ch 4 Flashcards
*self awareness
conscious of internal aspects of ones nature (personality trait emotions values
*importance of self awareness
leaders remain grounded, allows followers to know what to expect, blind spots- characteristics that are not recognized as problems
personality
set of unseen characteristics and procedures that underly a relatively stable pattern of behavior in response to ideas
*big five personality dimensions OCEAN
Extraversion: Degree to which a person is outgoing, sociable, talkative, and comfortable approaching strangers (Dominant?)
Agreeableness: Degree to which a person is able to get along with others–Being good-natured, cooperative, forgiving, compassionate, understanding, and trusting
Conscientiousness: Degree to which a person is responsible, dependable, persistent, and achievement-oriented
Emotional stability: Degree to which a person is well-adjusted, calm, and secure
Openness to experience: Degree to which a person has a broad range of interests and is imaginative, creative, and willing to consider new ideas
Neurotiasm:
locus of control
where person places blame on himself or outside world
authoriantarism
belief and power differences should exist
*values
fundamental beliefs that an individual considers to be important/ guides thoughts and behaviors
values
fundamental beliefs that an individual considers to be important
*end/terminal values
kinds of goals/outcome that are worth trying to puruse
*instrumental values
type of behavior appropriate for reaching goal
*attitude
evaluation about people, event or things
theory x
people are lazy and don’t want to work and have a tendency to avoid responsiblity
theory y
people do not inherently dislike work and will commit to things they care about
social perception
process people use to make sense of environment through selecting organizing and interpreting info
perceptual distortions
errors in judgement
stereotyping
assigning generalizing from infivifual to group
halo affect
over assumption about a person based on one characteristic
projection
seeing your own personality traits in others
perceptual defense
protecting oneself by disregarding ideas that are unpleseant
*attributions
judgment about what caused a persons behavior (why a person acted a certain way)
fundamental attribution error
underestimate influence of external factors
self serving bias
overestimate internal factors of ones successors
whole brain concept
consider a persons thinking of right v left brain
*How to work with others: myer briggs type indicator
how individuals differ in gathering info and making designs: compile people into 1 of 16
