MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. The common finding that identical twins raised separately share many but not all personality traits is evidence in support of:
a. The belief that personality traits are entirely determined by genetics
b. The belief that personality traits are entirely determined by environmental events
c. The belief that personality traits are reflective of a combination of genetics and environmental events
d. Locke's concept of a "tabula rasa"
2. Robert has decided the best way for his company to go is to expand its marketing department and has begun to put together a proposal to advocate for this approach. Meanwhile, another person in his company has put together a rather convincing report suggesting that expanding the marketing department could have many negative consequences. Robert ignores this report and continues to work on his proposal unchanged in his view. This is an example of:
a. Stereotyping
b. Effective leadership
c. Selective perception
d. Foolhardiness
3. Which of these items is not one of Gardner's eight types of intelligence?
a. Naturalistic intelligence
b. Musical intelligence
c. Intrapersonal intelligence
d. Culinary intelligence
4. What are the three subtheories of Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence?
a. Contextual, Complimentary, Emotional
b. Componential, Experiential, Contextual
c. Experiential, Practice, Cognitive
d. Emotional, Experiential, Imaginative
5. Choose the correct paring of theorist and conceptions of intelligence discussed in this chapter:
a. Locke and tabula rasa
b. Sternberg and multiple intelligences
c. Einstein and the triarchic theory of intelligence
d. Gardner and emotional intelligence
6. Which one of these items is NOT one of the emotional intelligence domains of leadership competency discussed by Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee (2002)?
a. Relationship Management
b. Team Management
c. Self-Awareness
d. Social Awareness
7. What is "the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding?"
a. Euthenics
b. Ebonics
c. Eugenics
d. Erratics
8. Which theory of intelligence is the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) associated with?
a. Multiple Intelligences
b. Emotional Intelligence
c. Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
d. Psychometric Model of Intelligence
9. Imagine that you are management for a sales organization. You observe that employee A always has their reports prepared a ahead of time and is calm and reserved at meetings, but employee B is always rushing to get this done but tends to be energetic and excitable when presenting at meetings. You have known both of these employees as coworkers at your previous job, and you observed the same kind of behaviors at that organization as you do now. What argument would this observation provide evidence for?
a. One's behavior is shaped by what happens in one's environment (nurture)
b. One's behavior is determined from birth by stable personality traits (nature)
c. Employee B has low emotional intelligence and employee A has high emotional intelligence
d. Employee A has strengths in linguistic intelligence and employee B has strengths in spatial intelligence
10. Imagine that you are a leader at a patent licensing firm. You have heard that the legal department is frustrated with the marketing department because they are not copying them on important memos and omitting important legal information. You decide to call a staff meaning and address the importance of communication. You are careful to avoid name-calling and make sure to mention instances where you failed to communicate effectively. You help the staff develop a more efficient and inclusive pathway for information within the company. Your actions show that you have strengths in which area of intelligence?
a. Interpersonal Intelligence
b. Social Intelligence
c. Naturalistic Intelligence
d. Both a and b