Ch 2 - Individual Differences Personality and Ability

The ways in which people differ from each other.

The pattern of relatively enduring ways that a person feels, thinks, and behaves

Biological heritage, genetic makeup

Life experiences

The idea that an organization attracts and selects individuals with similar personalities and loses individuals with other types of personalities

A specific component of personality

• Extraversion
• Neuroticism
• Agreeableness
• Conscientiousness
• Openness to experience

• Tendency to experience positive emotional states and feel good about oneself and the world around them
• positive affectivity

• Tendency to experience negative emotional states and view oneself and the world around one negatively
• negative affectivity

The tendency to get along well with others

The extent to which a person is careful, scrupulous, and perservering

The extent to which a person is original, has broad interests, and is willing to take risks

• Locus of control
• Self-monitoring
• Self-esteem
• Type A and Type B personality
• Need for achievement
• Need for affiliation
• Need for power

Describes people who believe that fate, luck, or outside forces are responsible for what happens to them

Describes people who believe that ability, effort, or their own actions determine what happens to them

The extent to which people try to control the way they present themselves

The extent to which people have pride in themselves and their capabilities

A person who has an intense desire to achieve, is extremely competitive, and has a strong sense of urgency

A person who tends to be easygoing and relaxed

The desire to perform challenging tasks well and to meet one's own high standards

The desire to establish and maintain good relations with others

The desire to exert emotional behavioral control or influence over others

The mental or physical capacity to do something

The ability to understand and manage one's own feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of other people