Professor Lori Bergstrom, LMU, Communication Studies
Study Guide: DISC and PIAV Exam
(Scantron 882-E)
NOTE: Each exam will be worth a possible 100 points max. The student with the highest score will set the bar for total points max. For example, if the highest student score is 96% on an exam, the exam will be worth 96 points. If the highest score is 100%, the exam will be worth 100 points. This standard will apply to both exams.
Please review the text -- DISC: Universal Language, and both off the online power point presentations reviewed in class. You can access them from my website.
DISC Study Guide 26 objective questions
- What is the objective in learning your DISC?
- Understand how to identify style differences of the DISC. Know the strengths of each style.
- Know the basic differences in how each style responds to various challenges.
- Know the basic definitions between DISC and PIAV (attitudes)
- Know the difference in behaviors when they are HIGH vs, LOW in each DISC behavior.
- Which members of the DISC display a fair amount of emotion and which do not.
- Know the basic emotions displayed of each DISC, or lack of display.
- Me-Me conflict
- Me-Job conflict
- You-Me conflict
- Understand the difference between your natural and your adapted style.
- Know the effect of over adaptation for too long.
PIAV Study Guide 27 objective questions
- Understand the primary description of each attitude, or driver:
Individualistic, Theoretical, Social, Traditional, Aesthetic, Utilitarian
- Understand what % of the population is represented by the shaded area, or mean.
- Understand what each deviation away from the shaded area represents and how that might influence your motivation and drive in each area.
- Understand how others might perceive you based on where they rate in each attitude with respect to the mean and your PIAV results.
- What does being passionate or extreme represent in terms of attitude, drive, and perceptions? How does that effect your perceptions and other’s perceptions of you?
- What are some alternate terms used to describe the utilitarian value, and the traditional value?
- Know what combination of motivators and values has the greatest potential for a Me-Me conflict, a You-Me conflict, and a Me-Job conflict?
- What benefit is there in understanding your own motivators and values?
- What benefit is there to recognizing others’ motivators and values?
- Under stress, identify tendencies of each PIAV or motivator.
- Identify the value to the team each person’s PIAV or motivator can add.