wgu C715 Organizational Behavior ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
personality - CORRECT ANSWERS characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - CORRECT ANSWERS characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality test that taps
four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality assessment model that taps five
basic dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality describing someone who is sociable
and assertive (confident and forceful )
agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that describes someone who is
responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that characterizes someone as
calm, self-confident, and insecure.
,openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that characterizes someone
in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWERS Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWERS The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS where an individual's has ability to adjust his or
her behavior to external, situational factors.
proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWERS People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - CORRECT ANSWERS Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
,instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWERS Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWERS A theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - CORRECT ANSWERS where society accepts that power in institutions
and organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - CORRECT ANSWERS where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
collectivism - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after
them and protect them.
masculinity - CORRECT ANSWERS where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
femininity - CORRECT ANSWERS indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to
avoid them.
long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
, short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see commitments as
impediments to change.
heredity - CORRECT ANSWERS factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWERS A process by which individuals organize and interpret
their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
attribution theory - CORRECT ANSWERS An attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
fundamental attribution error - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making
judgments about the behavior of others.
self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency for individuals to attribute their
own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
selective perception - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to selectively interpret what
one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
halo effect - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to draw a general impression about an
individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
personality - CORRECT ANSWERS characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - CORRECT ANSWERS characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality test that taps
four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality assessment model that taps five
basic dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
extraversion - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality describing someone who is sociable
and assertive (confident and forceful )
agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that describes someone who is
responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that characterizes someone as
calm, self-confident, and insecure.
,openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWERS A personality that characterizes someone
in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWERS Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWERS The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS where an individual's has ability to adjust his or
her behavior to external, situational factors.
proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWERS People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - CORRECT ANSWERS Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
,instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWERS Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWERS A theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - CORRECT ANSWERS where society accepts that power in institutions
and organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - CORRECT ANSWERS where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
collectivism - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after
them and protect them.
masculinity - CORRECT ANSWERS where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
femininity - CORRECT ANSWERS indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to
avoid them.
long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
, short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see commitments as
impediments to change.
heredity - CORRECT ANSWERS factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWERS A process by which individuals organize and interpret
their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
attribution theory - CORRECT ANSWERS An attempt to determine whether an
individual's behavior is internally or externally caused.
fundamental attribution error - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making
judgments about the behavior of others.
self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency for individuals to attribute their
own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
selective perception - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to selectively interpret what
one sees on the basis of one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
halo effect - CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to draw a general impression about an
individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
