WGU C715 CH 5 Cheat Sheet by thuhuong

1) Which of the following does the heredity approach state?

b) An indivi­dual's person­ality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.

3) What is the major problem with the Myers-­Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of person­ality? (page 140)

b) It forces a person to be catego­rized as either one type or another.

5) Indivi­duals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situat­ional factors and can behave differ­ently in different situat­ions. (page 147)

d) high on self-m­oni­toring

7) Which of the following is true of values? (page 151)

c) They have content and intensity attrib­utes.

9. John Holland's person­ali­ty-job fit theory presents six person­ality types. Which of the following is one of these six types? (page 154)

d) invest­igative

1) Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advert­ising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to complete a self-r­eport survey to help interv­iewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job. From the interview, they have found that she is extrov­erted, empathic, scrupu­lous, and cooper­ative in nature, which are key charac­ter­istics needed for the job. These charac­ter­istics about Lugo indicate her ________.

E) person­ality

3) Elaine Chambe­rlain works as a research executive at an enviro­nmental organi­zation. Though her colleagues are helpful and friendly, because of her shy nature, she often eats her lunch at her desk and has limited intera­ctions with them. She is glad that her nature of work does not require her to interact with her co-workers to a high extent. Which of the following types is Chambe­rlain most likely to be charac­terized as according to the Myers-­Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classi­fic­ation?

B) introv­erted

5) Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-e­val­uat­ions?

A) They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.

7) Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), which consists of two sets of values, namely ________ values and ________ values.

A) instru­mental; terminal

1) Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advert­ising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to complete a self-r­eport survey to help interv­iewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job. From the interview, they have found that she is extrov­erted, empathic, scrupu­lous, and cooper­ative in nature, which are key charac­ter­istics needed for the job. These charac­ter­istics about Lugo indicate her ________.

E) person­ality

3) Elaine Chambe­rlain works as a research executive at an enviro­nmental organi­zation. Though her colleagues are helpful and friendly, because of her shy nature, she often eats her lunch at her desk and has limited intera­ctions with them. She is glad that her nature of work does not require her to interact with her co-workers to a high extent. Which of the following types is Chambe­rlain most likely to be charac­terized as according to the Myers-­Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classi­fic­ation?

B) introv­erted

5) Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-e­val­uat­ions?

A) They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.

7) Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), which consists of two sets of values, namely ________ values and ________ values.

A) instru­mental; terminal