The Tendency to Direct Much of One's Behavior Toward the Acquisition

question 87

Multiple Choice

The tendency to direct much of one's behavior toward the acquisition of power and the manipulation of others for personal gain is called

• A) authoritarianism.
• B) external locus of control.
• C) introversion characteristic.
• D) Machiavellianism.
• E) organizational citizenship.

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Definitions:

Population Proportion

A measure that represents the fraction or percentage of individuals in a population who meet a specific criterion.

Sample Size

The quantity of data points or observations gathered during an experiment or research study.

Confidence Interval

An interval of values, sourced from statistical sampling, that is likely to maintain the value of a covert population parameter.

Population Variance

The variance calculated from the entire population of data points, providing a measure of how much the data points in the population differ from the mean.