CHAPTER 5 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 Answer s social introverte d exhibition ist gregariou s extravert ed conventio nal realistic enterprisi ng artistic social Help Aid a non profit organization in Indonesia works at providing education in underdeveloped countries They are now looking to hire a teacher who can educate children in Namibia and prepare them for jobs which will enable them to sustain themselves According to Holland s personality job fit theory people belonging to which of the following personality types will best suit Help Aid s requirement Answer s According to Gordon Allport is defined as the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine a person s unique adjustments to his her environment Answer s cognitive dissonance heredity personality descent genealogy Agreeableness Conscientiousness Emotional stability Openness to experience has been found to be more important than other traits in the success of CEOs of private equity companies Answer s Extraversion Jonah is currently trying to decide whether or not to allow Kate to be part of a delegation that will represent their company at an international business expo Apart from allowing the company to market its business to potential clients the expo will give the members of the delegation a chance to meet and network with various industry professionals and gain valuable industry insights Which of the following if true would most strengthen Kate s chances of being selected Answers Kate generally considers herself to be better than her colleagues Kate is a go getter she is prepared to go to any length to get ahead Kate has a conventional mindset and focuses on being efficient at her work Kate often conforms to others ideas and opinions rather than come up with her own Kate is enterprising and adept at interacting with diverse groups of individuals uestion 1 10 out of 10 points According to Hofstede s framework indicates the degree to which people in a country prefer structured to unstructured situations Selected Answer d Correct Answer uncertainty avoidance d uncertainty avoidance Question 2 10 out of 10 points refers to the tendency to be arrogant have a grandiose sense of self importance require excessive admiration and have a sense of entitlement Selected Answer d Narcissis m d Narcissis m Correct Answer As compared to observer ratings surveys self reporting surveys are a better predictor of success on the job Selected Answer Fals e What does the Myers Briggs Type Indicator classification of S versus N stand for Selected Answer a sensing intuitive Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual s propensity to defer to others Selected Answer b agreeable ness Which of the following statements is true about personality Selected Answer Personality is influenced by hereditary factors d According to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator classification people belonging to the feeling type use reason and logic to solve problems Selected Answer Fals e According to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator MBTI classification people belonging to the type are flexible and spontaneous Selected Answer Correct Answer sensing d e perceivi ng Among the Big Five Model traits is most strongly related to life satisfaction job satisfaction and low stress levels Selected Answer Correct Answer c conscientiousn ess d emotional stability According to the Big Five Model a drawback of introverts is that they tend to be more impulsive than extraverts and engage in risky behavior Selected Answer Fals e CHAPTER 6 A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to behaviors of 6 or 9 months earlier This shows that the manager s perception is affected by a n bias Answer s self serving bias availability impact distinction hindsight integrity consensus consistenc y distinctiven ess With reference to the attribution theory which of the following terms indicates the extent to which an individual displays different behaviors in different situations Answer s flexibility A n refers to a discrepancy between the current state of affairs and some desired state Answer s is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment Answer s Sensation Individuals engage in because it is impossible for them to assimilate everything they see and can take in only certain stimuli Answer s problem decision instinct intuition percepti on Impression Apprehens ion Attribution Perception selective perception cognitive dissonance self serving bias emotional labor self fulfilling prophecy Which of the following is a factor present in a perceiver which may affect perception Selected Answer Correct Answer b similari ty a interes t What is the first step in the rational decision making model Correct Answer b defining the problem The bias is a tendency to fixate on initial information and fail to adequately adjust for subsequent information Correct Answer c anchori ng Women are more likely than men to overanalyze problems before making a decision and to rehash a decision once made Correct Answer Tru e refers to the tendency of people to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic Correct Answer is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment Correct Answer e d Halo effect Percepti on The perception of a target is unaffected by the perceiver s personality or past experiences Correct Answer Fals e The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors is known as the confirmation bias A self serving bias Attribution theory tries to explain the ways in which we judge people differently depending on the meaning we attribute to a given behavior Correct Answer Tru e According to the attribution theory if a behavior scores high on consensus and distinctiveness we tend to consider it