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Openness to experience refers to a person being trusting and good-natured.

A) True
B) False

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Question 32

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Tony has a high CS E.He is not likely to experience

A) better adjustment to international assignments.
B) organizational citizenship behaviors.
C) life satisfaction.
D) reduced conflict.
E) higher levels of stress.

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Complex,relatively brief responses aimed at a particular target are known as emotions.

The combination of stable physical,behavioral,and mental characteristics that give individuals their unique identities is known as personality.

Define "locus of control," and describe what it means to have an "internal" and "external" locus of control.Give an example of each from your own experiences in school or work.

Katherine does especially well in her language courses,but struggles in chemistry.She has ______ intelligence.

Owen leads a team tasked with developing a client tracking system.He is nervous and worried,afraid that if this assignment doesn't go well,he won't be promoted.Jack,a team member,is relaxed,unworried,and secure in the feeling that they have all the necessary resources and talents to make this work.Jack is likely to score high on

David Waynescott is a highly successful lawyer who specializes in class action suits against pharmaceutical companies.Think about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.Profile the intelligences that Waynescott probably possesses and describe how each makes him excel at his job.

Nora wants to be a buyer for Marstons Stores.She knows that they are looking for outgoing,social people.She purposely tries to present herself as an extrovert on the personality test that she takes even though she is shy and retiring.What is the likely result of this?

You volunteer for Campus Social,a group that sets up events for incoming students to help them acclimate to the campus culture.This is your third year and you expected to be appointed student header.The dean informs you that someone else has been chosen to lead the group.

Nancy is at a staff meeting.Her manager asks if anyone has an idea for how to pull more customers into the restaurant at lunch time.Nancy starts to make a suggestion and her manager cuts her off mid-sentence,saying: "Oh Nancy,no...anyone else?" Nancy is feeling angry because her manager was disrespectful and didn't allow her to explain the idea.What should Nancy do to deal with these negative emotions?

_______ is reflected in this statement: "I feel I am a person of worth,as good as other people."

Many effective managers select employees based on positive,job relevant,relatively stable individual differences.

Research in industrial-organizational psychology concluded that the typical personality test is not a valid predictor of job performance.

As manager of Kids Skids,Meghan wants to develop her relationship management skills.In order to do this,she learns how to

_____ intelligence is the potential to understand and regulate oneself.

When hiring people,the best thing a manager can do is to find someone like himself or herself and make sure the person "fits" into his or her stereotype of a good worker.

_______ provides broad and useful ways to describe personality in terms of our individual differences in self-efficacy,self-esteem,locus of control,and emotional stability.

Ben and Jen are arguing over individual differences.Which of the following does a person have the most control over?

Roberto is a manager at XYZ Corporation.Every day,he eats lunch in the company cafeteria so he can learn the latest news and rumors.Roberto is exhibiting his