Orsc 542, Ch 9 Personality And Culture Values

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personality

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the structures and propensities inside people that explain their characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior

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cultural values

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shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture

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Big Five factors to summarize personalities

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Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to experience, Extraversion

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Consienctiousness

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dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking

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Agreeableness

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kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, courteous, warm

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Neuroticism

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nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, jealous, unstable

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Openness

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curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, sophisticated

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Extraversion

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talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, dominant

(nature decides)

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accomplishment striving

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strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality

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communion striving

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strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as means of expressing personality

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zero acquaintance

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situation where two people have just met

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status striving

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reflects a strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure as a means of expressing personality

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positive affectivity

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dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation

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negative affectivity

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dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance

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differential exposure

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neurotic people are more likely to appraise day-to-day situations as stressful

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differential reactivity

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neurotic people are less likely to believe they can cope with stressors

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locus of control

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whether people attribute the causes of events to themselves or to the external environment

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interests

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expressions of personality that influence behavior through preferences for certain environments and activities

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culture

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shared values, beliefs, motives, identities and interpretations

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ethnocentrism

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propensity to view one's own cultural values as right and those of others as wrong

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typical performance

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performance in the routine conditions that surround daily job tasks

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maximum performance

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performance in brief, special circumstances that demand best effort

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situational strength

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strong situations have clear behavioral expectations, incentives, or instructions that make differences between individuals less important whereas weak situations lack those cues

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trait activation

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some situations provide cues that trigger the expression of a given trait

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integrity tests

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personality tests that focus specifically on a predisposition to engage in theft and other counterproductive behaviors

(honesty tests)

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clear purpose tests

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ask applicants about their attitudes toward dishonesty, beliefs about the frequency of dishonesty, and confessions of past dishonesty

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veiled purpose tests

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don't reference dishonesty explicitly but instead assess more general personality traits that are associated with dishonesty acts

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faking

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exaggerating your responses to a personality test in a socially desirable fashion