A Level Psychology (Specialist options) chapter 4: Organisational Psychology MCQs with answers

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204 exam-style questions on Organisational Psychology, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Organisational Psychology questions with answers

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1. A team member is anxious about errors, checks work meticulously and insists on meeting deadlines. Which Belbin team role is this?

  1. A
    completer finisher
  2. B
    co-ordinator
  3. C
    teamworker
  4. D
    resource investigator
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Answer: A. Completer finishers are conscientious and attentive to detail, and make sure work is finished to a high standard on time.

2. In a firm, staff have a right to privacy, free speech and a grievance procedure to challenge unfair treatment. Which of Walton's conditions does this reflect?

  1. A
    social integration
  2. B
    safe and healthy working conditions
  3. C
    constitutionalism in the work organisation
  4. D
    immediate opportunity to use and develop human capacities
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Answer: C. Constitutionalism is the protection of employees' rights to privacy, free speech and fair treatment.

3. A team has agreed its rules and roles, members now trust each other and feel a strong sense of cohesion. Which stage of Tuckman's model is this?

  1. A
    norming
  2. B
    forming
  3. C
    storming
  4. D
    adjourning
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Answer: A. Agreed standards, cooperation and cohesion characterise norming.

4. A worker on an assembly line has almost no control over the pace of work and sometimes jams the machinery to gain a break. Which reason for sabotage does this illustrate?

  1. A
    gaining a sense of control over the work situation
  2. B
    retaliating against a customer who complained about the service
  3. C
    increasing the quality of products by removing faulty ones
  4. D
    earning a reward as part of a token economy for safe behaviour
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Answer: A. Sabotage can give workers with little autonomy a way to regain control or to relieve boredom.

5. Behavioural theories of leadership are often criticised for ignoring the situation. Which example shows this weakness?

  1. A
    all leaders behave in exactly the same way whatever situation they are in at work
  2. B
    leaders' behaviour is identical whatever their followers' needs happen to be
  3. C
    a very directive style may work in an emergency but fail with an experienced team
  4. D
    behaviour has been found to have no effect on the performance of followers at all
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Answer: C. Effectiveness of a style can depend on the situation and followers, so a single best set of behaviours may not exist, and findings may not generalise.

6. A researcher wishes to reduce the Hawthorne effect in a field study of productivity. Which method would help?

  1. A
    tell all workers exactly what the hypothesis is, then measure their output for a whole day
  2. B
    use existing output figures from normal work, so workers are unaware of extra measurement
  3. C
    ask workers to predict how the study will turn out, then compare their output
  4. D
    observe workers closely and speak to each of them daily about their work
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Answer: B. Using existing records reduces awareness of being studied, so reactivity to being observed is lower.

7. Which set names the three needs in McClelland's theory of achievement motivation?

  1. A
    achievement, autonomy and power
  2. B
    achievement, affiliation and power
  3. C
    affiliation, security and esteem
  4. D
    achievement, affiliation and growth
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Answer: B. McClelland proposed learned needs for achievement, affiliation and power.

8. In a new project team, members argue about who should do which job and some openly challenge the team leader. Which stage of Tuckman's model is this?

  1. A
    forming
  2. B
    performing
  3. C
    norming
  4. D
    storming
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Answer: D. Conflict over roles and leadership is typical of storming.

9. Which of these is one of the eight conditions in Walton's quality of working life?

  1. A
    job enlargement within the work organisation
  2. B
    hygiene factors in the work organisation
  3. C
    task identity in the work organisation
  4. D
    social integration in the work organisation
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Answer: D. Walton's conditions include fair compensation, safe conditions, developing capacities, growth and security, social integration, constitutionalism, work and total life space, and social relevance.

10. Hackman and Oldham's theory was developed mainly in the USA. Why might it apply less well in some other cultures?

  1. A
    job characteristics such as autonomy do not exist outside the USA, so the theory cannot apply
  2. B
    all cultures place exactly the same value on autonomy and growth
  3. C
    cultural differences have no effect on motivation at work
  4. D
    growth need strength and the value placed on autonomy may differ between cultures
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Answer: D. The importance of autonomy and growth varies across cultures, so the theory may not generalise.

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How many Organisational Psychology MCQs are there?

204, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 15 topics: Motivation to work: need theories, Motivation to work: cognitive theories, Motivation to work: motivators at work, Leadership and management: traditional and modern theories, Leadership and management: leadership style, Leadership and management: leaders and followers, Group behaviour: group development and decision-making, Group behaviour: individual and group performance, Group behaviour: conflict at work, Organisational work conditions: physical work conditions, Organisational work conditions: temporal conditions, Organisational work conditions: health and safety, Satisfaction at work: theories of job satisfaction, Satisfaction at work: measuring job satisfaction, Satisfaction at work: attitudes to work. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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