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 the unique adjustment to his environment.
2) Who defined personality as the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment?
3) Is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.
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 interview 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 .
5) Which of the following is the most common means of measuring personality?
6) Which of the following is a drawback of self-reports surveys?
7) In , a co-worker or another observer does an independent assessment of personality, with or without the subject’s knowledge.
8) Tracy Winter works at a publishing firm in London and recently received an e-mail from the human resource department of her company, asking her to study a colleague, Cindy Camp’s behavior and attention toward her work without her knowledge. Winter now needs to scrutinize her behavior and notice if she is free from distractions and pays sufficient importance to her tasks. Which of the following is Winter conducting?
9) Which of the following terms refers to factors such as one’s biological rhythms are generally considered to be either completely or substantially influenced by one’s biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup?
10) Which of the following statement is true about personality?
11) Which of the following does he heredity approach state?
12) The is a personality assessment consisting of 100-questions where respondents are classified as extraverted-introverted, sensing-intuitive, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving.
13) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the type are practical and prefer routine and order and focus on details.
14) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the type are flexible and spontaneous.
15) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the judging type .
16) Which of the following are characteristics of the intuitive type of people according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification.
17) Ellen Athers as a communication executive at a travel house. She is known to be friendly with her colleagues and interacts with them regularly to build strong work relationships. She knows that her rapport with her co-workers is a crucial part of her work and invests time to these relationships. In addition, while making decisions, she is assertive and colleagues take her decisions seriously. Which of the following personality types is Athers most likely to be characterized by according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?
18) Ellaine 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 works does not require her to interact with her co-workers to a high extent. Which of the following personality types is Chamberlain most likely to be characterized by according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?
19) Valerie Sinclair, a climate campaigner at an environmental organization, invariably uses rationale to make decisions for project implementation. She believes that the right decisions can be made only through scrutinization and analysis. Each time she needs to make a decision, she weights all options before taking action. Which of the following is Sinclair’s personality type by according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?
20) Amber Downing, a human resource executive, is in charge of the recruitment process in her organization. During the hiring process, she often needs to coordinate with prospective employees. The organization process does not require her to inform employees who do not get through the selection process. However she believes that it is rude not to give them an update. She thus makes sure that she send them e-mails informing them all about the selection process. Which of the following personality types is Downing characteristic by according to the the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?
21) According to the the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, introverted/ intuitive/ thinking/ judging type of people are .
22) People belonging to the ESTJ are characterized as to the the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification.
23) According to the the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, the ENTP type of people are most likely to be .
24) What does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification of “E or I” stand for?