MBA 704 - Kungu - Week 3 - Chapters 5 & 6
1.T/F: Most people tend to describe personality by a single dominant
characteristic.: True
2.T/F: Observable patterns that last over time form part of the psychodynamic
theory.: False
3.T/F: 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.: True
4. T/F: 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.: True
5. T/F: In the physiological/biological approach to the study of personality,
the environment is sometimes called the last frontier.: False
6. T/F: Evolutionary psychologists are suggesting that humans may be
'hardwired' from distant previous generations.: True
7. T/F: People's attempts to understand themselves are called the self-
esteem in personality theory.: False
8. T/F: 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.: True 9. T/F: Self concept has to do with people's self-
perceived competence and self-image.: False
10. T/F: The person-situation interaction dimension suggests that people are
static, acting basically the same in all scenarios.: False
11. T/F: There are many well known stage theories of personality
development, and there is wide-spread agreement about the exact stages.:
False
, MBA 704 - Kungu - Week 3 - Chapters 5 & 6
12. T/F: 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.: False
13. T/F: Schein's idea that the organization itself contributes to socialization
is of particular interest to the study of organizational behavior.: True
14. T/F: 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.: True
15. T/F: There is general agreement that conscientiousness has a strong
positive correlation with job motivation.: False
16. T/F: There is considerable complexity involved with the impact that
personality trait of conscientiousness on various work related variables.:
True
17. T/F: 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.: True
18. T/F: Perception forms a picture of the world, a picture that is similar to
reality.: False
19. T/F: Perception is more complex and broader than sensation.: True
20. T/F: Interpretation is the behavioral termination of perception.: False
21. T/F: The situation, behavior, and environmental consequences indicate
that perception is related to behavior.: True
22. T/F: The recognition and understanding of basic perceptual profiles of
social perception can contribute to complex processes such as authentic
leadership.-
: True
, MBA 704 - Kungu - Week 3 - Chapters 5 & 6
23. T/F: Horns effect occurs when an individual is downgraded because of a
single negative characteristic or incident.: True
24. T/F: Job satisfaction is a result of employees' perception of how well
their job provides those things that are viewed as important.: True
25. T/F: Most people give working conditions a great deal of thought,
especially if they are very bad.: False
26. T/F: Absolutely no turnover is beneficial to the organization.: False
27. T/F: 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.: True
28. T/F: An employee who is emotionally attached and involved with the
organization is showing normative commitment.: False
29. 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.
social theory.: D. social theory.
D.
30. 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: B. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
31. Which of the following is defined as the 'self perceived value that
individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within an
organization context?'
1.T/F: Most people tend to describe personality by a single dominant
characteristic.: True
2.T/F: Observable patterns that last over time form part of the psychodynamic
theory.: False
3.T/F: 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.: True
4. T/F: 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.: True
5. T/F: In the physiological/biological approach to the study of personality,
the environment is sometimes called the last frontier.: False
6. T/F: Evolutionary psychologists are suggesting that humans may be
'hardwired' from distant previous generations.: True
7. T/F: People's attempts to understand themselves are called the self-
esteem in personality theory.: False
8. T/F: 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.: True 9. T/F: Self concept has to do with people's self-
perceived competence and self-image.: False
10. T/F: The person-situation interaction dimension suggests that people are
static, acting basically the same in all scenarios.: False
11. T/F: There are many well known stage theories of personality
development, and there is wide-spread agreement about the exact stages.:
False
, MBA 704 - Kungu - Week 3 - Chapters 5 & 6
12. T/F: 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.: False
13. T/F: Schein's idea that the organization itself contributes to socialization
is of particular interest to the study of organizational behavior.: True
14. T/F: 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.: True
15. T/F: There is general agreement that conscientiousness has a strong
positive correlation with job motivation.: False
16. T/F: There is considerable complexity involved with the impact that
personality trait of conscientiousness on various work related variables.:
True
17. T/F: 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.: True
18. T/F: Perception forms a picture of the world, a picture that is similar to
reality.: False
19. T/F: Perception is more complex and broader than sensation.: True
20. T/F: Interpretation is the behavioral termination of perception.: False
21. T/F: The situation, behavior, and environmental consequences indicate
that perception is related to behavior.: True
22. T/F: The recognition and understanding of basic perceptual profiles of
social perception can contribute to complex processes such as authentic
leadership.-
: True
, MBA 704 - Kungu - Week 3 - Chapters 5 & 6
23. T/F: Horns effect occurs when an individual is downgraded because of a
single negative characteristic or incident.: True
24. T/F: Job satisfaction is a result of employees' perception of how well
their job provides those things that are viewed as important.: True
25. T/F: Most people give working conditions a great deal of thought,
especially if they are very bad.: False
26. T/F: Absolutely no turnover is beneficial to the organization.: False
27. T/F: 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.: True
28. T/F: An employee who is emotionally attached and involved with the
organization is showing normative commitment.: False
29. 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.
social theory.: D. social theory.
D.
30. 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: B. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
31. Which of the following is defined as the 'self perceived value that
individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within an
organization context?'
