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WK03 Attitudes and Personalities

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 46mins

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1.

What are the three components of an attitude?

a)

Cognitive, affective, and behavioural

b)

Cognitive, physical, and behavioural

c)

Affective, behavioural, and physical

d)

Affective, cognitive, and physical

2.

What is the definition of cognitive dissonance?

a)

The emotional or feeling segment of an attitude

b)

The incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or more attitudes or between behaviour and attitudes

c)

An intention to behave in a certain way towards someone or something

d)

Any form of inconsistency is being uncomfortable

3.

According to Leon Festinger, what is the relationship between attitudes and behaviour?

a)

Attitudes do not always follow from behaviour.

b)

Behaviour always follows from attitudes.

c)

Behaviour does not always follow from attitudes.

d)

Attitudes always follow from behaviour.

4.

Job satisfaction is:

a)

A positive feeling about the tasks you do in a job.

b)

A positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics.

c)

A positive feeling about the tasks you do in a job and the people you work with.

d)

A positive feeling about the tasks you do in a job and your boss.

5.

In addition to job conditions, what else contributes to job satisfaction?

a)

Compensation

b)

Personality

c)

Social interaction

d)

Autonomy

6.

What are the two main ways to measure job satisfaction?

a)

A job satisfaction survey and turnover rates.

b)

A company rating and turnover rates.

c)

A company rating and a job satisfaction survey

d)

A single global rating and a summation score.

7.

When considering personality determinants, which attribute is most closely associated with personality?

a)

Temperament

b)

The environment

c)

Gender

d)

Heredity

8.

The basic belief that one mode of conduct is preferable to its opposite is known as which of the following?

a)

Value

b)

Core self-evaluation

c)

Emotional stability

d)

Personality

9.

How do the concepts of core self-evaluation, self-monitoring, and proactive personality help us to understand personality?
Select ALL that apply

a)

People who have positive core self-evaluations like themselves and see themselves as effective, capable, and in control of their environment.

b)

Self-monitoring describes an individual's ability to adjust their behaviour in response to external situational factors.

c)

They allow us to determine a person's level of job satisfaction.

d)

Proactive personalities identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until a meaningful change occurs.

10.

The Big Five personality traits, sometimes known as "the five-factor model of personality" or "OCEAN model," are a grouping of five unique characteristics used to study what aspects of personality?

a)

Personality

b)

Emotional stability

c)

Value

d)

Core self-evaluation