WGU C484 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Exam 169
Questions with Verified Answers
Gordon Allport said personality is "the dynamic organization within the individual
of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his
environment"
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
PERSONALITY
factors determined at conception.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER HEREDITY
the most widely used personality assessment in the world. Includes scales on
introversion/extroversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and
judging/perceiving.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER MYERS-
BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness,
Conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER THE BIG
FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL
(Mach) the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes the end justifies the means.
,Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
MACHIAVELLIANISM
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
NARCISSISM
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER SELF-
MONITORING
people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER PROACTIVE
PERSONALITY
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.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER VALUES
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime.
,Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER TERMINAL
VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
That power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER POWER
DISTANCE
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in
order to give meaning to their environment.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *PERCEPTION
an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or
externally caused.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *ATTRIBUTION THEORY
the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate
the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of
others.
, COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors
and put the blame for failures on external factors.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *SELF-SERVING BIAS
the tendency to selectively interpret what one sees On the basis of one's interests,
background, experience and attitude.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
the tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a
single characteristic.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *HALO EFFECT
evaluation of a person's characteristics that is affected by comparisons with other
people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same
characteristics.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *CONTRAST EFFECT
judging someone on the basis on one's perception of the group to which that
person belongs.
Questions with Verified Answers
Gordon Allport said personality is "the dynamic organization within the individual
of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his
environment"
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
PERSONALITY
factors determined at conception.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER HEREDITY
the most widely used personality assessment in the world. Includes scales on
introversion/extroversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and
judging/perceiving.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER MYERS-
BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness,
Conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER THE BIG
FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL
(Mach) the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes the end justifies the means.
,Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
MACHIAVELLIANISM
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
NARCISSISM
a personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER SELF-
MONITORING
people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER PROACTIVE
PERSONALITY
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.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER VALUES
desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime.
,Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER TERMINAL
VALUES
preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
That power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
Competency 1 - Chapter 5, Personality and Values - CORRECT ANSWER POWER
DISTANCE
a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in
order to give meaning to their environment.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *PERCEPTION
an attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is internally or
externally caused.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *ATTRIBUTION THEORY
the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate
the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of
others.
, COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors
and put the blame for failures on external factors.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *SELF-SERVING BIAS
the tendency to selectively interpret what one sees On the basis of one's interests,
background, experience and attitude.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
the tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a
single characteristic.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *HALO EFFECT
evaluation of a person's characteristics that is affected by comparisons with other
people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same
characteristics.
COMPETENCY 1 - CHAPTER 6, Perception and Individual Decision Making -
CORRECT ANSWER *CONTRAST EFFECT
judging someone on the basis on one's perception of the group to which that
person belongs.
