PIBA PIBA Self and Concept Patterns 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the 'Self' pattern in the PIBA represent?
- How an employee thinks they should behave at work
- A person's natural, authentic behavioral drives (Correct answer)
- How a supervisor perceives an employee's behavior
- The ideal behavioral profile for a specific job
Correct answer: A person's natural, authentic behavioral drives
The Self pattern captures the respondent's natural, authentic behavioral drives as they describe themselves using the first adjective checklist.
Question 2: In the PIBA, what does the 'Concept' (Social) pattern measure?
- Cognitive reasoning and analytical ability
- Job knowledge and technical skills
- How an individual believes they need to behave in their work environment (Correct answer)
- Personality traits that remain constant across all situations
Correct answer: How an individual believes they need to behave in their work environment
The Concept pattern reflects how respondents perceive the behavioral demands of their environment and how they believe they should act to succeed.
Question 3: How many separate adjective lists are presented to test-takers in the PIBA?
- One
- Two (Correct answer)
- Three
- Four
Correct answer: Two
The PIBA presents two adjective lists — one capturing natural self-perception and one capturing perceived environmental demands.
Question 4: In the first PIBA adjective list, what are respondents asked to do?
- Rank the adjectives from most to least important
- Select adjectives that describe how others see them
- Choose adjectives that best describe how they naturally behave (Correct answer)
- Identify adjectives that do not apply to them at all
Correct answer: Choose adjectives that best describe how they naturally behave
The first list asks respondents to self-select adjectives that describe their natural behavioral tendencies, forming the Self pattern.
Question 5: What is the 'Synthesis' pattern in the PIBA?
- A combination derived from both the Self and Concept patterns (Correct answer)
- The average score across all four behavioral factors
- A pattern derived solely from the highest-scoring factors
- The numerical difference between Self and Concept scores
Correct answer: A combination derived from both the Self and Concept patterns
The Synthesis pattern is computed by combining the Self and Concept patterns and represents the employee's actual behavioral expression in the workplace.
Question 6: When the Self and Concept patterns in the PIBA are significantly different, what does this typically suggest?
- The test results are invalid and should be discarded
- The respondent may be substantially adapting their behavior to meet perceived demands (Correct answer)
- The respondent deliberately answered dishonestly
- The respondent has a statistically unusual personality
Correct answer: The respondent may be substantially adapting their behavior to meet perceived demands
A large gap between Self and Concept patterns indicates the person perceives a need to adapt significantly from their natural behavior, which can cause workplace stress.
Question 7: Which statement BEST describes the typical relationship between Self and Concept patterns in PIBA results?
- They are always identical for every respondent
- The Concept pattern is always numerically higher than the Self pattern
- They often show some variation, reflecting natural versus adapted behavior (Correct answer)
- The Self pattern is mathematically derived from the Concept pattern
Correct answer: They often show some variation, reflecting natural versus adapted behavior
Most respondents show some degree of variation between the two patterns, reflecting the difference between their intrinsic drives and how they adapt to their work environment.
PIBA PIBA Self and Concept Patterns 1
What does the 'Self' pattern in the PIBA represent?