Question 1

James gets his energy from other people, likes the big picture, and completes work before moving on to the next project. His traits illustrate the _____ dimension of the Myers-Briggs framework.

Accepted Answer

According to the Myers-Briggs framework, James is a judging type as he prefers to completion before moving to the next work.

Question 2

Complexes of beliefs and feelings that people have about specific ideas, situations, or other people are known as _____.

Accepted Answer

Complexes of beliefs and feelings that people have about specific ideas,situations, or other people are called attitudes.

Question 3

Katherine works as a photographer for a major news organization. She is assigned to cover stories from around the world. What organizational inducement applies to Katherine's situation?

Accepted Answer

Organizational inducements are what the organization provides to the employee. In this case, Katherine has the opportunity to travel around the world.

Question 4

Identify the reason why organizations are unable to achieve a perfect person-job fit.

Accepted Answer

One of the reasons for seldom achieving a precise level of person-job fir is because organizational selection procedures are imperfect.

Question 5

A person's ability to get along with others in an organization is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

Agreeableness refers to a person's ability to get along with others.

Question 6

Annika is excited about her new job. She thinks it will be exciting, fulfilling, rewarding, and allow her the standard of living she is looking for. She has made a(n) _____ with her new employer.

Accepted Answer

Annika's expectations with respect to what she will contribute to the organization and what the organization will return is called a psychological contract.

Question 7

Christine admires her friend Paul's extraverted nature. She knows that he is always ready to meet with her and other colleagues to share ideas. Christine's knowledge about Paul portrays the _____ component of her attitude.

Accepted Answer

Christine's attitude reflects the cognitive component as her assumptions about Paul are based on her knowledge that Paul is an extravert, and he will behave the same way in many situations.

Question 8

Identify the inducement that an organization provides to its employees.

Accepted Answer

Pay is an example of inducements provided by organizations.

Question 9

_____ refers to a person's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests.

Accepted Answer

Openness refers to a person's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests.

Question 10

Officers in the US military have no control over employee pay. It is all based on time of service and rank. The military uses medals and ribbons to acknowledge excellence. The medals are an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

The medals are inducements provided to the officers in return for their contributions.

Question 11

Charlie's belief that only luck determines what happens to him portrays that he has _____.

Accepted Answer

Charlie displays an external locus of control in believing that it is luck, and not his own behavior and decisions, that determines what happens to him.

Question 12

_____ is the relatively stable set of psychological and behavioral attributes that distinguish one person from another.

Accepted Answer

Personality is the relatively stable set of psychological and behavioral attributes that distinguish one person from another.

Question 13

Doreen often takes up more tasks than she can handle, and becomes disorganized and careless. In this scenario, Doreen portrays _____.

Accepted Answer

Less conscientious people tend to take on more tasks than they can manage and, as a result, are more disorganized, careless, and irresponsible, as well as less thorough and self-disciplined.

Question 14

Amelia believes that recreation management, as a specification, can be understood only outside the confines of a classroom. However, she is required to fulfill a certain number of classroom hours to graduate as a recreation specialist. In this scenario, Amelia is likely to experience _____.

Accepted Answer

Amelia has no choice but to spend time in a classroom contradicting to her beliefs. This conflict she experiences is called cognitive dissonance.

Question 15

When Amy is in a room full of strangers she becomes energized to interact with them. Which of the following personality traits does Amy portray?

Accepted Answer

Amy's comfort level in establishing new relationships and sociable nature portrays a personality trait called extraversion.

Question 16

Identify the contribution made by an individual to a psychological contract.

Accepted Answer

An individual makes a variety of contributions to the organization-effort, skills, ability, time, loyalty, and so forth.

Question 17

In the Myers-Briggs framework, people who enjoy completion or being finished are typically categorized as _____.

Accepted Answer

People who are the judging type enjoy completion or being finished.

Question 18

Bernard, a senior manager at Duepoint Inc., manipulates his subordinates to gain personal benefits by promising them false rewards. Bernard's personality trait is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

Machiavellian,in this case Bernard, lie to attain their personal goals, and enjoy manipulating others.

Question 19

Jessica, a university student, accepts everything Prof. Hendricks has to say solely because he is the professor. It can be inferred that Jessica has _____.

Accepted Answer

Jessica's acceptance of prof.Henrics orders purely because of his status as a professor portrays that Jessica is highly authoritarian.

Question 20

Theresa gets her energy from solitude, prefers detail-oriented concrete projects, and bases her decisions on logical reasoning. Based on the Myers-Briggs framework, Theresa can be differentiated as a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

Theresa bases her decisions on logic and reasoning, which categorizes her as a thinking individual in the Myers-Briggs framework.

Quiz 9: Basic Elements of Individual Behavior in Organizations