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PERSONALITY AND PERSONAL VALUES QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

1. Contrast everyday concepts of personality with scientific approaches. What is a strong personality?
2. Define personality. Is everyone's personality unique?
3. Why are personality concepts important?
4. What is a trait? What is a personality trait?
5. Describe the Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). What are the strengths and limitations of the MMPI?
6. Describe the Myers-Briggs personality framework. What are the strengths and limitations of the Myers-Briggs? Some have remarked that the Myers-Briggs provides a language of the inner self and that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (measure) is a life-saving tool. Others have dismissed it as being similar to "astrology for business people." What is your view? Why?
7. Describe the Five Factor Model of Personality (Big 5). Why is it referred to as the "CANOE" framework? How important is the Big 5 Model?
8. What is conscientiousness? Be precise. Using Schmidt & Hunter (2004) and Behling (1998), compare work experience with conscientiousness with GMA (g) as predictors of job performance. Which is most important?
9. How does job complexity affect the impact of GMA and conscientiousness on job performance? How does career stage affect the impact of conscientiousness on job performance?
10. What is introversion? Argue that people with introverted personalities make better leaders than extroverts. Why is there a bias against people with introverted personalities? Describe the dark triad personality. What fundamental difference is there between the person with an internal locus of control and an external locus of control personality.
11. How significant is personality as a predictor of individual behavior? How does it fare as a predictor in strong situations?
12. What is a personal value? How does it differ from a value system? What types of personal values are there?
13. What frameworks for assessing value systems today are most important? Be prepared to discuss the Rokeach Value Survey, Hofstede's Cultural Values framework, and the GLOBE framework.
14. Why are personal value systems important?
15. Is there a dominant value system in the world today? Use the Rokeach Value System framework to identify the values in the world's dominant system.
16. What differences are there in values across generations: baby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen A? How significant are the differences or are all generations gripped by "Affluenza?"