62) A person who believes that “the ends justify the means” would be likely to have a high level
of which personality trait?
A) empathy
B) Machiavellianism
C) self-awareness
D) social skills
63) This kind of individual might be most likely to have legal problems.
A) low Mach
B) high Mach
C) low self-esteem
D) risk-averse
64) High self-esteem individuals tend to ________.
A) make excuses for themselves
B) avoid creating high expectations
C) take risks
D) avoid risks
65) ________ individuals tend to be dependent on positive evaluation from others.
A) High self-esteem
B) High Mach
C) Low self-esteem
D) Internal locus of control
66) A high self-monitoring individual would tend to ________.
A) have no skill in playing different roles
B) have no skill in hiding his or her feelings
C) be good at playing different roles
D) have no experience in hiding his or her feelings
67) A low self-monitoring individual would NOT tend to pursue a career as ________.
A) an actor
B) a scientist
C) an accountant
D) an engineer
68) A manager who takes very little time to make a decision probably has the trait of ________.
A) high self-esteem
B) external locus of control
C) low self-monitoring
D) high risk-taking
69) A NASCAR race car driver would be a good occupational match for which personality type?
A) risk averse
B) risk taker
C) low Mach
D) low self-esteem
70) John Holland’s theory assumes all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) different types of jobs are suited to different personalities
B) people in jobs that suit their personality are likely to be more satisfied
C) there are intrinsic personality differences in people
D) people in jobs that suit their personality make more money
71) A person who rates high on Holland’s social scale would probably find a good match with
which of the following jobs?
A) farmer
B) painter
C) teacher
D) mathematician
72) A person rating high on the investigative personality type would have the best match with
which job?
A) nurse
B) mechanic
C) reporter
D) counselor
73) According to Holland’s social scale, becoming a lawyer would be a good job match for
someone with this personality type.
A) realistic
B) investigative
C) conventional
D) enterprising
74) Which of the following pairs would be a good match in Holland’s scheme?
A) realistic: psychologist
B) investigative: golf pro
C) social: coach
D) artistic: chemist
75) Chinese workers tend to value ________ than Americans.
A) hard work more
B) conscientiousness less
C) agreeableness less
D) agreeableness more
76) North Americans seem to be much more likely to have ________ than people from Middle
Eastern countries.
A) an internal locus of control
B) an external locus of control
C) no locus of control
D) a variable locus of control
77) Managers in Germany and the United States would probably agree that the most important
factor for job performance is ________.
A) agreeableness
B) conscientiousness
C) social skills
D) emotional stability
78) Personality is defined as a unique combination of behavioral, emotional, and thinking
patterns that each person has.
79) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® test can identify thousands of different basic personality
types.
80) In the Big Five model, emotional stability was positively related to job performance.
81) The ability to control one’s own emotions is an important component in emotional
intelligence.
82) Emotional intelligence and academic intelligence are virtually identical.
83) A worker with an external locus of control would tend to blame failure on him- or herself.
84) A high Mach person tends to think that ends justify means.
85) Employees with high self-esteem tend to be more satisfied with their jobs than low SEs.
86) A low self-monitoring employee would be likely to be a good poker player.
87) A person who is risk-averse might do well as a stock trader.
88) According to John Holland, the key to job success is how well an individual’s personality
matches his or her job.
89) According to John Holland’s theory, a realistic personality type might be well suited to be an
economist.
90) People from the Middle East tend to believe that life is not predetermined and they can
control their own destiny.
91) U.S. workers, more than Chinese workers, tend to be less conscientious and more agreeable
in nature.
92) In a short essay, list and discuss the five personality traits of the Big Five Model of
personality.
93) In a short essay, discuss how locus of control can help explain individual behavior in
organizations.
94) In a short essay, discuss how Machiavellianism can help explain individual behavior in
organizations.
95) In a short essay, discuss how self-esteem can help explain individual behavior in
organizations.
96) In a short essay, discuss how self-monitoring can help explain individual behavior in
organizations.
97) In a short essay, discuss how risk-taking can help explain individual behavior in
organizations.
98) ________ is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory impressions to give meaning
to the environment.
A) Attribution
B) Selection
C) Learning
D) Perception
99) Different people typically have ________.
A) the same perception of a single situation
B) the same perception of different situations
C) different perceptions of the same situation
D) an undistorted perception of a situation
100) Which three factors act to shape and sometimes distort perception?
A) the perceiver, target, context
B) attitudes, past experiences, expectations
C) temperature, time, location
D) past experiences, context, location
101) Factors that can influence the perceiver of a situation include ________.
A) temperature, time, location
B) attitudes, past experiences, expectations
C) size, shape, color
D) lighting, place, date
102) Which situation would be an example of the target influencing a perception?
A) viewing a dog through binoculars
B) viewing a dog when you are exhausted
C) a dog barking
D) near dark conditions
103) Attribution theory is primarily concerned with explaining ________.
A) the behavior of groups
B) one’s own perceptions
C) the behavior of others
D) the perceptions of others
104) In attribution theory, ________ behavior is largely beyond an individual’s control.
A) externally caused
B) internally caused
C) consistent
D) inconsistent
105) In attribution theory, if everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same
way, we can say the behavior shows ________.
A) consensus
B) high distinctiveness
C) low distinctiveness
D) medium distinctiveness
106) In attribution theory, if a person is conscientious in five separate tasks, but in the sixth task
fails to be conscientious, this task is said to have ________.
A) low distinctiveness
B) high distinctiveness
C) high consensus
D) low consensus