IOP1502- Assignments Question And Correct Answers
1. The field of study and the practice of industrial and organisational psychology
(IOP) are best defined as the: application of psychological knowledge to understand
and improve the involvement and adjustment of people in work places
2. _______ has done more work than other professional bodies in promoting the
field of I-O psychology in South Africa since 2005.: SIOPSA
3. As an early approach to employee management, Taylorism proposed ______.: the
accurate analysis of work processes and determining standards and best work methods
in order to reward employees according to their level of work performance
4. Mary has been moving between jobs since she left school never staying at one
employer for more than a year. She is feeling despondent as it is becoming
difficult to find jobs lately. She has asked you for help as she has no idea what job
would make her happy. In which practice area in I-O psychology do you think
she would be best assisted?: Career psychology and counseling.
5. An ontological stance refers to _______.: the nature of reality
6. The assumptions, beliefs and values used by psychologists or other professionals
in their fields, to reflect on the what, why and how in their science and practices,
are commonly referred to as _______.: meta-theory
7. The metatheoretical choice that the human psyche displays overt observable
behaviour relates to the _______________ stance.: Structuralism
8. Thumi's manager is angry with her for not completing her work on time and for
blaming her low productivity on her painful hand, making it difficult for her to
hold the mouse of the computer. Thumi's doctor makes a diagnosis concerning
her hand. What do you think could it be?: Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
9. Joseph attributes his behaviour to strong cultural and ethnic influences exerted
by his family through his development. Joseph's development is influenced
by_______ determinants.: psychosocial
10. According to Schaie _______ is a stage in an individual's old age where he/she
is expected to use his/her accumulated repertoire of intellectual skills to assess life.:
reintegration
11. As a personnel officer in your company you are aware of and have
experienced differences between various job entrants - some adapt well and clearly
have acquired adequate work attitudes, values and competencies, while others are
uncertain, do not cope well and have difficulty in adapting and performing in the
work place. According to Erikson's stages of life theory, these differences can be
related to the development processes and conflicts during the ______ stage.: industry
vs inferiority
12 ______ refers to a potential change of behaviour that may result from learning,
but such learning may not have influenced behaviour immediately.: Latent learning
, 13. Lecturing and teaching are examples of the _______ training technique.: non-
experiential
14. In experiential learning, _______ refers to a phase where theories are further
developed and ideas are logically analysed in order to act on the intellectual
understanding of the situation.: abstract conceptualisation
15. _______ refer to an inference that people draw about the causes of events,
other's behaviour and their own behaviour.: Attributions
16. People who choose or learn to use technology will enjoy a sense of
_________.: personal and object-related satisfaction
17. In a panel for job selection, at the end of the day when the panel had to select
the one successful candidate from ten applicants, quite a few panel members
insisted on acting on their first impressions, despite what other panel members
said. They emphasised certain attributes of the candidate which they believe
confirmed their first impressions, and which made them expect that this
candidate would be successful in the relevant position. This scenario with
regard to perceiving and judging behaviour best illustrates the concept or
process known as ______.: the primacy effect
18. The dynamic approach to intelligence emphasises _______.: 1. learning potential
2. multiple intelligences
3. proximal development
19. Creative people _______.: can pay attention to more things at the same time
20. When it seems as if a person can still do certain tasks or illustrate certain
competencies but he or she cannot recall how he or she has acquired such knowledge
and cannot necessarily train another person to also do such tasks, it illustrates
_______ memory: implicit
21. According to Bandura, you can improve your belief in your efficacy through
_______.: the mastery of experiences
22. _______ is an approach to motivation through which researchers and theorists
attempted to identify the factors that influence feelings of satisfaction and well-
being of employees.: Quality of work life
23. Explain the theory by Arnold and Lazarus on emotions?: Cognitive appraisal is
more important than physiological arousal.
24. The module leader for IOP1501 is _______.: Ms L Ley
25 According to the CEMS graduateness generic transferable meta-skills and
personal attributes framework, _______ refer(s) to being proactive and applying
initiative to achieve set goals.: goal-directed behaviour
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1. The field of study and the practice of industrial and organisational psychology
(IOP) are best defined as the: application of psychological knowledge to understand
and improve the involvement and adjustment of people in work places
2. _______ has done more work than other professional bodies in promoting the
field of I-O psychology in South Africa since 2005.: SIOPSA
3. As an early approach to employee management, Taylorism proposed ______.: the
accurate analysis of work processes and determining standards and best work methods
in order to reward employees according to their level of work performance
4. Mary has been moving between jobs since she left school never staying at one
employer for more than a year. She is feeling despondent as it is becoming
difficult to find jobs lately. She has asked you for help as she has no idea what job
would make her happy. In which practice area in I-O psychology do you think
she would be best assisted?: Career psychology and counseling.
5. An ontological stance refers to _______.: the nature of reality
6. The assumptions, beliefs and values used by psychologists or other professionals
in their fields, to reflect on the what, why and how in their science and practices,
are commonly referred to as _______.: meta-theory
7. The metatheoretical choice that the human psyche displays overt observable
behaviour relates to the _______________ stance.: Structuralism
8. Thumi's manager is angry with her for not completing her work on time and for
blaming her low productivity on her painful hand, making it difficult for her to
hold the mouse of the computer. Thumi's doctor makes a diagnosis concerning
her hand. What do you think could it be?: Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
9. Joseph attributes his behaviour to strong cultural and ethnic influences exerted
by his family through his development. Joseph's development is influenced
by_______ determinants.: psychosocial
10. According to Schaie _______ is a stage in an individual's old age where he/she
is expected to use his/her accumulated repertoire of intellectual skills to assess life.:
reintegration
11. As a personnel officer in your company you are aware of and have
experienced differences between various job entrants - some adapt well and clearly
have acquired adequate work attitudes, values and competencies, while others are
uncertain, do not cope well and have difficulty in adapting and performing in the
work place. According to Erikson's stages of life theory, these differences can be
related to the development processes and conflicts during the ______ stage.: industry
vs inferiority
12 ______ refers to a potential change of behaviour that may result from learning,
but such learning may not have influenced behaviour immediately.: Latent learning
, 13. Lecturing and teaching are examples of the _______ training technique.: non-
experiential
14. In experiential learning, _______ refers to a phase where theories are further
developed and ideas are logically analysed in order to act on the intellectual
understanding of the situation.: abstract conceptualisation
15. _______ refer to an inference that people draw about the causes of events,
other's behaviour and their own behaviour.: Attributions
16. People who choose or learn to use technology will enjoy a sense of
_________.: personal and object-related satisfaction
17. In a panel for job selection, at the end of the day when the panel had to select
the one successful candidate from ten applicants, quite a few panel members
insisted on acting on their first impressions, despite what other panel members
said. They emphasised certain attributes of the candidate which they believe
confirmed their first impressions, and which made them expect that this
candidate would be successful in the relevant position. This scenario with
regard to perceiving and judging behaviour best illustrates the concept or
process known as ______.: the primacy effect
18. The dynamic approach to intelligence emphasises _______.: 1. learning potential
2. multiple intelligences
3. proximal development
19. Creative people _______.: can pay attention to more things at the same time
20. When it seems as if a person can still do certain tasks or illustrate certain
competencies but he or she cannot recall how he or she has acquired such knowledge
and cannot necessarily train another person to also do such tasks, it illustrates
_______ memory: implicit
21. According to Bandura, you can improve your belief in your efficacy through
_______.: the mastery of experiences
22. _______ is an approach to motivation through which researchers and theorists
attempted to identify the factors that influence feelings of satisfaction and well-
being of employees.: Quality of work life
23. Explain the theory by Arnold and Lazarus on emotions?: Cognitive appraisal is
more important than physiological arousal.
24. The module leader for IOP1501 is _______.: Ms L Ley
25 According to the CEMS graduateness generic transferable meta-skills and
personal attributes framework, _______ refer(s) to being proactive and applying
initiative to achieve set goals.: goal-directed behaviour
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