Twin studies have shown that genetics has the most effect on which of the Big Five personality traits?
- extraversion
- conscientiousness
- neuroticism
- openness to experience
- agreeableness
Genetics has the highest impact on extraversion according to twin studies. Other studies also reveal that extraversion is most highly correlated with genetic differences.
Extraversion: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant.
The Source, an engineering company, introduced a 360-degree feedback system. Lou, who was being considered for a promotion, was described as eager to learn and innovate. Isaac was appreciated for his meticulous and organized work and was the one the team could depend on during crunch time. Gloria's ability to be cooperative, accommodating, and sociable to customers who had grievances was well acknowledged in the feedback. In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, the personality dimension ________ best describes Lou.
- intuition
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- conscientiousness
- openness to experience
In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, people who fall under the personality dimension openness to experience are curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.
Openness To Experience: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.
The Source, an engineering company, introduced a 360-degree feedback system. Lou, who was being considered for a promotion, was described as eager to learn and innovate. Isaac was appreciated for his meticulous and organized work and was the one the team could depend on during crunch time. Gloria's ability to be cooperative, accommodating, and sociable to customers who had grievances was well acknowledged in the feedback. In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, the personality dimension ________ best describes Isaac.
- intuition
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- conscientiousness
- openness to experience
In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, people who fall under the personality dimension conscientiousness are dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Conscientiousness: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Miriam is known as a person who is talkative. In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, the extraversion personality dimension best describes Miriam.
Extraverts are talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant.
Big Five: The five major dimensions of personality including conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion.
Those with low scores on neuroticism are more likely to demonstrate Type A behavior patterns.
Individuals who score high on neuroticism are more likely to demonstrate Type A behavior patterns that have been shown to affect employees' health and their ability to manage stressful environments.
Type A Behavior Pattern: People who tend to experience more stressors, appraise more demands as stressful, and be prone to experiencing more strains.
Extraversion changes quite significantly over a person's life span.
Extraversion remains quite stable throughout a person's life.
Extraversion: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant.
Conscientious people are dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Conscientious people are dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Conscientiousness: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Of the Big Five, openness to experience is the easiest to judge in zero acquaintance situations.
Of the Big Five, extraversion is the easiest to judge in zero acquaintance situations-situations in which two people have only just met.
Big Five: The five major dimensions of personality including conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion.
From the perspective of job performance, neuroticism is the most important of the Big Five.
Conscientiousness is the most important of the Big Five from the perspective of job performance; neuroticism is the second most important.
Big Five: The five major dimensions of personality including conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion.
Neurotic people tend to have an external locus of control.
Neurotic people tend to hold an external locus of control, meaning that they often believe that the events that occur around them are driven by luck, chance, or fate.
Locus Of Control: Whether one believes the events that occur around him or her are self-driven or driven by the external environment.
In the context of the Big Five taxonomy, openness to experience is positively related to performance across all occupations.
Much like agreeableness and extraversion, the traits associated with openness are beneficial in some jobs but not others. As a result, openness is not related to job performance across all occupations.
Conscientiousness has a moderate positive effect on performance.
Conscientiousness has a moderate positive effect on performance.
Conscientiousness: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
Accomplishment striving describes a
- strong desire to achieve task-related goals as a means of expressing personality.
- strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality.
- dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance.
- strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure as a means of expressing personality.
- dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation.
Conscientious employees prioritize accomplishment striving, which reflects a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality.
Accomplishment Striving: A strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing one’s personality.
Arney has been retained by Fluffy Soft Programmers to hire a new worker because he is an expert at personality types and their effect on job performance. Which one of the following interviewees should Arney hire?
- Joy, who likes to work hard until a task is completely finished
- Theresa, who has very complex ideas and constantly seeks answers
- Linda, who goes out of her way to help others and show them respect
- Barbara, who talks to everyone and likes to be in the middle of the action
- Andrea, who gets easily jealous and worries that she is not good enough to do her job
Joy has conscientiousness, which is the trait with the most influence on job performance.
Job Performance: Employee behaviors that contribute either positively or negatively to the accomplishment of organizational goals.
Which of the following scenarios describes a worker with a neurotic personality?
- Raul greets everyone entering the office with a handshake and a funny story.
- Lynn stays two hours after closing all week to complete her blueprints perfectly.
- Tyler envisions and then experiments with a new approach to do his job every week.
- David takes on a substantial part of Jo's workload just to help her and everyone on the team have a pleasant day.
- Amy yells at Jacob to go away when he asks her how she is doing, then brings him coffee with a big smile an hour later.
Amy shows moodiness as part of her neuroticism.
Personality: The structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior. Personality reflects what people are like and creates their social reputation.
Herb's office is impeccably organized. Herb always shows up on time and can be counted to volunteer when someone is needed to go above and beyond usual duties. Herb says he will run the company someday, and he is willing to put in as many hours and as much suffering as it takes to get there. Herb exemplifies the personality trait of
- neuroticism.
- extraversion.
- agreeableness.
- conscientiousness.
- openness to experience.
The Big Five personality dimensions include conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion. Conscientious people are hard-working organized, and ambitious.
Which of the following is a dimension of the Big Five taxonomy?
- integrity
- motivation
- extraversion
- veiled purpose
- locus of control
The Big Five personality dimensions include conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion.
Extraversion: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant.
Quincy is always wondering about why things happen, how things work, and what would happen if something was different. He thinks of exciting possibilities that are often outside the box. He is described by his friends as classy and eloquent. Quincy is probably high on the trait of
- openness to experience.
- conscientiousness.
- neuroticism.
- extraversion.
- introversion.
Open people are curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.
Openness To Experience: One of the “Big Five” dimensions of personality reflecting traits like being curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.