People with High Machiavellian Values Tend To

question 93

Multiple Choice

People with high Machiavellian values tend to:

• A)place a lot of trust in their colleagues.
• B)stay away from organizations where politics is tolerated.
• C)use more socially acceptable forms of power to influence others.
• D)are comfortable using power to manipulate others toward their own personal goals.
• E)believe that deceit is totally inappropriate in organizational settings.

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Definitions:

Amygdala

A region of the brain within the temporal lobe, involved in the processing of emotions such as fear, anger, and pleasure.

Moral Development

The process through which individuals learn to distinguish right from wrong and to develop the right attitudes and behaviors towards societal rules.

Elaboration

A memory strategy in which one imagines a scene or story to link the material to be remembered.

Organization

Memory strategy in which items to remember are categorized or grouped by theme or type.