https://www.stuvia.com/user/angelinas
, Multiple Choice
1. The underlying premise of the psychodynamic approach chapter is
a. There are rational behaviors that describe leadership action
b. There are irrational forces that underlie seemingly rational behaviors
c. Irrational behaviors are the downfall of organizations
d. Observations of behaviors are rational in nature
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC
2. Historically, leadership scholars
a. Have avoided studying emotions in leadership
b. Have avoided studying leadership behaviors
c. Have avoided the psychological realm of organizational life
d. Have avoided studying personality and leadership
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC
3. The dynamics of human behavior
a. Are often difficult to understand
b. Are easy to understand
c. Are similar to skills dynamics
d. Are related to the Big Five personality profiles
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC
4. The psychodynamic approach to leadership focuses on
a. The effects of behavior in organizations
b. The dynamics of personality
https://www.stuvia.com/user/angelinas
, c. The effects of behavior on the leader
d. The dynamics of human behavior
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC
5. The psychodynamic approach to leadership suggests that only through accepting and
explaining undercurrents of human behavior
a. Can we begin to understand complex organizations
b. Will decision making be easy
c. Can we understand human motivation
d. Will we understand leadership
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC
6. A framework through which we apply a psychodynamic lens to the study of behavior in
organizations is
a. A behavioral paradigm
b. A psychological paradigm
c. A clinical paradigm
d. A psychic paradigm
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
Question Type: MC
7. The purpose of the clinical paradigm is
a. To identify aberrant behaviors
b. To discover how leaders and organizations really work
c. To discover the best emotional leadership style
d. To determine the best behavioral leadership style
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Clinical Paradigm
Question Type: MC
https://www.stuvia.com/user/angelinas
, https://www.stuvia.com/user/angelinas