MBA 704 Chapter 5&6 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- how people affect others and how they understand
and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable traits and the
person-situation interaction.
-equated with social success
-genes and environment play a role
-very diverse and complex
-is the whole person, and is concerned with external appearance and traits, self, and
situational interactions
-includes perception, learning, motivation and more
trait theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- observable patterns of behavior that last over time
Freud's Pyschoanalytic Theory/ psychodynamic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
unconscious determinants of behavior
Roger's and Maslow's humanistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- self-actualization and
the drive to realize one's potential
nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- heredity and physiological/biological dimensions
nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- environmental, developmental dimensions
Brain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "last frontier"
-may hold more answers for personality than does heredity
social evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - humanity is evolving along the lines of social
phenomena such as trust, collaboration, and competition
,- Very few animals have been able to evolve to this type of collaboration and competition
Functional Magnetic Resonance imagine (fMRI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- allow
measurement of brain activity by mapping specific regions that are linked to specialized roles
frontal lobes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -anticipates events
-weighs consequences of behavior
-decision making brain circuity that houses intellect
hippocampus and amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- associated with memory, mood and
motivation
hippocampus is sea-horse shaped
-amygdala is associated with emotions
self concept - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- people's attempts to understand themselves
self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -has to do with people's self-perceived competence
and self-image
-related to areas such as emotion and behavioral responses and stress of organizational
members
high self esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -handle failure better
-tend to become egotistical with pressure situations
organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- self-perceived value
that individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within an organization
context
-high scores= view themselves positively
, person-situation interaction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- this dimension suggests that people
are not static, acting the same in all situations, but instead are ever changing and flexible.
-employees can change depending on the particular situation they are in interaction with.
-employee's personality will influence interpersonal behavior and the perception and the
outcomes of organizational support.
maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- changes that result from heredity and physical
development
socialization process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- impact from the social environment
-includes the learning of those values, norms, and behavior patterns, that, from the
organization's and the work group's points of views, are necessary for any new organization
member.
steps that can lead to a successful organizational socialization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
1. provide a challenging first job
2. provide relevant training
3. provide timely and consistent feedback
4. select a good first supervisor to be in charge of socialization
5. design a relaxed orientation program
6. place new recruits in work groups with high morale
Big Five Personality Traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- have been extended through meta-
analytic studies to also demonstrate a positive relationship with performance motivation and
job satisfaction.
-largely independent factors but can be mixed in countless proportions and with other
characteristics to yield a unique personality
-quite stable
openness to experience: curious, intellectual, creative, cultured, artistically sensitive, flexible,
imaginative
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- how people affect others and how they understand
and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable traits and the
person-situation interaction.
-equated with social success
-genes and environment play a role
-very diverse and complex
-is the whole person, and is concerned with external appearance and traits, self, and
situational interactions
-includes perception, learning, motivation and more
trait theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- observable patterns of behavior that last over time
Freud's Pyschoanalytic Theory/ psychodynamic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
unconscious determinants of behavior
Roger's and Maslow's humanistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- self-actualization and
the drive to realize one's potential
nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- heredity and physiological/biological dimensions
nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- environmental, developmental dimensions
Brain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "last frontier"
-may hold more answers for personality than does heredity
social evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - humanity is evolving along the lines of social
phenomena such as trust, collaboration, and competition
,- Very few animals have been able to evolve to this type of collaboration and competition
Functional Magnetic Resonance imagine (fMRI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- allow
measurement of brain activity by mapping specific regions that are linked to specialized roles
frontal lobes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -anticipates events
-weighs consequences of behavior
-decision making brain circuity that houses intellect
hippocampus and amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- associated with memory, mood and
motivation
hippocampus is sea-horse shaped
-amygdala is associated with emotions
self concept - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- people's attempts to understand themselves
self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -has to do with people's self-perceived competence
and self-image
-related to areas such as emotion and behavioral responses and stress of organizational
members
high self esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -handle failure better
-tend to become egotistical with pressure situations
organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- self-perceived value
that individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within an organization
context
-high scores= view themselves positively
, person-situation interaction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- this dimension suggests that people
are not static, acting the same in all situations, but instead are ever changing and flexible.
-employees can change depending on the particular situation they are in interaction with.
-employee's personality will influence interpersonal behavior and the perception and the
outcomes of organizational support.
maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- changes that result from heredity and physical
development
socialization process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- impact from the social environment
-includes the learning of those values, norms, and behavior patterns, that, from the
organization's and the work group's points of views, are necessary for any new organization
member.
steps that can lead to a successful organizational socialization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
1. provide a challenging first job
2. provide relevant training
3. provide timely and consistent feedback
4. select a good first supervisor to be in charge of socialization
5. design a relaxed orientation program
6. place new recruits in work groups with high morale
Big Five Personality Traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- have been extended through meta-
analytic studies to also demonstrate a positive relationship with performance motivation and
job satisfaction.
-largely independent factors but can be mixed in countless proportions and with other
characteristics to yield a unique personality
-quite stable
openness to experience: curious, intellectual, creative, cultured, artistically sensitive, flexible,
imaginative
