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MBA 704-KUNGU - CHAPTER 5&6 EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Most people tend to describe personality by a single dominant characteristic. - Answers
-TRUE
Observable patterns that last over time form part of the psychodynamic theory. -
Answers -FALSE
Personality is described as the way people affect others and the manner in which they
understand and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable
traits and the person-situation interaction. - Answers -TRUE
The study of the role of heredity in the personality of an individual has taken on a new
vigor in the last decade or so through studying identical twins. - Answers -TRUE
In the physiological/biological approach to the study of personality, the environment is
sometimes called the last frontier. - Answers -FALSE
Evolutionary psychologists are suggesting that humans may be 'hardwired' from distant
previous generations. - Answers -TRUE
People's attempts to understand themselves are called the self-esteem in personality
theory. - Answers -FALSE
In the personality theory, the self is a unique product of many interacting parts and may
be thought of as a personality viewed from the inside. - Answers -TRUE
Self concept has to do with people's self-perceived competence and self-image. -
Answers -FALSE
The person-situation interaction dimension suggests that people are static, acting
basically the same in all scenarios. - Answers -FALSE
There are many well known stage theories of personality development, and there is
wide-spread agreement about the exact stages. - Answers -FALSE
The socialization process is especially relevant to organizational behavior because the
process is mainly confined to early childhood, the period where the person is most
vulnerable to impact. - Answers -FALSE
,Schein's idea that the organization itself contributes to socialization is of particular
interest to the study of organizational behavior. - Answers -TRUE
The real value of the Big Five to organizational behavior is that it brings back the
importance of pre-dispositional traits, and these traits have been clearly shown to relate
to job performance. - Answers -TRUE
There is general agreement that conscientiousness has a strong positive correlation
with job motivation. - Answers -FALSE
There is considerable complexity involved with the impact that personality trait of
conscientiousness on various work related variables. - Answers -TRUE
The major reason the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is such a psychologically
non-threatening, commonly used personality inventory is because during formulating his
theory, Jung emphasized that there were no good or bad types. - Answers -TRUE
Perception forms a picture of the world, a picture that is similar to reality. - Answers -
FALSE
Perception is more complex and broader than sensation. - Answers -TRUE
Interpretation is the behavioral termination of perception. - Answers -FALSE
The situation, behavior, and environmental consequences indicate that perception is
related to behavior. - Answers -TRUE
The recognition and understanding of basic perceptual profiles of social perception can
contribute to complex processes such as authentic leadership. - Answers -TRUE
Horns effect occurs when an individual is downgraded because of a single negative
characteristic or incident. - Answers -TRUE
Job satisfaction is a result of employees' perception of how well their job provides those
things that are viewed as important. - Answers -TRUE
Most people give working conditions a great deal of thought, especially if they are very
bad. - Answers -FALSE
Absolutely no turnover is beneficial to the organization. - Answers -FALSE
Organizational commitment is an attitude reflecting employees' loyalty to their
organization and is an ongoing process through which organizational participants
express their concern for the organization and its continued success and well-being. -
Answers -TRUE
, An employee who is emotionally attached and involved with the organization is showing
normative commitment. - Answers -FALSE
Some of the historically important definitions for personality have come from all of the
following theories EXCEPT:
A. trait theory.
B. psychoanalytical or psychodynamic theory.
C. humanistic theory.
D. social theory. - Answers -D. social theory.
Which of the following technologies allows the measurement of brain activity by
mapping specific regions that are linked to specialized roles?
A. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
B. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
C. Visual cortex topography
D. Magnetic resonance imaging - Answers -B. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Which of the following is defined as the 'self perceived value that individuals have of
themselves as organization members acting within an organization context?'
A. Organization-based self-esteem
B. Organization-based self-concept
C. Organization-based self-confidence
D. Organization-based self-value - Answers -A. Organization-based self-esteem
Which among the following is considered to be more of a global, relatively fixed trait
than being a more situation and context specific trait?
A. Self-efficacy
B. Self-esteem
C. Self-control
D. Self-monitoring - Answers -B. Self-esteem
Which of the following suggests that people are not static, but instead are ever changing
and flexible?
A. Socialization process
B. Classical management theory
C. Person-Situation interaction
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