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PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE 3.1 Vocabulary stress within words • prefixes


A Discuss these questions. 1 What does an occupational psychologist do?


2 What do you understand by personality? 3 How can personality be measured?


B Study the pictures on the opposite page.


1 What does each picture show? Talk about each picture using a word from box a. (You will not need all the words.)


2 How are the pictures related to occupational psychology?


C Look at the words in box a. 1 Underline the stressed syllable in each word.


2 Which word has the same stress pattern as appraisal? 3 Sort the other words into groups according to their stress patterns.


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appraisal attitude consistent


culture


disadvantage diversity equality institutional


occupational organization personality psychometric role schedule trait


D Complete each sentence with a word from box a. Change the form if necessary.


1 An ______________ is a process by which employees and their managers evaluate their performance and plan their future.


2 A psychometric test identifies personality ______________. 3 An interview ______________ is a framework of structured questions. 4 The accepted behaviour and customs of a group of people are known as its ______________. 5 Traits are ______________ patterns of behaviour and feeling. 6 Occupational psychologists have many ______________, or functions, in their work. 7 In some institutions, the regulations ______________ certain social groups. 8 An ______________ and ______________ policy ensures fair treatment for everyone.


E Study the words in box b. Find the prefix and try to work out the meaning in each case.


b dissociation discrimination displacement


dehumanize deindividuation deinstitutionalize


independent individual inductive


rehabilitation regression reaction


F Complete each sentence with a word from box b. Change the form if necessary. 1 Traumatic events can lead to a sense of unreality or ______________.


2 When people gather in large groups, they may experience ______________, losing their sense of individual identity.


3 ______________ to an early stage of development can be a reaction to stress. 4 Constructivism is a theory that people build their knowledge through social ______________. 5 It is illegal to ______________ against individuals on the grounds that they are disabled. 6 People addicted to drugs or alcohol may need a period of ______________ to recover.


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interaction interpretation interpersonal


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