Exam 2: Personality, Stress, Learning, and Perception

Of the five ways to eliminate or decrease stress, which do you do best? Which needs the most improvement and why? What will you do, if anything, to improve in that area?

Give an example of when you and another person experienced the same situation but perceived it differently. Which of the six biases affecting perception was responsible for the difference in perception? Explain your answer.

After a person notices our appearance and nonverbal expressions, he or she observes our _____.

According to the Big Five Model of Personality, people characterized by assertiveness, ambition, and energy are generally strong in dominance.

Chris works as a nurse at Dayton Community Hospital. He took up this profession as he enjoys interacting with people and helping them. Chris spends a lot of time gathering information and weighing multiple alternatives, before making any decision. Chris has learned a lot about nursing by watching other nurses. Which of the following is his learning style?

Give examples of situations when others formed a positive and a negative first impression of you. Explain the causes (appearance, nonverbal communication, behavior) of those impressions?

_____ identifies an individual's personality based on his or her four inclinations for certain ways of thinking and behaving.

How do you know if your perception or that of others is the correct interpretation of reality?

_____ is the constant lack of interest and motivation to perform one's job because of stress.