1. A key aspect of mental ability is cognitive complexity.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Employee Abilities and Skills LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
2. Stereotypic people tend to have high cognitive complexity.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality: An Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
3. Situational determinants include factors such as stature, health, and sex that often act as constraints
on personal growth and development.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality: An Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
4. Perhaps the most important influences on personal development are family and social group
determinants.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Work Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
5. People with low self-esteem often find it easier to give and receive affection, set higher goals for
personal achievement, and exert energy to try to attain goals set for them.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality and Work Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
6. Dogmatism refers to a particular cognitive style that is characterized by closed-mindedness and
inflexibility.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
7. The basic congruity thesis was proposed by Chris Argyris.
a. True
b. False
May 20, 2019 1
, Organizational Behavior
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
8. There has been renewed interest in pre-employment screening tests in recent years.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict? LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
9. Under conditions where employees are immature, the strongest conflict can be expected.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
10. Over time, values tend to be unstable.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
11. Employee motivation is affected little by values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
12. The concept “work ethic” is prominent among work-related values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
13. Those values concerning the way we approach end-states represent instrumental values.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
14. Research finds that appropriate standards of behavior are not determined by values but by
organizational training.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Personal Values and Ethics LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
15. Integrity tests are an interesting development in the area of values and decision making.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Cultural Differences LEARNING OUTCOME: 7
16. Because it affects what we do and how we behave, culture affects the workplace.
a. True
b. False
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