In the context of personality and behavior, extroverts gain energy by focusing o
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Question
In the context of personality and behavior, extroverts gain energy by focusing on personal thoughts and feelings.
True
False
In the context of emotional intelligence, which of the following statements is true of individuals high in authoritarianism?
a.They support the use of subjective feelings.
b.They refrain from criticizing others.
c.They disregard conventional rules and values.
d.They obey recognized authority above them.
Sonia and Brigitte are coworkers. Sonia is almost always 20 minutes late to work. Brigitte says that Sonia is always late due to her careless and laidback attitude. In the context of understanding individual behavior, Brigitte has made a(n) _____ about the reason for Sonia's unpunctuality.
a.internal attribution
b.external attribution
c.situational attribution
d.interpersonal attribution
Amit, a manager at a firm, is friends with Jeremy, his junior. They share a common hobby—golf—and play together every weekend. Amit observes Jeremy's passion for golf and assumes that he must be equally passionate about work as well. As a result, he gives top ratings to Jeremy in performance appraisal. However, Jeremy's work quality and productivity in office are actually below par. In this scenario, Amit has given top ratings to Jeremy due to the _____.
a.Streisand effect
b.butterfly effect
c.Hawthorne effect
d.halo effect
Explanation / Answer
Ans 1) The statement that extroverts gain energy by focusing on personal thoughts and feelings is FALSE. It is the other way around. Introverts like to focus on their own thought processes as they are much more comfortable in an isolated environment.
Ans 2) Option c is the correct answer. When it comes to individuals who have a high position in authoritarianism, they are not at all concerned with the opinions of the other people. They want the population to obey the rules that have been set for them and not question the authority. That is why they disregard conventional rules and values.
Ans 3) Option a is the correct answer. Internal attribution is the inference that the reason for a particular event taking place in someone's life is based upon the individual personality and traits of that person. Brigitte has made an internal attribution about the reason for Sonia's unpunctuality as she concluded that Sonia was late due to her careless and laidback personality.
Ans 4) Option d is the correct answer. Halo effect is the tendency of a person to carry forward the impression that someone created in a particular field to influence their judgement when it came to their performance in some other field. This is the same thing which happened to Amit as he thought that the passion which Jeremy showed for Golf would be equal to his passion for work at the office.