Chapter 9 study Flashcards
What are “The Big 5”? (CANOE)
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extraversion
These people are dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Conscientiousness
Conscientious employees prioritize ______________ , which reflects a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality.
accomplishment striving
True or False: Conscientiousness is associated with less risky driving behavior.
True
These people are warm, kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, and courteous.
Agreeableness
Agreeable people prioritize ______________ , which reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality.
communion striving
These people are talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant (in contrast to introverts, who are quiet, shy, and reserved).
Extraverted
____________ is the easiest to judge in zero acquaintance situations—situations in which two people have only just met.
Extraversion
Enthusiastic, Excited, Elated, are characteristics of
extraversion as “positive affectivity”
Hostile, Nervous, Annoyed, are characteristics of
neuroticism as “negative affectivity”
These people are nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, and jealous.
Neurotic
If conscientiousness is the most important of the Big Five from the perspective of job performance, __________ is the second most important.
neuroticism
neuroticism is synonymous with ___________ , a dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance
negative affectivity
neuroticism is associated with a ___________ to stressors, meaning that neurotic people are more likely to appraise day-to-day situations as stressful
differential exposure
Neuroticism is largely responsible for what type of behavior pattern?
Type A
Neuroticism is also strongly related to __________ , which reflects whether people attribute the causes of events to themselves or to the external environment.
locus of control
These people are curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.
Open
Holland’s RIASEC model suggests that interests can be summarized by six different personality types:
Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
________ is defined as the shared values, beliefs, motives, identities, and interpretations that result from common experiences of members of a society and are transmitted across generations.
Culture
This culture tends to be a loosely knit social framework where people take care of themselves and their immediate family.
INDIVIDUALISTIC
This culture tends to be a tight social framework where people take care of the members of a broader ingroup and act loyal to it.
COLLECTIVISTIC
This culture tends to value expression of desires related to freedom, leisure, and activity.
INDULGENT
This culture tends to value stricter social norms, with a focus on order and regulation.
RESTRAINED
True or False: Project GLOBE identified both power distance and uncertainty avoidance as key dimensions of cultural values.
True
