Q1: What is emotional intelligence?
- A. The ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and one’s thinking and actions
- B. The ability to not get angry when provoked
- C. Being able to ‘read’ other people
- D. Being persistent and enthusiastic when others are flagging
Answer
Answer A. The ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and one’s thinking and actions
Q2: What is the amygdala?
- A. The brain
- B. An area of the brain said to be linked to emotion
- C. Something that stops us going mad
- D. The area of the brain that makes us different from apes
Answer
Answer B. An area of the brain said to be linked to emotion
Q3: What idea did Howard Gardner propose?
- A. That footballers were intelligent
- B. That entrepreneurs are just as clever as Einstein
- C. That the definition of intelligence should be broader than IQ
- D. That anyone could be considered to be intelligent
Answer
Answer C. That the definition of intelligence should be broader than IQ
Q4: What is one major criticism of EI?
- A. That it is just the ability to show empathy
- B. It does not exist
- C. Women display it more than men
- D. There is a lack of empirical data or valid definition
Answer
Answer D. There is a lack of empirical data or valid definition
Q5: What is the fundamental assumption of trait theory?
- A. Leaders are born and not made
- B. Leaders are made and have to learn how to be a leader
- C. That everyone can become a leader
- D. Leaders need to be trained
Answer
Answer A. Leaders are born and not made
Q6: What is a trait?
- A. A bad feeling
- B. A pattern of behaviour, thought and emotion
- C. A sort of internal mental construct
- D. Another word to describe ‘the mind’
Answer
Answer B. A pattern of behaviour, thought and emotion
Q7: What was Great Man theory?
- A. A fictitious male character responsible for government
- B. Another name for the Pope and other world leaders
- C. A historical reference to a group of dominant male leaders
- D. A view that men made better leaders than women
Answer
Answer C. A historical reference to a group of dominant male leaders
Q8: Why did the Trait Theory of Leadership suffer a decline in interest?
- A. Because no consensus could be reached on what to include/omit from the list of necessary traits
- B. Because feminist writers disliked the idea
- C. Because traits could not be measured
- D. Because older children performed better at school
Answer
Answer C. Because traits could not be measured
Q9: What did McCall & Lombardo propose?
- A. That leaders needed to be male
- B. That all leaders would eventually fail
- C. That leadership was about being ‘tough’
- D. That certain traits may hinder an individual’s ability to lead
Answer
Answer D. That certain traits may hinder an individual’s ability to lead
Q10: What is the premise that underpins behavioral models?
- A. That leadership can be taught and hence learnt
- B. Leadership is about behaving correctly
- C. Leaders need to think before they act
- D. Leadership is about acting the part
Answer
Answer B. Leadership is about behaving correctly
Q11: What are the two dimensions on Blake and Mouton’s managerial grid?
- A. ‘Good’ and ‘bad’
- B. ‘Concern for outcomes’ and ‘concern for feelings’
- C. ‘Concern for people’ and ‘concern for results’
- D. ‘Finishing tasks’ and ‘liking people’
Answer
Answer B. ‘Concern for outcomes’ and ‘concern for feelings’
Q12: What does the ‘behaviourist’ school promote?
- A. That a person can be made to lead
- B. That behaviour is acquired by conditioning
- C. A person behaves according to their own beliefs
- D. Brainwashing is possible
Answer
Answer C. A person behaves according to their own beliefs
Q13: What are the three broad categories Minzberg (1973) identified as being part of the role a manager had to address?
- A. Interpersonal, information processing, and decision making
- B. Task, people, decisions
- C. Planning, choice and, results
- D. Directing, delegating, command
Answer
Answer A. Interpersonal, information processing, and decision making
Q14: What is the key message for leaders according to Adair?
- A. That leaders needed to be able to multitask
- B. That all leaders would eventually fail
- C. Leaders needed to think quickly in a crisis
- D. They need to ensure they pay equal attention to the task, team, and individual in the medium to long term
Answer
Answer D. They need to ensure they pay equal attention to the task, team, and individual in the medium to long term
Q15: Emotional intelligence is different from other intelligences in that___
- A. it is a set of skills
- B. it can be measured using tests easily
- C. the focus is on emotional reasoning, ability and knowledge
- D. it is a new type of intelligence
Answer
Answer C. the focus is on emotional reasoning, ability and knowledge
Q16: Emotional intelligence can be studied through___
- A. the abilities-focussed approach
- B. the integrative model approach
- C. the mixed model approach
- D. all of the above
Answer
Answer D. all of the above
Q17: Which of the following describes how Ability Emotional Intelligence and Trait Emotional Intelligence are different?
- A. The way they are measured
- B. The way they are conceptualized
- C. The way they correlate with other constructs
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q18: Which of the following is the best predictor of academic performance?
- A. Trait EI
- B. IQ
- C. Personality
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer B. IQ
Q19: Mixed Emotional Intelligence models have___
- A. significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- B. no significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- C. non-significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- D. little overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
Answer
Answer A. significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
Q20: The higher the Trait EI___
- A. the higher the likelihood of personality disorder
- B. the lower the likelihood of personality disorder
- C. the higher the likelihood of self-harm
- D. the higher the likelihood of harm to others
Answer
Answer B. the lower the likelihood of personality disorder
Q21: EI is linked to romantic relationship satisfaction because EI may be linked to
- A. having better understanding of the partner’s emotions
- B. giving the person higher self-esteem
- C. agreeing with the partner all the time
- D. getting what one wants out of the relationship
Answer
Answer A. having better understanding of the partner’s emotions
Q22: Lower EI is likely linked to more aggressive behaviour because___
- A. taking action is more important than expressing emotions
- B. people with lower EI often think of themselves as victims
- C. that is the only way the person know how to express their displeasure
- D. other’s emotions and behaviours are misinterpreted as hostile and an aggressive response is therefore exhibited
Answer
Answer D. other’s emotions and behaviours are misinterpreted as hostile and an aggressive response is therefore exhibited
Q23: Demonstrating incremental validity of which of the following is tricky?
- A. Intelligence
- B. Ability EI
- C. Trait EI
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer C. Trait EI
Q24: Which of the following makes measuring EI challenging?
- A. Whether the scenarios presented should be authentic or hypothetical
- B. Whether conscious, effortful processing or spontaneous processing of emotional materials should be measured
- C. How happy the person is feeling
- D. a and b only
Answer
Answer D. a and b only
Q25: Which of the following are examples of domain-level traits within the Big Five?
- A. Politeness, withdrawal, and orderliness
- B. Extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
- C. Plasticity and stability
- D. Trust, excitement-seeking, and liberalism
Answer
Answer B. Extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
Q26: Based on Pytlik Zillig and colleagues’ content analysis of the Big Five, which of the following traits is most relevant to regularities in behaviour?
- A. Extraversion
- B. Neuroticism
- C. Conscientiousness
- D. a and c
Answer
Answer D. a and c
Q27: Maggie has felt cheerful and elated for most of the afternoon and into the evening. This experience would best be described as a___
- A. affective state
- B. a mood
- C. an emotion
- D. a trait
Answer
Answer B. a mood
Q28: The ability to manage emotional reactions in order to achieve one’s goal is called
- A. emotional intelligence
- B. goal-directed emotion
- C. low neuroticism
- D. emotion regulation
Answer
Answer D. emotion regulation
Q29: What are the two major dimensions of motivation studied in personality psychology?
- A. Approach and Avoidance
- B. Stability and Plasticity
- C. Positive and Negative
- D. Promotion and Prevention
Answer
Answer A. Approach and Avoidance
Q30: Which of the following traits has been particularly closely linked with cognitive factors such as Intelligence?
- A. Extraversion
- B. Openness/Intellect
- C. Neuroticism
- D. Conscientiousness
Answer
Answer B. Openness/Intellect
Q31: In which of the following cases would you expect judgments of another person’s personality to be most accurate?
- A. If the judge and the target are close acquaintances (e.g. spouses)
- B. If the trait being judged is more behavioural in its content
- C. If the target being judged is observed in a trait relevant situation
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q32: When asked if she is an extravert, Kate hesitates, noting that she is probably quite extraverted on average, but there are many times throughout the day that she behaves quite introverted. This is relevant to which model in personality?
- A. The Distribution Density hypothesis
- B. The Act Frequency model
- C. The Realistic Accuracy model
- D. The Behaviour Activation System
Answer
Answer A. The Distribution Density hypothesis
Q33: Characteristic adaptations have been conceptualized as___
- A. aspects of personality concerning time, place, and role
- B. aspects of personality concerning goals, interpretations, and strategies
- C. aspects of personality that are much more contextualized than traits
- D. all of the above
Answer
Answer D. all of the above
Q34: The idea of a ‘hierarchy of traits’ implies which of the following statements?
- A. Some traits are particularly predictive of behaviour
- B. Some traits are associated with power and status
- C. Some traits are more important than others
- D. Some traits are narrower in focus than others
Answer
Answer D. Some traits are narrower in focus than others
Q35: Which statement best describes how Allport and Odbert attempted to define the trait universe?
- A. Correlational analysis of trait adjectives
- B. Factor analysis of trait adjectives
- C. Selection of trait adjectives that describe psychological differences between people
- D. Selection of trait adjectives that people use to evaluate each other
Answer
Answer C. Selection of trait adjectives that describe psychological differences between people
Q36: How many terms did Allport and Odbert find that referred to differences between people?
- A. 550,000
- B. 18,000
- C. 4,500
- D. 171
Answer
Answer B. 18,000
Q37: Which is of the following statements about factor analysis is correct?
- A. It finds groups of variables that have similar meanings
- B. It finds groups of variables that correlate with one another
- C. It finds groups of variables that can be factored
- D. It finds groups of variables that have similar means
Answer
Answer B. It finds groups of variables that correlate with one another
Q38: How many trait dimensions did Cattell propose?
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 5
- D. 16
Answer
Answer Answer D
Q39: A key problem with Cattell’s personality factors is that they were___
- A. correlated with one another
- B. bipolar
- C. exhaustive
- D. too economical
Answer
Answer A. correlated with one another
Q40: Which of the following is not an established alternative label for the relevant Big Five factor?
- A. Extraversion and ‘Surgency’
- B. Conscientiousness and ‘Morality’
- C. Neuroticism and ‘Emotional instability’
- D. Openness to Experience and ‘Culture’
Answer
Answer B. Conscientiousness and ‘Morality’
