Test 2 on Wednesday

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

the total number of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with the world around them

Question 2

Conscientiousness

Answer 2

An individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job.

Question 3

Narcissism

Answer 3

A personality dimension that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.

Question 4

Heredity

Answer 4

Heredity includes an individual’s gene pool, gender, race, ethnic background

Question 5

emotional stability

Answer 5

A personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and secure (positive) versus nervous, anxious, and insecure (negative).

Question 6

Self-monitoring

Answer 6

A personality trait that measures an individual’s ability to adjust their behavior to external, situational factors.

Question 7

personality traits

Answer 7

Enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior.

Question 8

Openness to experience

Answer 8

A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, artistic sensitivity, and curiosity.

Question 9

Dark triad

Answer 9

A constellation of negative personality traits consisting of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.

Question 10

extroversion

Answer 10

A personality dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive.

Question 11

core self-evaluation

Answer 11

(CSEs) Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.

Question 12

terminal values

Answer 12

Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during their lifetime.

Question 13

agreeableness

Answer 13

A personality dimension that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.

Question 14

Machiavellianism

Answer 14

The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.

Question 15

instrumental values

Answer 15

Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one’s terminal values.

Question 16

psychopathy

Answer 16

The tendency for a lack of concern for others and a lack of guilt or remorse when actions cause harm.

Question 17

situation strength theory

Answer 17

A theory indicating that the way personality translates into behavior depends on the strength of the situation.

Question 18

trait activation theory

Answer 18

(TAT) A theory that predicts that some situations, events, or interventions “activate” a trait more than others.

Question 19

Ability

Answer 19

an individuals capacity to perform the various tasks in a job

Question 20

Proactive personality

Answer 20

People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.

Question 21

personality-job fit

Answer 21

A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover.

Question 22

Physical ability

Answer 22

the capacity to do tasks that demand stamina, dexterity, strength, and similar characteristics

Question 23

General Mental Ability

Answer 23

(GMA) an overall factor of intelligence, as suggested by the positive correlations among specific intellectual ability dimensions

Question 24

motivation

Question 25

needa

Question 26

need hierarchy theory

Question 27

ERG Theory

Question 28

need for achievement

Question 29

job design

Question 30

need for power

Question 31

need for affiliation

Question 32

job enlargement

Question 33

job rotation

Question 34

motivators

Question 35

hygiene factors

Question 36

job enrichment

Question 37

skill variety

Question 38

task identity

Question 39

intrinsic motivation

Question 40

task significance

Question 41

autono,y

Question 42

feedback

Question 43

sense of choice

Question 44

sense of meaningfulness

Question 45

sense of competence

Question 46

sense of progress

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