WGU C715 exam questions and answers
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personality - ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number
of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - ANSWER-A personality test that taps four characteristics and
classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - ANSWER-A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - ANSWER-A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident
and forceful )
agreeableness - ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative,
and trusting.
conscientiousness - ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - ANSWER-A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
openness to experience - ANSWER-A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - ANSWER-Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - ANSWER-The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
,narcissism - ANSWER-The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration,
and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - ANSWER-where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality - ANSWER-People who 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.
value system - ANSWER-A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
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.
personality Job-fit theory - ANSWER-A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that
the fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
power distance - ANSWER-where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
individualism - ANSWER-where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups.
collectivism - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in which
people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them.
masculinity - ANSWER-where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power,
and control.
, femininity - ANSWER-indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where women
are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a
society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
short-term orientation - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present,
respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations. people value the here and now; they
accept change more readily and don't see commitments as impediments to change.
heredity - ANSWER-factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup.
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.
selective perception - ANSWER-The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of
one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
halo effect - ANSWER-The tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of
a single characteristic.
latest 2025
personality - ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number
of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - ANSWER-A personality test that taps four characteristics and
classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - ANSWER-A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - ANSWER-A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident
and forceful )
agreeableness - ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative,
and trusting.
conscientiousness - ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - ANSWER-A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
openness to experience - ANSWER-A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - ANSWER-Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - ANSWER-The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
,narcissism - ANSWER-The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration,
and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - ANSWER-where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality - ANSWER-People who 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.
value system - ANSWER-A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
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.
personality Job-fit theory - ANSWER-A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that
the fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
power distance - ANSWER-where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
individualism - ANSWER-where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups.
collectivism - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in which
people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them.
masculinity - ANSWER-where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power,
and control.
, femininity - ANSWER-indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where women
are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a
society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
short-term orientation - ANSWER-A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present,
respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations. people value the here and now; they
accept change more readily and don't see commitments as impediments to change.
heredity - ANSWER-factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup.
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.
selective perception - ANSWER-The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of
one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
halo effect - ANSWER-The tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of
a single characteristic.
