Chapter 2

Question 1

It refers to the variation in how people respond to the same situation based on personal characteristics.

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Individual Differences

Question 2

Demographic Diversity

A demographic diversity which refers to the differences in the perception of male and female roles are referred to as gender differences.

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Gender Differences

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Demographic Diversity

A demographic diversity in which the worker that belongs to a certain generation may behave differently from a worker who belongs to another. This is seen most often in age difference since age is associated with experiences.

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Generational and Age-based differences

Question 4

It refers to the learned and shared ways of thinking and acting among a group of people or society.

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Culture

Question 5

A dimension of culture which refers to the set of values, beliefs, and norms that is shared among members of an organization.

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Organizational Culture

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A dimension of culture which refers to the social environment of human-created beliefs, customs, knowledge, and practices that define conventional behavior in a society.

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Social Culture

Question 7

It refers to an individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job.

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Ability

Question 8

It is defined as the capacity of a person to learn or acquire skills.

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Aptitude

Question 9

Factor of person’s overall abilities which refers to the capacity of the individual to do tasks demanding stamina, dexterity, strength, and similar characteristics.

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Physical Abilities

Question 10

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to exert muscular strength using the trunk (particularly the abdominal muscles) muscles.

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Trunk Strength

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Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to expand a maximum of energy in one or a series of explosive acts.

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Explosive Strength

Question 12

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to exert muscular force repeatedly or continuously over a period of time.

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Dynamic Strength

Question 13

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to exert force against external objects.

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Static Strength

Question 14

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to coordinate the simultaneous actions of different parts of the body.

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Body Coordination

Question 15

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to make rapid, repeated flexing movements.

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Dynamic Flexibility

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Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to move the trunk and back muscles as far as possible.

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Extent Flexibility

Question 17

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to maintain equilibrium despite forces pulling of balance.

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Balance

Question 18

Dimension of Physical Ability

The ability to continue maximum effort requiring prolonged effort overtime.

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Stamina

Question 19

It refers to the capacity to do mental activities such as thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving.

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Mental Abilities

Question 20

Dimension of Intellectual Ability

It refers to a person’s qualities such as understanding one’s own feelings, empathy for others, and the regulation of emotion to enhance living.

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Emotional Intelligence

Question 21

Dimension of Intellectual Ability

It refers to the capacity of a person to acquire and apply knowledge including solving problems.

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Cognitive Intelligence

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Dimension of Intellectual Ability

It refers to an outsider’s ability to interpret someone’s unfamiliar and ambiguous behavior the same way that person’s compatriot would.

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Cultural Intelligence

Question 23

Dimension of Intellectual Ability

It refers to a person’s ability to relate effectively with others.

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Social Intelligence

Question 24

He was the proponent of Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

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Robert Stenberg

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# Triarchcic Theory of Intelligence It involves components (or mental processes) used in thinking and traditional type of intelligence needed for solving difficult problems with abstract reasoning

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Componential Intelligence (analytical intelligence)

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# Triarchcic Theory of Intelligence Type of intelligence that is required for imagination and combing things in novel ways

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Experiential Intelligence (creative intelligence)

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# Triarchcic Theory of Intelligence It requires adapting to, selecting, and shaping our real-world environment, and incorporates the ideas of common sense, wisdom, and street smarts

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Contextual Intelligence (practical intelligence)

Question 28

He is the proponent of Multiple Intelligence Theory

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Howard Gardner

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# Multiple Intelligences It covers abstract thought, precision, counting, organization, and logical structure, enabling the individual to see relationship between objects.

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Logical-Mathematical

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# Multiple Intelligences It refers to being sensitive to language, meanings, and the relations among others. People are able to communicate through language including reading, writing, and speaking.

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Linguistic

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# Multiple Intelligences It enables people to perceive and manipulate images in their brain and to recreate them from memory.

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Spatial

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# Multiple Intelligences It create and understand meanings made out of sounds and to enjoy different kinds of music

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Musical

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# Multiple Intelligences It enables people to use their body and perceptual and motor systems in skilled ways.

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Bodily-Kinesthetic

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# Multiple Intelligences Highly accurate of understanding himself or herself.

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Intrapersonal

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# Multiple Intelligences It makes possible for people to recognize and make distinctions among the feelings, motives, and intentions of others.

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Interpersonal

Question 36

# Multiple Intelligences It possesses the ability to seek patterns in the external physical movement.

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Naturalist

Question 36

It refers to the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.

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Personality

Question 36

# Determinants of Personality Are those factors that are determined at conception.

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Hereditary Factors

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# Determinants of Personality Are those that exert pressures on the formation of an individual’s personality.

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Environmental Factors

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# Kinds of Environmental Factors: It refers to the established norms, attitudes, and values that are passed along from one generation to the next and creates consistency over time.

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Cultural Factors

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# Kinds of Environmental Factors: It refers to those that reflects family life, religion and the many kinds of formal and informal groups in which the individual participates throughout his life.

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Social Factors

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# Kinds of Environmental Factors: It indicates that the individual will behave differently in different situations.

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Situational Factors

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# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits Characterizes one as calm, self-confident, and secure. A person who possesses a high degree of emotional stability can be expected to withstand stress.

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Emotional Stability

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# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits Someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive

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Extraversion

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# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits It refers to the person’s interpersonal orientation. An agreeable person who is cooperative, warm, and trusting,

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Agreeableness

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# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits A person who is imaginative, cultured, curious, original, broad-minded, intelligent, and artistically sensitive.

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Openness to Experience

Question 43

# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits It refers to a person’s reliability.

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Conscientiousness

Question 44

# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits It reflects a person’s ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational, or environmental factors.

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Self-monitoring behavior

Question 45

# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits It refers to the person’s willingness to take risk and pursue thrills that sometimes are required in the workplaces.

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Risk Taking and Thrill Seeking

Question 46

# Kinds of Personality Factors and Traits It refers to the tendency to experience positive emotional states and to believe that positive outcomes will be forthcoming from most activities.

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Optimism

Question 47

He proposed the concept of Emotional Intelligence or Emotional Quotient (EQ)

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Daniel Goleman

Question 48

it refers to the ability of the person to accurately perceive, evaluate, express, and regulate emotions and feelings.

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Emotional Quotient (EQ)

Question 48

# Components of EQ It refers to the ability to calm down anxiety, control impulsiveness, and react appropriately to anger.

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Self-Regulation

Question 49

# Components of EQ It refers to the passion to work for reason that goes beyond money or status.

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Motivation

Question 50

# Components of EQ It refers to the ability to respond to the unspoken feelings of others.

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Empathy

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# Components of EQ It refers to the awareness of one’s own personality or individuality.

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Self-awareness

Question 52

# Components of EQ It refers to the proficiency to manage relationships and building networks.

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Social Skills

Question 53

# More on Physical Ability People differ in what they actually see. (ex: color blind)

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Sense of Sight

Question 54

# More on Physical Ability People differ in their ability to hear. (ex: sharpness in listening to tones).

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Sense of Hearing

Question 55

# More on Physical Ability A person’s tongue may be sensitive to various tastes and this makes him or her different from another person who is less sensitive to taste.

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Sense of Taste

Question 56

# More on Physical Ability A person’s sense of touch may differ in degree with another person.

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Sense of Touch

Question 56

# More on Physical Ability People have different degrees of sensitivity to smell.

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Sense of Smell