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Personality (Lesson 2) Flashcards

1
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Why is personality important in organizational behavior?

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It predicts job performance and job satisfaction.

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What are the traits of the Big 5?

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Openness , conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.

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Which Big 5 personality trait is the highest predictor of job performance?

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Conscientiousness

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What Big 5 trait is a predictor of poor job performance?

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Neuroticism

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5
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What is person-job fit?

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The fit between personality type and occupational environment.

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What is used to measure the person-job fit?

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Holland code assessment

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What is person-organization fit?

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People are attracted to and selected by organization that match their values and leave there is no compatibility.

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8
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What is the tendency for people to believe vague personality descriptions uniquely apply to them

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Barnum effect

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9
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What are the two theories on traits and situations?

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Situation strength theory and trait activation theory

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10
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What is the effect of high person-organization fit?

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Low turnover
High job satisfaction and commitment

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What is core self-evaluation?

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Bolton-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence and worth as a person

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What is self －monitoring?

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A personality trait that measures an individual’s ability to adjust their behaviour to external, situation factors

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What is proactive personality?

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Ambitious
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action and persevere until meaningful change occurs

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14
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What is General mental ability

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An overall factor of intelligence

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15
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Is the MBTI a good way to measure one’s personality?

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No

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16
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What is intellectual ability?

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The capacity to do mental activities-thinking ,reasoning and problem-solving.

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17
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Rank of which region is person-organization fit most important?
East Asia, North America and Europe

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North America > Europe > East Asia

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18
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Is personality traits constant or unstable?

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Constant

19
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What is physical ability?

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The capacity to do tasks that demand stamina, dexterity, strength, and
similar characteristics

20
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Emotional intelligence?

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A proposed kind of intelligence focused on people’s awareness of their own
and others’ emotions

21
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Is having high conscientiousness always a good thing? Why or why not?

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People with high conscientiousness may be overly perfectionistic,

22
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What personality trait would you describe this person.
A person who is a personal goal to focus on and is passionate about it.

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High in Conscientiousness/ proactive.

23
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What personality trait would you describe someone who mostly agrees with someone else’s opinion?

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High in agreeableness.

24
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What personality trait would you describe someone who likes intellectual stimulation and new ideas

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High in openess.

25
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What personality trait would you describe someone who likes to be sociable?

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High in extraversion

26
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What personality trait would you describe someone who is always worries about situations and is in a poor mood?

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High in neuroticism.

27
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who is is confident in their own abilities?

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High in core self-evaluation.

28
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who is sensitive to social cues and can use the right demeanor in the right situation.

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HIgh in self-monitoring.

29
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who is not easily affected by negative emotions and is usually calm ?

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Low in Neuroticism.

30
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What personality trait would you use to describe a person who is opinionated and doesn’t easily agree with other people.

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Low in agreeableness.

31
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What personality trait would you use to describe who may not approach a stranger at a party

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Low in extraversion

32
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone always forget their responsibility and do things at the last minute.

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Low in conscientiousness.

33
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who doesn’t try new things?

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Low in openess.

34
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who is lazy and doesn’t really care about their future?

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Low in proactive.

35
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who thinks they do not have the ability in pursuing what they want?

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Low in core self-evaluation.

36
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What personality trait would you use to describe someone who is seem to be awkward in situations and tend to say the wrong things.

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Low in self-monitoring.

37
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What ability do you think is necessary in a job of lifting heavy objects.

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Physical ability

38
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What ability do you think is necessary in a job of an accountant?

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General mental ability

39
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What ability do you think is necessary in a job that requires listening to others emotions and providing adequate responses.

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Emotional intelligence and general mental ability.

40
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If someone is usually very opinionated, but understands the situation requires them to be attentive and listen to others. Therefore, doesn’t share their opinion. What trait theory can be used to explain this situation?

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Situation strength theory

41
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If someone is usually very opinionated, and seems even more opinionated during a debate competition. What trait theory can be used to explain this situation?

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Trait activation theory

42
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Can you name a solution to when a job applicant lies on their personality assesment?

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Conduct in an interview. warn the candidates to not lie, have a social desirability scale in the assessment

43
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What is the most common way measuring ones personalty?

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self-report surveys

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