Jacqueline is a college freshman. She loves to sleep late on weekends and assumes that college students in general prefer to sleep late

TRUE/FALSE

1. Applicant-matching software reduces the time required to hire candidates.

(True)

2. A risk-averse individual is generally a poor fit for a high-tech firm in a dynamic environment.

(True)

3. Behavior is a function of the person and the situation interacting with each other.

(True)

4. Person/job fit is related to job satisfaction.

(True)

5. When people fit their jobs, they experience higher levels of stress.

(False)

6. There is usually a strong relationship between good person/organization fit and high job performance.

(False)

7. Value orientations change dramatically as individuals age and mature.

(False)

8. Instrumental values are end states people desire in life.

(False)

9. Family security is a terminal value.

(True)

10. Behavior may be affected as much by what is expected of us as how we want to behave.

(True)

11. Conscientiousness, more than any other personality trait, predicts how successfully a person performs a variety of jobs.

(True)

12. People high in openness are more likely to start their own business than those low in openness.

(True)

13. Extraverts are happier in their work situations and perform much more effectively than introverts.

(False)

14. Extraverts are always model employees.

(False)

15. High agreeableness is always a personality trait sought in job candidates.

(False)

16. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a very effective employee selection tool.

(False)

17. The MBTI classifies individuals on the basis of types, not traits.

(True)

18. Positive affective people are absent from work less often.

(True)

19. One tip to remember in working with people with negative affectivity is that you can change someone’s personality with relative ease.

(False)

20. People who are labeled as high social monitors can experience high levels of stress.

(True)

21. Social monitors are especially good at evaluating the performance of other employees.

(False)

22. Proactive people understand the political environment in organizations, so they adjust quickly to new jobs.

(True)

23. Mary said, “I am quite confident in the plan I developed, as I worked quite diligently on it and I have implemented similar programs in similar settings.” Mary seems to have high self-efficacy.

(True)

24. Self-efficacy is the degree to which people have overall positive feelings about themselves.

(False)

25. “It was really nothing. These things happen to me because I happen to be in the right place at the right time.” This statement suggests an external locus of control.

(True)

26. Research indicates that personality tests are an excellent predictor of performance.

(False)

27. One of the challenges of using personality tests in employee selection is that the rankings of the candidates who take the test may be affected by their ability to fake.

(True)

28. Our visual perception is biased because we do not perceive objects in isolation.

(True)

29. Research suggests that when we do self-evaluations, our scores are consistently higher than the scores given us by our peers and superiors. This is an example of self-enhancement bias.

(True)

30. Jacqueline is a college freshman. She loves to sleep late on weekends and assumes that college students in general prefer to sleep late. Jacqueline is making a false consensus error.

(True)

31. A neat, professional appearance and a firm handshake are two important aspects of an interview because of the lasting impact first impressions make.

(True)

32. If Dan complains about his instructors being boring every time they lecture, he is demonstrating high consistency.

(True)

33. The USA, as a country, is considered to have high self-esteem.

(True)

34. Individuals with an economic value orientation tend to make more unethical choices.

(True)