Week 2

Question 1

Individual Differences

Answer 1

The traits and behaviors that describe you as a person

Question 2

Fixed ID

Answer 2

Traits that are stable over time and hard to change (i.e. intelligence & ability)

Question 3

Flexible ID

Answer 3

Traits that can change over time from situation to situation (i.e. emotions & attitudes)

Question 4

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Answer 4

Argues that intelligence is not uniform; people have different kinds of intelligence

Question 5

Practical Intelligence

Answer 5

Ability to solve everyday problems through adaption, shaping, and selection

Question 6

Personality

Answer 6

Combination of characteristics that give people their unique identity

Question 7

Why study personality?

Answer 7

To improve teamwork, self-awareness, and manage more effectively

Question 8

Big 5 Model of Personality

Answer 8

(O)penness to experience, (C)onscientiousness, (E)xtraversion, (A)greeableness, (N)euroticism

Question 9

Dark Triad Traits

Answer 9

Narcissim, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism

Question 10

Core Self-Evaluation (CSE)

Answer 10

A broad personality measure about individuals’ evaluations of themselves based on 4 individual traits

Question 11

What are the 4 components of CSE?

Answer 11

Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, and Emotional Stability

Question 12

Locus of Control

Answer 12

Describes how much responsibility we take for our actions/behavior

Question 13

Self-Efficacy

Answer 13

Your belief of your chances at accomplishing a task

Question 14

Internal Locus of Control

Answer 14

“I make things happen”

Question 15

External Locus of Control

Answer 15

“Things happen to me”

Question 16

Emotional Contagion

Answer 16

The influence a person has on other people’s emotions

Question 16

Myth of Rationality

Answer 16

Views emotions as bad and an issue in the workplace

Question 17

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 17

Your ability to monitor your own emotions and those of others