PIBA PIBA Self and Concept Patterns

Question 1

What does the 'Self' pattern in the PIBA represent?

Accepted Answer

A person's natural, authentic behavioral drives

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How an employee thinks they should behave at work

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How a supervisor perceives an employee's behavior

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The ideal behavioral profile for a specific job

Question 2

In the PIBA, what does the 'Concept' (Social) pattern measure?

Accepted Answer

How an individual believes they need to behave in their work environment

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Cognitive reasoning and analytical ability

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Job knowledge and technical skills

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Personality traits that remain constant across all situations

Question 3

How many separate adjective lists are presented to test-takers in the PIBA?

Accepted Answer

Two

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One

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Three

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Four

Question 4

In the first PIBA adjective list, what are respondents asked to do?

Accepted Answer

Choose adjectives that best describe how they naturally behave

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Rank the adjectives from most to least important

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Select adjectives that describe how others see them

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Identify adjectives that do not apply to them at all

Question 5

What is the 'Synthesis' pattern in the PIBA?

Accepted Answer

A combination derived from both the Self and Concept patterns

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The average score across all four behavioral factors

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A pattern derived solely from the highest-scoring factors

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The numerical difference between Self and Concept scores

Question 6

When the Self and Concept patterns in the PIBA are significantly different, what does this typically suggest?

Accepted Answer

The respondent may be substantially adapting their behavior to meet perceived demands

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The test results are invalid and should be discarded

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The respondent deliberately answered dishonestly

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The respondent has a statistically unusual personality

Question 7

Which statement BEST describes the typical relationship between Self and Concept patterns in PIBA results?

Accepted Answer

They often show some variation, reflecting natural versus adapted behavior

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They are always identical for every respondent

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The Concept pattern is always numerically higher than the Self pattern

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The Self pattern is mathematically derived from the Concept pattern