Module 2: Knowing Yourself

Question 1

Why is it important to know yourself?

Answer 1

• make better choices in life, both professionally and in private. If you do not know what your abilities are, nor what you want and don’t want, you risk making wrong choices.
• have better relations and maintain them. Good relations are built on showing each other your ‘true self’. If you do not know who you are and what you want, this could become difficult. You could then tend to not fully show yourself, or portray yourself incorrectly. This will not be beneficial to your relationships.
• know and define your own boundaries. Setting your own boundaries and saying “no” once in a while is not easy. The better you know what you want, the easier this will get.

Question 2

Competences

Answer 2

Sum of all knowledge, skills, and attitudes that you can use while performing a task.

Question 3

Talents

Answer 3

A person’s natural preferences or characteristics

Question 4

… determines the predisposition for ….

Answer 4

Talent, Competences

Question 5

What is considered natural preferences? Competences or Talent?

Answer 5

Talent

Question 6

Your … is your potential to develop a certain …

Answer 6

Talent, competence

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE:

“Talent” refers to the “how-to’s” of a role; whether you know how to create spreadsheets with Excel, how to draft up a communication campaign, or whether you know how to play tennis.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

A … is something you’ve learned

Answer 8

Competence

Question 9

TRUE OR FALSE:

“I’m really good at organising parties. I really like to do this, and I believe that preparing things well is very important!”

The person in this example has both the talent (predisposition) and the competence to organise.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE:

Developing your talent makes you find more pleasure in doing your job. Doing something that you like makes your day go by faster and this also holds up for group assignments, classes you take etc.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Five factor model of personality

Answer 11

• Openmindeness
• Conscientiousness
• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Neurotiscism

Question 12

Openmindedness

Answer 12

Degree of intellectual curiousity, creativity, and a preference for novelty.

Question 13

Conscientiousness

Answer 13

Tendency to be organized & dependable

Question 14

Neuroticism

Answer 14

Predisposition to physical stress

Question 15

Agreeableness

Answer 15

Measure of one’s trusting and helpful nature

Question 16

Extraversion

Answer 16

Tendency to seek the company of others and talk

Question 17

Which factors from the 5 factor model do students from the Programme of Social Work (UCLL) score significantly higher on than students of the Programme of Management (UCLL)?

Answer 17

Agreeableness and Neuroticism

Question 18

Which factor from the 5 factor model do students of Entrepreneurship score noticeably higher on than students of Accountancy?

Answer 18

Extraversion

Question 19

Which factors from the 5 factor model do women score significantly higher on than men.

Answer 19

Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism