Psychologists Often Use Personality Traits to Predict Behavior in the Workplace

question 12

Multiple Choice

Psychologists often use personality traits to predict behavior in the workplace. This research has benefited recently by looking at

• A) the Big Five personality dimensions.
• B) psychogenic needs.
• C) central traits.
• D) the idiographic approach.

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Definitions:

Reproductive Isolation

A set of mechanisms that prevent different species from mating or ensure that any offspring produced are sterile.

Geographic Isolation

A mechanism of evolutionary separation where populations of a species are physically separated by geographic barriers leading to species divergence.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution.

Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands located in the Pacific Ocean, renowned for their unique and diverse ecosystems which played a significant role in the development of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection.