Deck 5: Psychology I: Intelligence and Personality

Question 1

The psychometric model of intelligence, developed in the United States, can be used to make statements about a person's abilities as measured by standardized tests.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Intelligence can be developed over time by eugenics.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An approach to describing intelligence as multifaceted was developed by Howard Gardner.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

According to your text, emotional intelligence is very much like the kind of intelligence described by psychometrics measures.

Question 5

Your text authors suggest that in successful leaders emotional intelligence can be more important than rationale knowledge.

Question 6

Whether one believes that emotional intelligence and rational, knowledge-based intelligence are the same, it is true that only certain leaders can possess both.

Question 7

Leaders are born, not made, according to your text.

Question 8

Our own attributes do not influence our perception of those of others.

Question 9

When we possess a high intelligence quotient, we do not let perceptions interfere with our interpretations of those around us.

Question 10

Stereotyping is a direct result of overexposure to many cultures and social situations.

Question 11

Social perceptions are based

A) On our nature, according to the text, rather than our nurture.
B) Are rarely inaccurate
C) Often are based on what others have told us
D) On our impressions of people who are different from ourselves
E) The intelligence of the persons we encounter

Question 12

Goleman's emotional intelligence theory emphasizes

A) Rational intelligence
B) Being able to relate well to others
C) Being able to motivate people with emotion
D) Several aspects of intelligence
E) None of the above

Question 13

The relationship between leadership and emotional intelligence is

A) Described by performance on tests
B) Described by a set of discrete skills
C) Described by the statistical correlation between IQ scores and performance on math tests
D) There is no relationship according to your text
E) Parallel competencies such as self- and social awareness

Question 14

Which of the following is not part of Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Model as described in your text?

A) Musical intelligence
B) Rational knowledge
C) Linguistic intelligence
D) Kinesthetic intelligence
E) All of the above are discussed

Question 15

Intelligence is

A) Ability to manipulate one's environment
B) The ability to learn or understand new situations
C) The ability to think abstractly
D) A and B
E) A, B, and C

Question 16

Perceptual defense is associated with

A) Attributions
B) Intelligence quotient
C) Emotional intelligence
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 17

Selective perception occurs when

A) A person blocks what they don't want to hear or see
B) A person behaves in a manner that counters authority as teenagers often do
C) We select a person to mentor into a leadership position
D) We decide to act having selectively selected the correct information from what we have heard
E) We decide to share our ideas with select peers

Question 18

The authors say that leaders must be learners because

A) They need to be self aware
B) They need to be open to people and ideas around them
C) They need to be open minded
D) They need to learn to deal with different personalities in the workforce
E) All of the above

Question 19

The nature/nurture debate can be applied to

A) The amount of intelligence one is credited with
B) The amount of money someone has
C) Whether one is born a leader or learns to be a leader
D) A and B
E) A and C

Question 20

Freud is most closely associated with which discussion of intelligence?

A) Multiple intelligence
B) Nature vs. nurture
C) Labels on personalities
D) Sub-factors and general intelligence
E) Emotional intelligence

Question 21

There are several definitions of intelligence in your book. Choose one, define in it your own words, and describe how it would be measured or evaluated.

Question 22

Explain what the text means when it says that Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Model is naturalistic.

Question 23

Explain how self-awareness and social awareness are fundamental to leadership according to your text.

Question 24

Explain how a person's affective component of attitude is related to her/his cognitive component.

Question 25

Your text defines personality as how people affect others and understand themselves. Explain this as it applies to leadership competencies.

Question 26

Explain how perception influences understanding others and yourself.

Question 27

Describe the nature/nurture debate in relationship to leadership traits.

Question 28

What is meant by the concept of tabula rosa and what is its importance in a study of leadership?

Question 29

What are some of the assumptions in describing leadership with psychometric models?

Question 30

Goleman stated that emotional intelligence can be taught. Agree or disagree with his ideas and support your opinion with two carefully selected and elaborated examples.