Module 3 - Social, Organisational and Intercultural (including Indigenous) Flashcards
What percentage of participants continued to administer shocks to the highest level of 450V in Milgram’s (1963) experiment?
65%
Obedience from Milgram’s experiment dropped when what happened? (4)
The experimenter gave his orders over the telephone; the experimenter delegated his authority to a second participant, known as a confederate; the experiment was carried out in a less scientific environment; the proximity of victim to participant
Which stages are consistent with the stage theory of team development? (5)
Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
What are the phases of change in the organisational stages model? (3)
Unfreezing
Freezing
Refreezing
What are type of teams? (5)
Work Project Management Action and performing Cross-functional
What does companionate love involve? (3)
Deep affection, friendship, and emotional intimacy
The idea that proximity breeds affection is dependent on what?
Familiarity
Jimmy is doing an experiment on choosing pictures of people based on attraction. He chooses pictures of people from his own race based on his own preferences for attraction but he goes out of way to include people from a different race even though he doesn’t actually find them attraction. He does this because the experimenter has hinted that they expect racial boundaries have decreased. Jimmy’s behaviour is due to what?
Demand characteristics
What is the link between the evolutionary perspective and proximity in relationships?
People who are familiar are likely to be safe, and they are likely to be relatives or alliance partners.
What are the phases of change in the employee stages model? (5)
Denial Defense Discarding Adaption Internalisation
What is the difference between the social exchange theory and the communal theory?
Exchange - based on immediate reciprocity
Communal - delayed response, i.e. birthday present
Developing negative feelings towards someone we initially liked when living in close proximity to others, we see their good and bad habits and qualities. What is this known as?
Environmental spoiling
What is the link between the behaviourist perspective and interpersonal relationships?
The more people who associate a relationship with reward, the more likely they are to affiliate.
Why do people tend to choose acquaintances based/not based on similarity?
Similarity between individuals means that there are shared attitudes, values and interests involved. Those who do not choose acquaintances based on similarity prefer those who compliment their own resources, needs or behavioural style; e.g. dominant people tend to prefer to interact with those who are more submissive.
What is the matching hypothesis?
Choosing partners that they perceive to be equally attractive to themselves, not necessarily the most beautiful or handsome.
What does the agentic shift refer to?
The lessor in a hierarchical system does not accept responsibility, however, allocates this to an individual higher in the organisation
What are the four types of research participant?
Good - responds in ways they think researcher needs
Negativistic - sabotage
Apprehensive - portray self in good light
Faithful - remains neutral and objective
By calculating the positives and negatives of a relationship and considering leaving the relationship for another, which theory is bing displayed?
Social exchange theory
We tend to categorise people into groups. For example, we label people are Punk Rockers, Surfers, Conservatives. This falls into the area of what?
Social cognition
Prior to Milgram’s experiment, what percentage of normal people did professional psychiatrists predict would go to high levels of shock?
Around 1% of people
What are demand characteristics? (5)
The totality of cues which convey an experimental hypothesis to the subject; gossip about the research, research setting, implicit and explicit research instructions, research procedure, researcher’s body language
The researcher’s nonverbal behaviour may give away clues about how the participant is expected to respond. This is called what?
The experimenter expectancy effect.
What are the 5 theories of interpersonal attraction?
Reinforcement-affect model
Attribution of arousal - physiological, situational
Physical attractiveness - balance theory (good things go with good things), beautiful-is-good stereotype (positive characteristics), self-enhancement
Similarity - demographic, attitudinal
Physical proximity - living nearby
Familiarity
What are the types of rewards referred to in the social exchange theory? (6) (Foa & Foa)
Goods, information, love, money, services, status
What is organisational psychology?
The study of people at work
What interdisciplinary relationships does organisational psychology have? (4)
Personality, social, clinical and cognitive psychology
What interdisciplinary relationships does organisational psychology have? (4)
Management, human resources, business administration, marketing communications
When identifying talent, what measures do an organisational psychologists use? (5)
Interviews, psychometrics, biodata, work samples, assessment centres
What is the course of stress?
The stimulus; the process; the outcome; stress results when perceived stressor exceeds perceived resources available
Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a consequence of what?
Stress
What is a team?
A collection of three or more individuals who interact intensively to provide an organisational product, plan, decision or service
What is the difference between the focus on McClelland’s need theory and ERG theory?
McClelland - need for achievement, affiliation, power
ERG - growth, relatedness, existence
ERG theory is more focused on the human psychological existence and expanding on that
What is the trait approach in organisational psychology?
The idea that leadership is determined by personality traits
What is one of the major differences between transactional and transformational leadership?
Transactional - task-orientated
Transformational - relationship-orientated
What percentage of change initiatives fail?
60-70%
When getting upset at emails from a supervisor, the manager explains that the emails are being misinterpreted. This is a breakdown in communication, due to a reduction of what?
Channel Richness
There are many personality clashes at work. When being best at getting the group to work cooperatively, this displays which characteristics?
Social-emotional leaders