IOP1601
ASSIGNMENTS 1 – 3
Semester
Assignment 1: 649891
Assignment 2 :
Assignment 3: 749087
Assignment 01 : 649891
Part 1: The nature of personality and fundamental assumptions in personality study
1. O-data on a candidate can be gathered by means of ______.
A. The candidate’s personal history
B. ratings by the candidate’s colleagues
C. standardised tests or experiments
D. an interview with the candidate
2. Which perspective on personality emphasise that the individual is intertwined with a group and the greater cosmos?
A. Behaviourism
B. African view
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Cognitive theory
3. What kind of study is done to assess a person’s behaviour and characteristics over a long period of time?
A. Case study research
B. Biographical research
C. Action research
D. Longitudinal research
, 4. Which perspective states that people create constructs and schemas about the world that influence their personality and
behaviour?
A. The psychodynamic approach
B. Cognitive theories
C. Humanism
D. Behaviourism
5. Which perspective to personality would argue that an employee’s low or high performance is the product of the work
environment?
A. Trait and type
B. Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic
C. Humanism
D. Behaviourism
6. Which perspective focuses on the self as a core part of personality, and the influence of social and interpersonal
relationships?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Behaviourism
C. Humanism
D. Psychosocial theories
7. Identify Freud's concepts of the id, ego and super-ego, in the correct order from the following statement:
Tamara would like to continue until she is heard, and her ideas are accepted (______), but she was probably told
as a child not to challenge authority (______); therefore, she gives up. She fails to continue addressing the
problem in a mature way (______).
A. super-ego, id, ego
B. ego, super-ego, id
C. id, super-ego, ego
D. id, ego, super-ego
8. Portia smokes and withdraws when things don't go her way at work, which means that she is using ______ as a
means of dealing with her issues.
A. the reality principle
B. the pleasure principle
C. defence mechanisms
D. conflict
ASSIGNMENTS 1 – 3
Semester
Assignment 1: 649891
Assignment 2 :
Assignment 3: 749087
Assignment 01 : 649891
Part 1: The nature of personality and fundamental assumptions in personality study
1. O-data on a candidate can be gathered by means of ______.
A. The candidate’s personal history
B. ratings by the candidate’s colleagues
C. standardised tests or experiments
D. an interview with the candidate
2. Which perspective on personality emphasise that the individual is intertwined with a group and the greater cosmos?
A. Behaviourism
B. African view
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Cognitive theory
3. What kind of study is done to assess a person’s behaviour and characteristics over a long period of time?
A. Case study research
B. Biographical research
C. Action research
D. Longitudinal research
, 4. Which perspective states that people create constructs and schemas about the world that influence their personality and
behaviour?
A. The psychodynamic approach
B. Cognitive theories
C. Humanism
D. Behaviourism
5. Which perspective to personality would argue that an employee’s low or high performance is the product of the work
environment?
A. Trait and type
B. Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic
C. Humanism
D. Behaviourism
6. Which perspective focuses on the self as a core part of personality, and the influence of social and interpersonal
relationships?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Behaviourism
C. Humanism
D. Psychosocial theories
7. Identify Freud's concepts of the id, ego and super-ego, in the correct order from the following statement:
Tamara would like to continue until she is heard, and her ideas are accepted (______), but she was probably told
as a child not to challenge authority (______); therefore, she gives up. She fails to continue addressing the
problem in a mature way (______).
A. super-ego, id, ego
B. ego, super-ego, id
C. id, super-ego, ego
D. id, ego, super-ego
8. Portia smokes and withdraws when things don't go her way at work, which means that she is using ______ as a
means of dealing with her issues.
A. the reality principle
B. the pleasure principle
C. defence mechanisms
D. conflict
