WGU ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & PERSONALITY
FLASHCARDS 2025/2026 | MOTIVATION, GROUPS &
LEADERSHIP | 100% VERIFIED Q&A
personality - characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of
situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - A personality test that taps four characteristics and
classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and
forceful )
agreeableness - A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and
trusting.
conscientiousness - A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
openness to experience - A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
,core self-evaluation - Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and
have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality - People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and
persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - 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 - A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
terminal values - Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve
during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal
values.
personality Job-fit theory - A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the
fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
, power distance - where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
individualism - where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups.
collectivism - 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 - where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power,
and control.
femininity - 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 - 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 - A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
short-term orientation - 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 - factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup.
Perception - A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions
in order to give meaning to their environment.
FLASHCARDS 2025/2026 | MOTIVATION, GROUPS &
LEADERSHIP | 100% VERIFIED Q&A
personality - characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of
situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - A personality test that taps four characteristics and
classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and
forceful )
agreeableness - A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and
trusting.
conscientiousness - A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
openness to experience - A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
,core self-evaluation - Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and
have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality - People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and
persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - 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 - A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
terminal values - Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve
during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal
values.
personality Job-fit theory - A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the
fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
, power distance - where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
individualism - where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups.
collectivism - 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 - where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power,
and control.
femininity - 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 - 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 - A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
short-term orientation - 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 - factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup.
Perception - A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions
in order to give meaning to their environment.
