The plant manager needs to fill a newly created position. He tells the Director of Human Resources that he wants someone who is well organized, reliable, dependable, and punctual. The director intends to screen applicants using scores on the five-factor
model of personality. High scores on which factor should mark applicants as having the desired characteristics?
a. openness
b. neuroticism
c. extraversion
d. conscientiousness
Answer: d.
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A. have failed a stage of development B. are not developing normally C. have not made it out of the adolescence state of development D. have an overdeveloped sense of self
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b. Inheriting mutations from an individual's parents. c. Activating the endocrine system when an individual encounters stressful events. d. Turning on or off genes from outside of the genome itself.
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A. they are, by definition, disordered, whereas those high in self-esteem are not B. they show much lower rates of extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience C. they show lower levels of self-compassion but higher levels of compassion for others D. they are not particularly caring, nor are they particularly interested in emotionally close relationships
An example of a subject-assigned independent variable would be
a. IQ b. race c. gender d. all of these