WGU C484 – Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Deep Learning Guide | Motivation, Teams &
Leadership Theory 2026–2027
Gordon Allport said personality is "the dynamic organization within the individual of those
psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his
environment" - correct answers -PERSONALITY
factors determined at conception. - correct answers -HEREDITY
the most widely used personality assessment in the world. Includes scales on introversion/extroversion,
sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and judging/perceiving. - correct answers -MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, Conscientiousness, emotional
stability, openness to experience. - correct answers -THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL
the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes the end
justifies the means. - correct answers -MACHIAVELLIANISM- (Mach)
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration,
and have a sense of entitlement. - correct answers -NARCISSISM
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors. - correct answers -SELF-MONITORING
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, people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs. - correct answers -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. - correct answers -
VALUES
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime. -
correct answers -TERMINAL VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values. - correct answers -
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally. - correct answers -POWER DISTANCE
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning
to their environment. - correct answers -PERCEPTION
an attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused. - correct answers -ATTRIBUTION THEORY
the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of
internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others. - correct answers -
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
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Deep Learning Guide | Motivation, Teams &
Leadership Theory 2026–2027
Gordon Allport said personality is "the dynamic organization within the individual of those
psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his
environment" - correct answers -PERSONALITY
factors determined at conception. - correct answers -HEREDITY
the most widely used personality assessment in the world. Includes scales on introversion/extroversion,
sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and judging/perceiving. - correct answers -MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness, Conscientiousness, emotional
stability, openness to experience. - correct answers -THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL
the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes the end
justifies the means. - correct answers -MACHIAVELLIANISM- (Mach)
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration,
and have a sense of entitlement. - correct answers -NARCISSISM
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors. - correct answers -SELF-MONITORING
1
, people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs. - correct answers -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. - correct answers -
VALUES
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime. -
correct answers -TERMINAL VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values. - correct answers -
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally. - correct answers -POWER DISTANCE
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning
to their environment. - correct answers -PERCEPTION
an attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused. - correct answers -ATTRIBUTION THEORY
the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of
internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others. - correct answers -
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
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