BCOR 2202 EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Define Agreeableness vs. Antagonism (OCEAN) + 1 example - ✔✔Agreeableness:
Friendly and Compassionate. Tendency to get along with others well. Managers high in
this are likable affectionate and care about others
Ex: Manager who brings donuts in on Saturday mornings for staff
Antagonism: distrustful, unsympathetic, uncooperative, and antagonistic
Ex: Manager who does not help staff when restaurant is packed and understaffed
Define Neuroticism (OCEAN) vs. Emotional Stablity+ 1 example - ✔✔Neuroticism:
Nervous/ Sensitive. Tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily ( anger,
depression, anxiety, or vulnerability) and be critical of oneself or others
Ex: Yells at an employee during a high stress situation
Emotional Stability: keeps emotions in check and is secure and confident
Ex: stays calm while speaking with employees in high stress situations
locus of control (internal and external)+ 1 example - ✔✔Internal: Tendency to locate
responsibility for one's own fate within oneself.
Own actions and behaviors are major and decisive determinants of job outcomes.
, Ex: a manager who puts creating a schedule for the week a priority and does so every
month
External: Tendency to locate responsibilities for one's own fate to outside forces and to
believe that one's own behavior has little impact on outcomes
Ex: a manager who waits until people who are days from deadline to create and post
schedule
Define Self Esteem + 1 example - ✔✔Degree to which individuals feel good about
themselves and their capabilities.
High: Makes a person feel more competent, deserving, and capable
Ex: Manager with higher job satisfaction
Low: poor opinions of themselves and abilities
Ex: Manager with people pleasing tendencies and less likely to take unpopular stands
The 3 McClelland's Theory of Needs? Define +example - ✔✔Need for Achievement
(nAch): Prefer working on challenging tasks/projects, with personal responsibility and
feedback
Desire to engage in challenging activities, meet and exceed personal goals, and seek
excellence.
Defined success as reaching a personal standard of excellence
Relentless desire to succeed
Enjoys regular feedback
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Define Agreeableness vs. Antagonism (OCEAN) + 1 example - ✔✔Agreeableness:
Friendly and Compassionate. Tendency to get along with others well. Managers high in
this are likable affectionate and care about others
Ex: Manager who brings donuts in on Saturday mornings for staff
Antagonism: distrustful, unsympathetic, uncooperative, and antagonistic
Ex: Manager who does not help staff when restaurant is packed and understaffed
Define Neuroticism (OCEAN) vs. Emotional Stablity+ 1 example - ✔✔Neuroticism:
Nervous/ Sensitive. Tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily ( anger,
depression, anxiety, or vulnerability) and be critical of oneself or others
Ex: Yells at an employee during a high stress situation
Emotional Stability: keeps emotions in check and is secure and confident
Ex: stays calm while speaking with employees in high stress situations
locus of control (internal and external)+ 1 example - ✔✔Internal: Tendency to locate
responsibility for one's own fate within oneself.
Own actions and behaviors are major and decisive determinants of job outcomes.
, Ex: a manager who puts creating a schedule for the week a priority and does so every
month
External: Tendency to locate responsibilities for one's own fate to outside forces and to
believe that one's own behavior has little impact on outcomes
Ex: a manager who waits until people who are days from deadline to create and post
schedule
Define Self Esteem + 1 example - ✔✔Degree to which individuals feel good about
themselves and their capabilities.
High: Makes a person feel more competent, deserving, and capable
Ex: Manager with higher job satisfaction
Low: poor opinions of themselves and abilities
Ex: Manager with people pleasing tendencies and less likely to take unpopular stands
The 3 McClelland's Theory of Needs? Define +example - ✔✔Need for Achievement
(nAch): Prefer working on challenging tasks/projects, with personal responsibility and
feedback
Desire to engage in challenging activities, meet and exceed personal goals, and seek
excellence.
Defined success as reaching a personal standard of excellence
Relentless desire to succeed
Enjoys regular feedback
