WGU C845 VUN1 TASK 1 COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ HEREDITY.
Answer: factors determined at conception
◉ MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR.
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.
Answer: personality typing instrument which includes extraversion,
agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to
experience
◉ Machiavellianism.
Answer: the degree to which an individual's pragmatic, maintains
emotional distance, and believes the end justifies the means
◉ NARCISSM.
,Answer: the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-
importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement
◉ SELF-MONITORING.
Answer: A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to
adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
◉ PROACTIVE PERSONALITY.
Answer: people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action,
and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
◉ VALUES.
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.
Answer: desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would
like to achieve during his or her lifetime
◉ INSTRUMENTAL VALUES.
Answer: preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's
terminal values
, ◉ POWER DISTANCE.
Answer: a national culture attribute that describes the extent to
which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations
is distributed unequally
◉ PERCEPTION.
Answer: a process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment
◉ ATTRIBUTION THEORY.
Answer: an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior
is internally or externally caused
◉ FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR.
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.
Answer: the tendency for individuals to attribute their own
successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on
external factors
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ HEREDITY.
Answer: factors determined at conception
◉ MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR.
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.
Answer: personality typing instrument which includes extraversion,
agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to
experience
◉ Machiavellianism.
Answer: the degree to which an individual's pragmatic, maintains
emotional distance, and believes the end justifies the means
◉ NARCISSM.
,Answer: the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-
importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement
◉ SELF-MONITORING.
Answer: A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to
adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
◉ PROACTIVE PERSONALITY.
Answer: people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action,
and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
◉ VALUES.
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.
Answer: desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would
like to achieve during his or her lifetime
◉ INSTRUMENTAL VALUES.
Answer: preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's
terminal values
, ◉ POWER DISTANCE.
Answer: a national culture attribute that describes the extent to
which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations
is distributed unequally
◉ PERCEPTION.
Answer: a process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment
◉ ATTRIBUTION THEORY.
Answer: an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior
is internally or externally caused
◉ FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR.
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.
Answer: the tendency for individuals to attribute their own
successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on
external factors
