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Organizational Behavior, 14e (Robbins/Judge)
Chapter 5 Personality and Values
1) Which of the following is the best definition of personality?
A) Personality is an aggregate set of traits that are mostly determined at birth.
B) Personality is an aggregate set of traits that are determined over a person's lifetime.
C) Personality is all the ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.
D) Personality is, for the most part, comprised of traits that cannot be measured or defined.
E) Personality is the static organization of how a person reacts to different environments.
Answer: C
Explanation: A) Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others, usually described in terms of the measurable traits a person exhibits.
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 134-135
Topic: Personality
Skill: AACSB: Analytic Skills
Objective: Personality
Quest. Category: Concept/Definitional
LO: 1
2) Which of the following statements about the determinants of personality is true?
A) Personality appears to have no determinants.
B) Personality appears to be a result of external factors.
C) Personality appears to be a result of only environmental factors.
D) Personality appears to be a result of only hereditary factors.
E) Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors.
Answer: E
Explanation: A) Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors. However, research in personality development has tended to better support the importance of heredity over the environment.
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 134-135
Topic: Personality
Skill: AACSB: Analytic Skills
Objective: Personality Determinants
Quest. Category: Concept/Definitional
LO: 1
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