Exam 5: Personality and Values

Individuals scoring ________ are highly sensitive to external cues and can behave differently in different situations.

Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors but research has tended to support the importance of the environment over heredity.

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the "judging" type ________.

Describe the five value dimensions of national culture as identified by the Hofstede's framework for assessing cultures.

Which of the following terms describes basic convictions that "a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct?"

High self-monitors tend to pay less attention to the behavior of other people than do low self-monitors.

High self-monitoring managers are less likely to occupy central positions in an organization than low self-monitoring managers.

People in cultures with long-term orientation ________.

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the "feeling" type are flexible and spontaneous.

You have decided to use Holland's Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations to help your friends recognize which jobs they would be well-suited for. Monica is shy, stable, and persistent. Neil is ambitious and energetic and likes to dominate conversations. Jessica is idealistic, impractical, and very imaginative. Walter is efficient and practical, but he lacks imagination and tends to be inflexible. Chris is analytical, independent, and an original thinker. -Who might be well-suited to being a lawyer?

Discuss with examples terminal values and instrumental values as identified by the Rokeach Value Survey.

Those with a ________ personality identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs, compared to others who passively react to situations.

With reference to John Holland's personality-job fit theory, people belonging to the "enterprising" type prefer ________.

________ is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.

During an annual review, Michel made the following assertion: "When I look at myself and my performance, I see that what I have achieved is outstanding and has, not surprisingly, won me the admiration and envy of most of my colleagues. I notice that everyone keeps talking about me; they are all just waiting to find out what triumph I will pull off next! In short, I don't just deserve a raise, but need one, since without me, let's face it, the place would simply fall apart." Which of the following personality traits best describes Michel's personality?

The most common means of measuring personality is through ________.

According to Gordon Allport, ________ is/are defined as "the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment."

According to the Big Five Model, a person who scores ________ is easily distracted, disorganized, and unreliable.

Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS). It consists of two sets of values, ________ values and ________ values.

________ is as important for managers as for front-line employees and among all big five traits, this trait is most consistently related to job performance.