MCQ Bank
During which stage of group development the level of group cohesiveness is high?
- A) Norming
- B) Performing
- C) Storming
- D) Forming
The sources of power are commonly divided into two general groupings:
- A) Formal and informal
- B) Formal and personal
- C) Legitimate and coercive
- D) Informal and formal
Individuals with which political behavior are described as player of hardball?
- A) Introvert
- B) Legitimate
- C) Extrovert
- D) Illegitimate
Which of the following groups are natural formations in the work environment?
- A) Horizontal
- B) Informal
- C) Virtual
- D) Formal
Which of the following is the only power tactic that is effective across organizational levels?
- A) Consultation
- B) Pressure
- C) Rational persuasion
- D) Exchange
Divide and rule tactic of power is a:
- A) Demolish strategy
- B) Legitimate strategy
- C) Illegitimate strategy
- D) Military strategy
Which of the following symptoms of stress include heart attacks and increased blood pressure?
- A) Psychological
- B) Behavioral
- C) Physiological
- D) Organizational
The situation where messages about one’s role are clear but mutually exclusive is called:
- A) Role incompatibility
- B) Role conflict
- C) Role disparity
- D) Role ambiguity
Discrepancy between the role requirements and the individual’s personal values is called:
- A) Inter-sender conflict
- B) Intra-sender conflict
- C) Person-role conflict
- D) Group-role conflict
Which form of self-efficacy is stable over time and situations?
- A) Specific self-efficacy
- B) General self-efficacy
- C) Perceived self-efficacy
- D) Psychological self-efficacy
People are partly the product of their:
- A) Environment
- B) Beliefs
- C) Behavior
- D) Career
Who among the following make external, unstable and specific attributions?
- A) Optimist
- B) Pessimist
- C) Extrovert
- D) Introvert
Who among the following used the term ‘healthy minded’ for people pursuing happiness?
- A) Albert Bandura
- B) James Howel
- C) Lionel Tiger
- D) William James
What refers to various types of evaluation, both positive and negative, about one's life?
- A) Self concept
- B) Hope
- C) Subjective well-being
- D) Self-esteem
The field of Positive Psychology has originated from:
- A) Humanistic Psychology
- B) Correctional Psychology
- C) Organizational Psychology
- D) Psychodynamic Psychology
William James was a/an _________________ psychologist and philosopher.
- A) French
- B) Austerian
- C) German
- D) American
Who said that emotional quotient (EQ) is more important than IQ in obtaining jobs?
- A) Aymen Sawaf
- B) Daniel Goleman
- C) Salovy Mayer
- D) Robert Cooper
Which branch of Psychology has an underlying negative bias whereby it assumes that human beings are largely motivated by negative emotions i.e. jealousy or self-serving ends?
- A) Philosophical Psychology
- B) Classic Psychology
- C) Traditional Psychology
- D) Modern Psychology
Positive Psychology studies all of the following EXCEPT:
- A) Self efficacy
- B) Hope
- C) Mental disorders
- D) Optimism
Who among the following defined optimism as a mood associated with an expectation about the material future?
- A) William James
- B) Albert Bandura
- C) James Howel
- D) Lionel Tiger