Pa229/Pa211 Organisational Dynamics Module Quiz
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- 1.1. What is the purpose of an institution?
- A.
Appointed to fulfil a social role
- B.
To form groups
- C.
To create a basic assumption group
- 2.Who wrote “individual psychology is at the same time social psychology”?
- A.
William McDougall
- B.
Sigmund Freud
- C.
Wilfred Bion
- 3.What are three characteristics of a crowd according to Le Bon?
- A.
Believability, Fragility, Inflexibility
- B.
Irrationality, Invincibility, Suggestibility
- C.
Sensitivity, Powerlessness, Anxiety
- 4.Who wrote “Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego” (1921)
- A.
Sigmund Freud
- B.
Wilfred Bion
- C.
Anna Freud
- 5.What is a common tie which creates group cohesiveness according to Freud?
- A.
Introjective identification with the leader
- B.
Projective identification on a single member
- C.
Transference to other group members
- 6.What is “Systems Theory”?
- A.
A technical term for understanding mechanisms in a factory setting.
- B.
Understanding an individual’s psyche.
- C.
Looks at the interdependence of individuals in a group.
- 7.What is an Open System?
- A.
A system which does not allow for any form of exchange with its environment.
- B.
A system that anyone can join
- C.
A system which depends on exchange with its environment for its survival and development
- 8.What are the features of a primary task?
- A.
Governed by the unconscious forces of a group
- B.
Reality (principle) facing and adaptive to the external environment
- C.
Wish fulfilling and pleasure (principle) driven
- 9.Where did Bion conduct his famous “experiments” on groups?
- A.
Battlefields
- B.
Southfields
- C.
Northfields
- 10.What are the three key features of a work group according to Bion?
- A.
Work on an overt task, operate at a conscious level, focused on reality
- B.
Avoid the task, driven by the pleasure principle, focused on reality
- C.
Focused on growth, operate at an unconscious level, led by a single individual.
- 11.Good Enough Mothering is a concept developed by Donald Winnicott
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.In Van Buskirk W. & McGrath D. (1999) ‘Organizational Cultures as Holding Environments: A Psychodynamic Look at Organizational Symbolism’, they write about CWEP as a holding environment which featured transitional objects. Which of these is a transitional object for the students at the college?
- A.
Teddies, Dummies and Blankets
- B.
A good organisational system, a closed system, and writing assignments
- C.
Good quality feedback, alumni led community college classes and the presence of the college itself.
- 13.Which two of these are ego defences according to Anna Freud?
- A.
The depressive position and the paranoid schizoid position
- B.
Regression and Sublimation
- C.
Transference and Countertransference
- 14.Who wrote “The functioning of social systems as a defence against anxiety: a report on a study of the nursing service of a general hospital” (1959)
- A.
Isabel Menzies Lyth
- B.
Wilfred Bion
- C.
Gordon Lawrence
- 15.What is a “wicked problem”?
- A.
Something which is inherently evil
- B.
Involves complexity and multiple variables, which can be worked through with a strategy and solid leadership.
- C.
Has a structure and can be resolved with a well thought through plan, led by a manager.
- 16.Who conducted the famous conformity studies?
- A.
Solomon Asch
- B.
Stanley Milgram
- C.
Philip Zimbardo
- 17.Which of these describes the features of the depressive position?
- A.
Splitting, grief, idealisation
- B.
Ambivalence, loss, guilt and reparation
- C.
Satisfaction, pleasure principle, perfection
- 18.How many biases does Richardson write about in her chapter ‘The Contribution of Systemic Thinking and Practice’ (2003)
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
9
- 19.Bion's basic assumption groups are Dependency, Pairing and [Blank]
- 20.The additional basic assumption coined by Turquet (1974) is called [Blank]
- 21.The fifth basic assumption coined by Lawrence, Bain and Gould (1996) is called [Blank]
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