第四章练习题目

1、Chapter 4 Personality and ValuesMULTIPLE CHOICE1. Which of the following statements about personality is correct?a. Personality is always stable.b. Personality is a part of a person.c. Personality is an aggregate whole.d. Personality is for the most part comprised of traits that cannot be measured.e

2、. Personality is the primary source of emotions in most people.2. If personality characteristics were completely dictated by _, they would be fixed at birth andno amount of experience could alter them.a. job satisfactionb. heredityc. environmentd. situationse. religion5. All of the following are cla

3、ssifications on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator except _.a. extroverted/introvertedb. sensing/intuitivec. perceiving/judgingd. independent/dependente. thinking/feeling6. What is the major problem with the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality?a. it is very difficult to administerb

4、. it forces a person to be categorized as either one type or anotherc. it does not include enough dimensions to differentiate all the variety of human personalityd. it tends to overemphasize intuitive personality traits over analytical personality traitse. it is very difficult to accurately interpre

5、t8. A high score in which dimension of the Big Five model predicts good job performance for alloccupational groups?a. extraversionb. agreeablenessc. conscientiousnessd. emotional stabilitye. openness to experience11. Hollands theory of personality-job fit argues that job satisfaction is highest and

6、turnover lowestwhere _.a. personality and occupation are in agreementb. an individual is highly motivatedc. salary is highd. felt emotions are displayede. compensation is high13. What is the term used for the degree to which people like or dislike themselves?a. Self-esteemb. Authoritarianismc. Locus

7、 of controld. Machiavellianisme. Efficacy14. What personality characteristic centers on whether a person is unemotional, pragmatic andbelieves that ends can justify means?a. authoritarianismb. Machiavellianismc. Type A personalityd. risk-takinge. Narcissism16. Which of the following has the highest

8、intrinsic risk-taking propensity?a. an accountant performing auditing activitiesb. a stock trader in a brokerage firmc. a computer technologistd. a marketing representativee. a school crossing guard21. Which of the following is the most powerful determinant of the dominant personalitycharacteristics

9、 of a countrys population?a. the countrys political systemb. the co untrys culturec. the values held by that populationd. the countrys legal systeme. the countrys gender distribution22. Which of the following terms describes basic convictions that “a specific mode of conduct or endstate of existence

10、 is personal ly or socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct.”a. Valuesb. Attitudesc. Convictionsd. Preferencese. Affectual preferences23. When we rank an individuals values in order of their _, we obtain the persons value system.a. intensityb. contentc. contextd. social acceptancee. social

11、 needs24. Which of the following statements about values is true?a. Values are flexible.b. Values are synonymous with attitudes.c. Values tend to be consistent among occupational groups.d. Values are fairly stable over time.e. Values change easily when they are called into question.27. Which of the

12、following terminal values was ranked as the most important by executives?a. family securityb. self-respectc. equalityd. freedome. social security29. Throughout the mid-1970s in the U.S., the managerial ranks were dominated by Veterans. Whenfaced with ethical dilemmas, their decisions were made in te

13、rms of what was best for _.a. their organizationb. their familyc. societyd. them on an individual basise. their children30. Which of the following researchers produced a comprehensive analysis of variation amongcultures?a. Maslowb. Hofstedec. Festingerd. Skinnere. Freud31. Which of the following is

14、not one of Hofstedes five dimensions of national culture?a. power distanceb. flexibility versus rigidityc. individualism versus collectivism:d. long-term versus short-term orientation:e. uncertainty avoidance33. Which of Hofstedes dimensions is the degree to whi ch people in a country prefer structu

15、red tounstructured situations?a. collectivismb. power distancec. long-term orientationd. uncertainty avoidancee. idiocentricity34. Which of the following is most likely to be a country with high power distance?a. An individualist country like Australiab. A long term oriented country like Japanc. An

16、uncertainty avoiding country like Uruguayd. A collectivist country like Guatemalae. A masculine country like Greece36. The “enterprising” personality from Hollands typ ology of personality and congruent occupationswould exhibit which of the following personality characteristics?a. imaginative, disor

17、derly, idealisticb. shy, genuine, persistentc. sociable, friendly, cooperatived. self-confident, ambitious, energetice. conforming, efficient, practical,TRUE/FALSE39. Personality is part of the way in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.43. An impressive body of research supports that five basic personality dimensions underlie all others.45. Conscientiousness refers to an individuals propensity to defer to others.47. I ndividuals who rate high in external locus of control are more satisfied with their jobs and havelower absenteeism rates.53.People wit