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Ch 3 Practice Questions
1. A person with a ? personality is someone who is relatively unconstrained by situational
forces and who affects environmental change.
2. People can use the skills associated with practical intelligence:
3. Extroversion—outgoing, talkative, social, assertive; Emotional stability – relaxed, secure,
unworried; Openness — intellectual, imaginative, curious, broad minded;
conscientiousness – dependable, responsible, achievement oriented, persistent;
agreeableness – trusting, good natured, cooperative, softhearted
4. The two forms of Lucas control are ?
5. Name for elements of emotional intelligence
6. Identify three behaviors have been shown by research to improve intelligence.
7. True or false: Emotion display norms in an organization determine which emotions
members can show in various situations.
8. What term is used to collectively describe people’s traits and behaviors that are
influenced by genetics and environment?
9. Self-efficacy can be increased, tends to manifest itself in actual performance, and
involves a person’s beliefs about personal success.
10. Know and be able to match the type of intelligence to its description (linguistic, logical,
musical, bodily, spacial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic)
11. True or false: people who possess an internal locus of control believe their successes
due to their own efforts.
12. Concerning the use of personality tests in the workplace: it is helpful to use experts
outside the company to help select an appropriate test; there should be independent
research validating the effectiveness of the test; it is critical to make sure the test is
legally sound and does not violate applicants’ rights.
13. Identify the type of self-evaluation that represents the broad personality trait composed
of four narrow traits.
14. Know personal competences and the associated capabilities.
15. The combination of staple physical, behavioral, and mental characteristics that give
individuals their unique identity is called ?
16. Intelligence entails a person’s capacity for ?
17. Identify four components of core self-evaluations
18. A person’s general belief about his or her own self worth is ?
19. True or false: People with an external locus of control feel that their successes explained
by environmental factors.
20. Negative emotions and the corresponding response: anger – get some distance from the
situation to avoid losing control, consider the reason, and communicate with the person;
frustrated – if results don’t meet your expectations, reassess your plan and be patient;
rejected – evaluate the opinion and the person giving it and ask for clarification; stressed
– prioritize commitments
21. True or false: displayed emotions can affect other people’s reactions; may differ from felt
emotions; convey messages to nearby people.
22. List the big five personality dimensions
23. Know the capabilities of social awareness and relationship Management
24. True or false: personality tests are not a valid predictor of performance because test-
takers to not describe themselves accurately.
25. Identify four factors that are believed to increase intelligence.
26. List how effective managers should address personality.
27. High levels of self-efficacy _____ _____.
28. Match the individual difference to its flexibility level: stable over time and difficult to
change / flexible and altered more easily; intelligence / attitudes / mental abilities /
emotions
29. Explain Job Design, Training and Development, Self-Management, Goal Setting,
Creativity, Coaching, and Leadership
30. Being a manager with a proactive personality ____________________.
31. High levels of emotional stability ___________________.
32. List the items that apply with an external locus of control.
33. The two forms of locus of control are _____ and _______.
34. Define: Linguistic, Logical, Musical, Bodily, Spacial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal,
Naturalistic
35. People with proactive personalities _____________.
36. List all of the statements true of liking and fit.
37. Individuals with high levels of ________ tend to be relaxed, secure, unworried and less
likely to experience negative emotions under pressure.
38. What are the personal competencies that fall under self-awareness and self-
management?
39. Name the main state about self-esteem that has to deal with Nationality, Life-Span, and
Gender.
40. Managers have more influence over _____________.
41. Research has concluded that ________ and __________________ personality traits
have a strong impact on performance.
42. The emotion of fear is usually ____________.
43. When compared to those with an external locus of control, people with an internal locus
of control _________________________________________________.
44. Emotional intelligence has been shown to _______________________________.
45. A _____________ concepts perspective to personality enables you to more precisely
describe individuals.
46. To be an effective manager, a person should ___________________.
47. List the characteristics of a person with high self-efficacy.
48. Extraversion has been found to ________________________________.
49. List the social competencies with the capabilities of Social Awareness and Relationship
Management.
50. What are the responses to the negative emotions of Angry, Frustrated, Rejected,
Stressed
51. True or false: at a certain level emotional stability becomes problematic.
52. Major reasons that companies use personality tests include
_______________________.
53. List the benefits of high emotional intelligence.
54. The emotion of anger is usually ____________.
55. Personality tests are not a valid predictor of performance because __________.
56. Using a basketball analogy for core self-evaluations, ___________________.
57. It is very common for entrepreneurs to exemplify ______________.
58. What is true regarding using core self-evaluations in a managerial role?
59. Research suggests that CEOs with high CSEs ______________________.
60. List all the practical implications of multiple intelligence.
61. List ways to improve self-esteem.
62. Over the past seven decades, intelligence levels in developed countries have ______
________.
63. When evaluating core self evaluations, _____________.
64. It is believed that awareness of multiple intelligences should play an important role in
____________________________________.
65. What is true concerning the search for employees with the right personality type?
66. Core self-evaluations have a desirable effect upon which of the following outcomes?