UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA. IOP1503 ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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1. research has proven that culture affects not only the languages and customs of people, but also
the way people experience the world.
1) Brain
2) Cultural
3) Environmental
4) Behavioural
Reference: Section 3.2.2 on page 41 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
2. As an environmental psychology practitioner, you may be asked to assist organisations in tackling and
managing the issue of employee privacy. is what happens when a person‟s information relating
to private matters has been publicly disclosed without his or her consent.
1) False light
2) Public disclosure of private facts
3) Appropriation
4) Intrusion
Reference: Study task on page 94 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
3. Coping refers to the ability to .
1) evaluate the alternatives involved
2) acquire knowledge of consequences
3) source resources prior to experience
4) prevent, avoid or control emotional stress
Reference: Section 4.2.3.2 on page 61 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
4. Several psychological factors should be taken into account when designing workspaces that are not related
to the physical design, but rather to their psychological impact they have on the workers. Which one of the
options below is not a psychological factor?
Reference: Section 7.2.3.3 on page 113 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
,5. syndrome refers to a collection of health problems linked to substances generated in office
environments.
1) Ill-office
2) Office health
3) Sick-building
4) Ambient stressor
Reference: Section 4.3.3.1 on page 69 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
6. The term “urbanisation” used in environmental psychology refers to .
1) high population density
2) practices that facilitate a place or region‟s progress towards the goal of sustainable living
3) high population volumes
4) the movement of people from rural to urban areas and the growth of urban areas
Reference: Section 5.3 on page 79 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
7. “The region surrounding a person which he or she regards as psychologically his or hers” is a definition of
.
1) space allocation
2) territoriality
3) psychological space
4) personal space
Reference: Section 6.4.1 on page 97 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
8. Privacy is an interpersonal boundary-control process by means of which we regulate contact with others. In
this context, “selective control” refers to .
1) a dialectic process of opening and closing the self to others, thereby regulating contact
2) whether others will be permitted to join in and the type of intervention we wish to exhibit
3) particular forces that cause us to approach some for interaction and to avoid others so as to be
alone
4) acquiring a balance between too much and too little privacy
Reference: Section 6.3.1 on page 93 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
9. is one of the described psychological factors that impacts on workers which should be taken
into account when designing workspaces.
1) Temperature
2) Identity
3) Manageability
4) Lighting
Reference: Section 7.2.3.3 on page 113 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
,10. is a room or space assigned to a team which includes permanent project elements, such as
work preparation tables, competitive data and timelines on walls, etcetera.
1) A meeting room
2) A war room
3) A cave
4) Hotelling
Reference: Section 7.2.3.2 on page 111 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
11. Which one of the following is not an advantage that a person experiences when territoriality has been
achieved?
1) A pleasant setting.
2) A feelings of control.
3) Regulated usage.
4) A sense of wellbeing.
Reference: Section 6.2.2 on page 91 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
12. When comparing rural living, which one of the following is not an issue of the urban environment impacting
on the physical, social and psychological functioning of people?
1) The slow pace of living.
2) The incidence of crime.
3) People avoiding eye contact with strangers.
4) Noise pollution.
Reference: Section 5.3.1 on page 80 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
13. An architect designing an office and an ergonomist seeing to it that the equipment and the lighting in the
offices are up to standard, while an environmental psychologist assesses the psychological impact on the
employees, is an example of .
Reference: Section 1.2 on page 5 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
, 14. is a process by which we regulate our contact with others, and choose to be open or closed
off (especially when we wish to be alone).
1) Privacy
2) Territoriality
3) Personal space
4) Hotelling
Reference: Section 6.3.1 on page 93 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
15. Perceptual refers to what occurs when the way we view or perceive a situation is completely
incorrect often as a result of previous experience, culture, gender or background.
Reference: Section 3.1 on page 39 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
16. Designing offices to have natural light coming in from well-placed windows, thereby decreasing the need
for artificial lighting, is an example of a design.
1) beneficial
2) green
3) communal
4) social
Reference: Section 1.6.7 on page 18 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
17. occurs in situations of high population density where personal space is at a premium and is a
source of environmental stress.
1) Lack of privacy
2) Population density
3) Crowding
4) Territoriality
Reference: Section 5.4 on page 85 (Study guide under Additional Resources)
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