MOCK EXAM: HMPYC80
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.
Note that you are not allowed to receive help from anybody or assist anybody else when you
complete the examination. Also note that when you are logged on all activities are recorded on a
server at Unisa. This means we can see exactly when you log on and off, the questions you respond
to, the time you use per question etc. During and after the examination students’ response patterns
and responses may be subjected to integrity testing. If any irregularities are found your examination
paper may be nullified. Examination fraud is viewed in an extremely serious light, and may result in
your being refused reregistration as a student.
YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION
Question 1
I declare that I am not receiving help form anybody, nor am I assisting anybody else in completing
this examination. I understand that my submitted responses may be subjected to integrity testing
and that my paper may be nullified should any irregularities be found.
1. True
2. False
NOTE: If your paper does not contain a “True” response to this question, your examination will be
nullified.
The research consultation company …
You own a consultation company specialising in environmental psychology. The company is called
EnviroConsult. You employ a number of social scientists and professional psychologists, but there
are also students (psychological interns) who do their practical at the company.
Meeting the client …
Petrus Motong contacted you to consult on a problem they experience, namely that communities
neglect their environments. Petrus is a member of the district council of Mapokeng. His portfolio on
the council concerns the physical wellbeing of communities, which the council wants to improve.
In your first meeting with Petrus Motong he indicates that the council decided to implement a
programme for community leaders, called the ‘Canadian Environmental Engagement Programme
(CA-EEP). The aim of the programme is to change individuals’ attitudes towards their
environments. The CA-EEP was successfully implemented in Canada’s conservation areas to
improve the ways in which people engage with their physical environments. The Mapokeng district
council was of the opinion that community leaders in South Africa could benefit from a similar
programme. To save costs and time they decided not to develop a new programme from scratch
but to tailor the Canadian programme to the needs of South African communities. They completed
the review of the programme but would like to get a specialist consultancy firm on board (such as
EnviroConsult) to assess the impact of the reviewed programme, the South African Environmental
Engagement Programme (SA-EEP), once it has been implemented. They hope the programme will
improve the way communities engage with their environments. They are aware also that research
concerning the impact of the programme requires specialised data gathering methods and that
some time would be needed to develop such methods. Petrus Motong provides you with the
programme manual. The manual describes the psychological theory that the programme is based
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,on. It also indicates how the programme applies the theory in order to affect the behaviour of those
who do the programme.
At the research consultation company …
At EnviroConsult each day begins with a morning meeting to discuss the business of the day. The
meeting is attended by the social scientists and psychologists working for the company as well as
the psychology interns. At this morning’s meeting you inform everybody about the project of the
Mapokeng council and open the matter for discussion.
You pay close attention to what everybody says because the purpose of the discussion is to sort
out the details of the project. In order to guide the discussion you have to indicate who you agree
with most, who you agree with second most and who you agree with least.
Suppose Nzano, Jan and Lettie respond to a point under discussion. If you agree most with Jan’s
response, second most with Nzano’s response and least with Lettie your choice is: Jan, Nzano,
Lettie.
You select your choice from a list of five potential responses. For example if the list is:
1. Lettie, Nzano, Jan
2. Lettie, Jan, Nzano
3. Nzano, Lettie, Jan
4. Jan, Nzano, Lettie
5. Jan, Lettie, Nzano
You select 4.
If your choice does not appear in the list you have to reconsider your choice.
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, Discussing the client’s problem ….
The day after the consultation with Petrus Motong you present the consultation case at the morning
meeting at EnviroConsult, and you conclude:
You: The crux of the matter is we have to assess whether the Environmental Engagement
Programme (EEP) has a significant impact on the way communities engage with their
environments. We also have to develop the methods we need in order to observe change of the
behaviour of community members. I asked Bongi to formulate a broad outline of what we need to
do. Over to you Bongi.
Bongi: There are several issues we have to pay attention to. Quite clearly we want to see whether
the programme has any impact on community leaders who participate in the programme. This
means we have to develop a questionnaire to assess community leaders before they enter into the
programme and after they complete the programme. In order to do so we have to unpack the theory
that the programme is based on and then develop a questionnaire to assess community leaders in
terms of this theory. We also need to link the programme’s effect to real change in behaviour. In
this case the change in behaviour would be a change in the manner in which communities engage
with their environment. Therefore we have to find an indicator of how communities engage with
their environments, look for a way to measure this indicator and then link this measurement to the
effect of the programme. If a positive effect of the programme relates to a positive change in real
behaviour we can conclude that the programme has a positive impact.
You: According to the programme manual the programme is based on a psychological theory of
environmental attitude change. The theory states that individuals are more likely to display a
positive attitude towards their environment (a) if they are knowledgeable about the environment,
(b) if they have awareness of the environment, and (c) if they are contextually sensitive. People
with positive environmental attitudes are more likely to engage responsibly with their environments.
Bongi: The manual also cites studies about the relationship between the way in which people
engage with their environments and their involvement in environmental care projects. Increased
involvement in environmental care projects relates to improvement in the quality of people’s
engagement with their environments. There also seems to be a positive correlation between a
positive attitude towards the environment and involvement in environmental care projects.
You: However, it seems one should consider the gender of the community leaders who partake in
the programme. The developers of the programme indicate that it may not be equally effective for
men and women.
Question 2
Nzano: It seems to me the primary focus of the Mapokeng district council is the adaptation of the
Canadian Environmental Engagement Programme and implementation of the South African
Environmental Engagement Programme (SA-EEP), but what is the purpose of the Environmental
Engagement Programme (EEP)?
Lettie: Well, the purpose of the EEP clearly is to change individuals’ attitudes towards their
environments
Sara: No, the EEP purpose is to improve the ways in which people engage with their
environments
Jan: Actually the purpose of the EEP is to improve involvement in environmental care projects
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, You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Jan, Sara, Lettie
2. Lettie, Jan, Sara
3. Lettie, Sara, Jan
4. Sara, Jan, Lettie
5. Jan, Lettie, Sara
Question 3
Sara: Do you think the SA-EEP is fit for purpose in light of the intention of the Mapokeng district
council?
Jan: No I do not think so, because the intention of the Mapokeng district council is to improve the
physical wellbeing of communities whereas the intention of SA-EEP is to change individuals’
attitudes towards their environments
Lettie: No, because the intention of the SA-EEP is to improve the physical wellbeing of
communities which does not address communities neglect their environments
Nzano: I think the SA-EEP is fit for purpose because there is a relationship between to change
individuals’ attitudes towards their environments and the involvement in environmental care
projects
You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Nzano, Lettie, Jan
2. Nzano, Jan, Lettie
3. Lettie, Jan, Nzano
4. Lettie, Nzano, Jan
5. Jan, Nzano, Lettie
Question 4
Nzano Do you think the SA-EEP can help to address the concern of the Mapokeng district
council
Jan: Yes, because we can use SA-EEP to change individuals’ attitudes towards their environments,
which leads to improvement of the ways in which people engage with their environments
Bongi: Yes, but then we have to be certain that there is a relationship between improvement of
the ways in which people engage with their environments and improving the physical wellbeing of
communities
Lettie: No I disagree, because the intention of SA-EEP is to change individuals’ attitudes towards
their environments, which does not relate to improving the physical wellbeing of communities
You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Jan, Bongi, Lettie
2. Lettie, Bongi, Jan
3. Bongi, Jan, Lettie
4. Lettie, Jan, Bongi
5. Bongi, Lettie, Jan
TURN OVER
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.
Note that you are not allowed to receive help from anybody or assist anybody else when you
complete the examination. Also note that when you are logged on all activities are recorded on a
server at Unisa. This means we can see exactly when you log on and off, the questions you respond
to, the time you use per question etc. During and after the examination students’ response patterns
and responses may be subjected to integrity testing. If any irregularities are found your examination
paper may be nullified. Examination fraud is viewed in an extremely serious light, and may result in
your being refused reregistration as a student.
YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION
Question 1
I declare that I am not receiving help form anybody, nor am I assisting anybody else in completing
this examination. I understand that my submitted responses may be subjected to integrity testing
and that my paper may be nullified should any irregularities be found.
1. True
2. False
NOTE: If your paper does not contain a “True” response to this question, your examination will be
nullified.
The research consultation company …
You own a consultation company specialising in environmental psychology. The company is called
EnviroConsult. You employ a number of social scientists and professional psychologists, but there
are also students (psychological interns) who do their practical at the company.
Meeting the client …
Petrus Motong contacted you to consult on a problem they experience, namely that communities
neglect their environments. Petrus is a member of the district council of Mapokeng. His portfolio on
the council concerns the physical wellbeing of communities, which the council wants to improve.
In your first meeting with Petrus Motong he indicates that the council decided to implement a
programme for community leaders, called the ‘Canadian Environmental Engagement Programme
(CA-EEP). The aim of the programme is to change individuals’ attitudes towards their
environments. The CA-EEP was successfully implemented in Canada’s conservation areas to
improve the ways in which people engage with their physical environments. The Mapokeng district
council was of the opinion that community leaders in South Africa could benefit from a similar
programme. To save costs and time they decided not to develop a new programme from scratch
but to tailor the Canadian programme to the needs of South African communities. They completed
the review of the programme but would like to get a specialist consultancy firm on board (such as
EnviroConsult) to assess the impact of the reviewed programme, the South African Environmental
Engagement Programme (SA-EEP), once it has been implemented. They hope the programme will
improve the way communities engage with their environments. They are aware also that research
concerning the impact of the programme requires specialised data gathering methods and that
some time would be needed to develop such methods. Petrus Motong provides you with the
programme manual. The manual describes the psychological theory that the programme is based
TURN OVER
,on. It also indicates how the programme applies the theory in order to affect the behaviour of those
who do the programme.
At the research consultation company …
At EnviroConsult each day begins with a morning meeting to discuss the business of the day. The
meeting is attended by the social scientists and psychologists working for the company as well as
the psychology interns. At this morning’s meeting you inform everybody about the project of the
Mapokeng council and open the matter for discussion.
You pay close attention to what everybody says because the purpose of the discussion is to sort
out the details of the project. In order to guide the discussion you have to indicate who you agree
with most, who you agree with second most and who you agree with least.
Suppose Nzano, Jan and Lettie respond to a point under discussion. If you agree most with Jan’s
response, second most with Nzano’s response and least with Lettie your choice is: Jan, Nzano,
Lettie.
You select your choice from a list of five potential responses. For example if the list is:
1. Lettie, Nzano, Jan
2. Lettie, Jan, Nzano
3. Nzano, Lettie, Jan
4. Jan, Nzano, Lettie
5. Jan, Lettie, Nzano
You select 4.
If your choice does not appear in the list you have to reconsider your choice.
TURN OVER
, Discussing the client’s problem ….
The day after the consultation with Petrus Motong you present the consultation case at the morning
meeting at EnviroConsult, and you conclude:
You: The crux of the matter is we have to assess whether the Environmental Engagement
Programme (EEP) has a significant impact on the way communities engage with their
environments. We also have to develop the methods we need in order to observe change of the
behaviour of community members. I asked Bongi to formulate a broad outline of what we need to
do. Over to you Bongi.
Bongi: There are several issues we have to pay attention to. Quite clearly we want to see whether
the programme has any impact on community leaders who participate in the programme. This
means we have to develop a questionnaire to assess community leaders before they enter into the
programme and after they complete the programme. In order to do so we have to unpack the theory
that the programme is based on and then develop a questionnaire to assess community leaders in
terms of this theory. We also need to link the programme’s effect to real change in behaviour. In
this case the change in behaviour would be a change in the manner in which communities engage
with their environment. Therefore we have to find an indicator of how communities engage with
their environments, look for a way to measure this indicator and then link this measurement to the
effect of the programme. If a positive effect of the programme relates to a positive change in real
behaviour we can conclude that the programme has a positive impact.
You: According to the programme manual the programme is based on a psychological theory of
environmental attitude change. The theory states that individuals are more likely to display a
positive attitude towards their environment (a) if they are knowledgeable about the environment,
(b) if they have awareness of the environment, and (c) if they are contextually sensitive. People
with positive environmental attitudes are more likely to engage responsibly with their environments.
Bongi: The manual also cites studies about the relationship between the way in which people
engage with their environments and their involvement in environmental care projects. Increased
involvement in environmental care projects relates to improvement in the quality of people’s
engagement with their environments. There also seems to be a positive correlation between a
positive attitude towards the environment and involvement in environmental care projects.
You: However, it seems one should consider the gender of the community leaders who partake in
the programme. The developers of the programme indicate that it may not be equally effective for
men and women.
Question 2
Nzano: It seems to me the primary focus of the Mapokeng district council is the adaptation of the
Canadian Environmental Engagement Programme and implementation of the South African
Environmental Engagement Programme (SA-EEP), but what is the purpose of the Environmental
Engagement Programme (EEP)?
Lettie: Well, the purpose of the EEP clearly is to change individuals’ attitudes towards their
environments
Sara: No, the EEP purpose is to improve the ways in which people engage with their
environments
Jan: Actually the purpose of the EEP is to improve involvement in environmental care projects
TURN OVER
, You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Jan, Sara, Lettie
2. Lettie, Jan, Sara
3. Lettie, Sara, Jan
4. Sara, Jan, Lettie
5. Jan, Lettie, Sara
Question 3
Sara: Do you think the SA-EEP is fit for purpose in light of the intention of the Mapokeng district
council?
Jan: No I do not think so, because the intention of the Mapokeng district council is to improve the
physical wellbeing of communities whereas the intention of SA-EEP is to change individuals’
attitudes towards their environments
Lettie: No, because the intention of the SA-EEP is to improve the physical wellbeing of
communities which does not address communities neglect their environments
Nzano: I think the SA-EEP is fit for purpose because there is a relationship between to change
individuals’ attitudes towards their environments and the involvement in environmental care
projects
You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Nzano, Lettie, Jan
2. Nzano, Jan, Lettie
3. Lettie, Jan, Nzano
4. Lettie, Nzano, Jan
5. Jan, Nzano, Lettie
Question 4
Nzano Do you think the SA-EEP can help to address the concern of the Mapokeng district
council
Jan: Yes, because we can use SA-EEP to change individuals’ attitudes towards their environments,
which leads to improvement of the ways in which people engage with their environments
Bongi: Yes, but then we have to be certain that there is a relationship between improvement of
the ways in which people engage with their environments and improving the physical wellbeing of
communities
Lettie: No I disagree, because the intention of SA-EEP is to change individuals’ attitudes towards
their environments, which does not relate to improving the physical wellbeing of communities
You agree most with, second most with and least with:
1. Jan, Bongi, Lettie
2. Lettie, Bongi, Jan
3. Bongi, Jan, Lettie
4. Lettie, Jan, Bongi
5. Bongi, Lettie, Jan
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