Personality

Question 1

4 different parts of ability

Answer 1

1. aptitudes
2. leaned capabilities
3. competencies
4. person fit job

Question 2

what is aptitudes in ability

Answer 2

natural talent that helps people learn and perform more efficiewntly

Question 3

what is ability

Answer 3

the natural tendency and learned capabnilities needed to complete a task successfully

Question 4

what is learned capabilities in ability

Answer 4

accomplished skills and knowledge

Question 5

what is competency in ability

Answer 5

abilities, individual vales, personality traits and other features that result in superior performance

Question 6

what is person fit job in ability

Answer 6

ways to match people with jobs

Question 7

what is motivation

Answer 7

internal forces that impact the direction, intensity and endurance of a persons voluntary choice of behaviour

Question 8

3 parts of motivation?

Answer 8

1. direction: focussed by goals
2. intensity: bulk of effort allocated
3. persistence: amount of time taken for the effort to be exterted

Question 9

what is role grasp?

Answer 9

this is how people understand their role to be. their beliefs about what behabiour is necessary to acheieve desired results and have a check that everyone is clear regarding their part.

Question 10

4 types of role grasp

Answer 10

1. understanding the tasks to be performed
2. understanding the associated importance of tasks allotted
3. understanding preferred behabiours to complete respective tasks
4. clarifying role perceptions

Question 11

what are the three approaches to personality

Answer 11

1. The Big 5 - OCEAN - what are the elements of personality
2. Myers Briggs Type - how can we distinguish the different ways peopel approach life
3. emotional intelligence - what skills enable us to interact effectively with others

Question 12

what are the big 5 persoality factors?

Answer 12

Openness
Concientiousness
extroversion
agreeableness
emotional stability

Question 13

what is openess

Answer 13

the extent to which the individual is creative, curious and cultured versus practical with narrow interests

Question 14

what is conscientiousness

Answer 14

the extent to which an indicidual prefers to make plans, is organised , dependable and preserving versus easy going and unreliable

Question 15

what is extroversion

Answer 15

the extent to which someone is outgoing, assertive and postiively interacting with others

Question 16

what is agreeableness

Answer 16

the extent to which the individual is warm and cooperative

Question 17

what is emotional stability

Answer 17

the degree to which the individual is calm, self confident, and cool vs sensitive and nervous.

Question 18

5 things about the big 5 factors approach

Answer 18

• they are stable over long periods
• heritable
• culturally universal
• factors are useful for understanding yourself and behabiours that you dont like

Question 19

what is the myers briggs type indicator and the 4 approaches

Answer 19

people differ in how they approach life by

1. perceiving and assimilating data
2. making decisions
3. solving problems
4. relating to other people

Question 20

what are the 4 pairs of attributes of myers briggs

Answer 20

• extraversion or introversion
• sensing or intuition
• thinking or feeling
  judging or perceiving

Question 21

what is sensing or intuition

Answer 21

how one absorbs information - via 5 senses vs reliing on less direct perceptions,patterns and relationships

Question 22

what is extraversion or introversion

Answer 22

where you get your source of energy

• from others vs draw energy from yourself
• by doing or by reflecting

Question 23

what is thinking or feeling?

Answer 23

how one makes decisions

- based on logic and objective criteria thinkers bs based on values ‘feelers’

Question 24

what is judging or perceiving

Answer 24

speed of making decisions

- high need for closure and certainty vs keeping options open and ambiguous

Question 25

what does MBTI not measure

Answer 25

``` ability intelligence courage integrity empathy how the situation interacts with personality ```

Question 26

big 5 vs mbti

Answer 26

- big 5 is scientifically valid but MBTI is not very scientific - big 5 is less complex and mbti is more complex so difficult to compare people - big 5 looks at different aspects individually but mbti is more hollistic and looks at perosnality as a whole

Question 27

what is emotional intelligence approach

Answer 27

the ability to be aware of and sensitive to your own and other emotions and to use that information to guide behaviour. this can be developed over time

Question 28

4 parts of emotional intelligence

Answer 28

- self awareness - self management - social awareness - relationship management

Question 29

3 reasons organisations are drawn to personality tests

Answer 29

- affirms a rational approach to HR management - by testing people, managers can deploy people to the best advantage of the organisation - managers can justify the decisions they make about people

Question 30

4 reasons for persoanlity tests

Answer 30

- they can help assess if a candidate will fit into a company culture - they offer an oppertunity to capitalise on diversity (design optimal teams, fit persons to job and creative abrasion) - can keep people motivated and engaged - reduce chance of putting person in wrong role

Question 31

4 reasons against personality tests

Answer 31

- personality in organisations is not fixed but emerges in interactions - personality in organisations is not real but is an impression given off - personality is not a sig factor in strong social situations such as work organisations - personality varies across situations and across lives