Organizational Behavior 17th Edition By Stephen P. Robbins – Test Bank

Organizational Behavior 17th Edition By Stephen P. Robbins – Test Bank

Organizational Behavior, 17e (Robbins)

Chapter 5   Personality and Values

1) 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.

A) cognitive dissonance

B) heredity

C) personality

D) descent

E) genealogy

Answer:  C

Explanation:  C) The definition of personality we most frequently use was produced by Gordon Allport nearly 70 years ago. He said personality is “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment.”

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept

2) Who defined personality as the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine a person’s unique adjustments to his/her environment?

A) Leon Festinger

B) Dr. Sigmund Freud

C) Gordon Allport

D) Abraham Maslow

E) Ivan Pavlov

Answer:  C

Explanation:  C) The definition of personality most frequently used was produced by Gordon Allport nearly 70 years ago. He said that personality is “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment.”

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept

3) ________ is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.

A) Talent

B) Skill

C) Knowledge

D) Heredity

E) Personality

Answer:  E

Explanation:  E) Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept

4) Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advertising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to complete a self-report survey to help interviewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job. From the interview, they have found that she is extroverted, empathic, scrupulous, and cooperative in nature, which are key characteristics needed for the job. These characteristics about Lugo indicate her ________.

A) talent

B) skill

C) knowledge

D) genealogy

E) personality

Answer:  E

Explanation:  E) Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

AACSB:  Analytical thinking

Difficulty:  Moderate

Quest. Category:  Application

5) Which of the following is the most common means of measuring personality?

A) in-depth interviews

B) self-report surveys

C) career portfolio

D) reference interviews

E) stress interviews

Answer:  B

Explanation:  B) The most common means of measuring personality is through self-report surveys. In such surveys, individuals evaluate themselves on a series of factors, such as “I worry a lot about the future.”

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept

6) Which of the following is a drawback of self-report surveys?

A) They can hold only a limited number of questions.

B) They involve a large number of people in the evaluation process.

C) They may have biased results if the surveyor’s judgment is biased.

D) They comprise a large number of complex statistical data.

E) They may result in the respondent lying to create a good impression.

Answer:  E

Explanation:  E) The most common means of measuring personality is through self-report surveys. Though self-report measures work well when well-constructed, one weakness is that the respondent might lie or practice impression management to create a good impression.

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept

7) In ________, a co-worker or another observer does an independent assessment of personality, with or without the subject’s knowledge.

A) observer-ratings surveys

B) paid surveys

C) knowledge surveys

D) deviation surveys

E) cadastral surveys

Answer:  A

Explanation:  A) Observer-ratings surveys provide an independent assessment of personality. In such surveys, a co-worker or another observer does the rating, with or without the subject’s knowledge.

LO:  5.1: Describe personality, the way it is measured, and the factors that shape it.

Difficulty:  Easy

Quest. Category:  Concept