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Personality Flashcards

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4 different parts of ability

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  1. aptitudes
  2. leaned capabilities
  3. competencies
  4. person fit job
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what is aptitudes in ability

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natural talent that helps people learn and perform more efficiewntly

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what is ability

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the natural tendency and learned capabnilities needed to complete a task successfully

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what is learned capabilities in ability

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accomplished skills and knowledge

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what is competency in ability

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abilities, individual vales, personality traits and other features that result in superior performance

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what is person fit job in ability

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ways to match people with jobs

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what is motivation

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internal forces that impact the direction, intensity and endurance of a persons voluntary choice of behaviour

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3 parts of motivation?

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  1. direction: focussed by goals
  2. intensity: bulk of effort allocated
  3. persistence: amount of time taken for the effort to be exterted
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what is role grasp?

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this is how people understand their role to be. their beliefs about what behabiour is necessary to acheieve desired results and have a check that everyone is clear regarding their part.

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4 types of role grasp

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  1. understanding the tasks to be performed
  2. understanding the associated importance of tasks allotted
  3. understanding preferred behabiours to complete respective tasks
  4. clarifying role perceptions
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what are the three approaches to personality

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  1. The Big 5 - OCEAN - what are the elements of personality
  2. Myers Briggs Type - how can we distinguish the different ways peopel approach life
  3. emotional intelligence - what skills enable us to interact effectively with others
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what are the big 5 persoality factors?

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Openness
Concientiousness
extroversion
agreeableness
emotional stability
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what is openess

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the extent to which the individual is creative, curious and cultured versus practical with narrow interests

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what is conscientiousness

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the extent to which an indicidual prefers to make plans, is organised , dependable and preserving versus easy going and unreliable

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what is extroversion

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the extent to which someone is outgoing, assertive and postiively interacting with others

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what is agreeableness

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the extent to which the individual is warm and cooperative

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what is emotional stability

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the degree to which the individual is calm, self confident, and cool vs sensitive and nervous.

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5 things about the big 5 factors approach

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  • they are stable over long periods
  • heritable
  • culturally universal
  • factors are useful for understanding yourself and behabiours that you dont like
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what is the myers briggs type indicator and the 4 approaches

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people differ in how they approach life by

  1. perceiving and assimilating data
  2. making decisions
  3. solving problems
  4. relating to other people
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what are the 4 pairs of attributes of myers briggs

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  • extraversion or introversion
  • sensing or intuition
  • thinking or feeling
    judging or perceiving
21
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what is sensing or intuition

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how one absorbs information - via 5 senses vs reliing on less direct perceptions,patterns and relationships

22
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what is extraversion or introversion

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where you get your source of energy

  • from others vs draw energy from yourself
  • by doing or by reflecting
23
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what is thinking or feeling?

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how one makes decisions

- based on logic and objective criteria thinkers bs based on values ‘feelers’

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what is judging or perceiving

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speed of making decisions

- high need for closure and certainty vs keeping options open and ambiguous

25
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what does MBTI not measure

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ability
intelligence
courage
integrity
empathy
how the situation interacts with personality
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big 5 vs mbti

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  • big 5 is scientifically valid but MBTI is not very scientific
  • big 5 is less complex and mbti is more complex so difficult to compare people
  • big 5 looks at different aspects individually but mbti is more hollistic and looks at perosnality as a whole
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what is emotional intelligence approach

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the ability to be aware of and sensitive to your own and other emotions and to use that information to guide behaviour. this can be developed over time

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4 parts of emotional intelligence

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  • self awareness
  • self management
  • social awareness
  • relationship management
29
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3 reasons organisations are drawn to personality tests

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  • affirms a rational approach to HR management
  • by testing people, managers can deploy people to the best advantage of the organisation
  • managers can justify the decisions they make about people
30
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4 reasons for persoanlity tests

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  • they can help assess if a candidate will fit into a company culture
  • they offer an oppertunity to capitalise on diversity (design optimal teams, fit persons to job and creative abrasion)
  • can keep people motivated and engaged
  • reduce chance of putting person in wrong role
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4 reasons against personality tests

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  • personality in organisations is not fixed but emerges in interactions
  • personality in organisations is not real but is an impression given off
  • personality is not a sig factor in strong social situations such as work organisations
  • personality varies across situations and across lives

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