35 Questions
Which trait refers to the tendency to avoid fraud and corruption?
Fairness
What trait is characterized by one's need for emotional support from others?
Dependence
Which trait represents one's comfort or confidence within a variety of social situations?
Social boldness
What trait refers to one's typical enthusiasm and energy?
Liveliness
Which trait represents the tendency to be thorough and concerned with details?
Perfectionism
What trait refers to one's enjoyment of beauty and art in nature?
Aesthetic appreciation
Which trait represents the tendency to work hard?
Diligence
What trait is characterized by the tendency to compromise and cooperate with others?
Flexibility
Which trait represents the tendency to seek order, particularly in one’s physical surroundings?
Organization
What trait refers to one’s willingness to feel trust and like those who may have caused them harm?
Forgiveness
What trait refers to the tendency to be uninterested in possessing lavish wealth, luxury goods, and signs of high social status?
Greed avoidance
Which trait represents the tendency to feel strong emotional bonds with others?
Dependence
What trait refers to one’s willingness to compromise and cooperate with others?
Flexibility
Which trait represents the tendency to have a positive self-regard in social contexts?
Self-esteem
What trait refers to the tendency to worry in a variety of contexts?
Anxiety
Which trait represents the tendency to enjoy conversation, social interactions and parties?
Sociability
What trait is characterized by the tendency to avoid fraud and corruption?
Fairness
Which trait represents the tendency to seek information about and experience with the natural/human world?
Inquisitiveness
What trait refers to the tendency to deliberate carefully and inhibit impulses?
Prudence
Which trait represents the tendency to accept the unusual?
Unconventionality
What term is used to refer to 'differences among individuals in a typical tendency to behave, think, or feel in some conceptually related ways, across a variety of relevant situations and across some fairly long period of time'?
Personality
According to the text, which factor has limited influence on personality?
Environmental factors
What was the focus of the 'Great man' theories from the 19th century?
Unique qualities inherited by heroes
What is the main difference between traits and behaviors as mentioned in the text?
Traits are relatively stable, while behaviors are malleable
What is the term used to refer to 'differences among individuals in a typical tendency to behave, think, or feel in some conceptually related ways'?
Individual differences
According to the text, what partly determines our personality?
Genes
Which personality typology is described as predominant in the text?
The HEXACO model
According to the text, what does the dimension of 'Honesty-Humility' predict in organizational work?
Corruption and work performance
What does the HEXACO model's 'Emotionality' dimension include?
Fearfulness, anxiety, dependence, and sentimentality
What percentage of the variance regarding leadership emergence was attributed to the leader’s characteristics according to Kenny & Zaccaro (1983)?
Between 49% and 82%
According to the text, which dimension of the HEXACO model predicts variables such as corruption and work performance?
Honesty-Humility
Which major studies found weak relationships between leader traits and outcomes in the leadership field?
Stogdill (1948); Mann (1959)
In what time period did the study of innate differences stop to focus on groups and situations to 'understand how the world has gone mad'?
1960s and 1970s
What does the resurgence of trait research in leadership focus on today?
'Profiles' or 'patterns' of leadership traits that are effective or ineffective in certain situations
'Greed avoidance', a facet of the HEXACO model's 'Honesty-Humility' dimension, refers to the tendency to be uninterested in possessing what?
'Both lavish wealth and luxury goods'
Explore your personality traits with this quiz covering characteristics such as honesty-humility, sincerity, fairness, greed avoidance, emotionality, fearfulness, anxiety, dependence, and sentimentality.
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