WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
EXAM 2025 KEY TERMS STUDY Q&A
personality
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions. extraversion,
agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion
,WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and
forceful )
agreeableness
A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and
trusting.
conscientiousness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent,
and organized.
emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
openness to experience
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and
curiosity.
core self-evaluation
,WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and
worth as a person.
Machiavellianism
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and
have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs.
, WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
values
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is
personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or
end-state of existence.
value system
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime.
instrumental values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between
personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
EXAM 2025 KEY TERMS STUDY Q&A
personality
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions. extraversion,
agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion
,WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive (confident and
forceful )
agreeableness
A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and
trusting.
conscientiousness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent,
and organized.
emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
openness to experience
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and
curiosity.
core self-evaluation
,WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and
worth as a person.
Machiavellianism
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive admiration, and
have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
proactive personality
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs.
, WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
values
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is
personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or
end-state of existence.
value system
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime.
instrumental values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between
personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover.
