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PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK
10.3
4
Work with a partner and discuss the point of the
final sentence.
5
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
tools inconsistencies impression
tailored handle burst
1
The police suspected him because of
in his
account of his actions during the day of the robbery.
2
Our course is
to the needs of each individual
student.
3
We need employees who are able to deal with
problems and
any crisis they meet.
4
When he found out that he hadn’t got the job, he
into tears and refused to talk to anyone.
5
I might have given a false
of my level of
knowledge of computers. I’m not really an expert.
6
There’s a great website offering free educational
for teachers.
GRAMMAR
REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES
6
a
Look at the following relative clauses. Underline
two clauses in the article that mean the same thing.
1
There are questionnaires, written tests and roleplays,
which are all designed to show potential employers
the real you.
2
People who apply for jobs are called back for a
second and even third interview.
6
b
What are the differences between the clauses
above and the clauses in the article?
7
Look at the article again and underline four more
reduced relative clauses.
1
Which of the underlined sentences use an
-ing
form,
and which use a past participle?
2
Which type of clause is active and which is passive?
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Language reference and extra practice, pages 126–149
8
In each pair of sentences below, write the same verb,
once in the
-ing
form and once as a past participle.
1a
She took a course in psychotherapy,
developing
her
skills as a counsellor.
b
Psychoanalytical theory,
developed
by Freud, has
been the subject of much controversy.
2a
Psychology magazines
out of the library must
be returned within one week.
b
There were photographers everywhere,
photographs and blocking the court entrance.
3a
The people
the decisions about who to offer
a job to carried out 50 interviews in two weeks.
b
The decision to offer him a job
by the
personnel director and her assistant.
4a
They used a surprise simulation during the interview,
caused panic among the applicants.
b
None of the applicants was offered the job, a
situation
by an error in the psychometric test.
9
In this article, cross out the pronoun and auxiliary
verbs and use just the present or past participle where
possible.
SPEAKING
10
Work in small groups and discuss the following
topics.
•
books you have read or films you have seen that
involve unemployment, job interviews or problems
at work.
•
the advice you would give someone who is about to
have their first job interview.
WRITING
11
Summarising
Underline the key points in the
article and write a short summary (between 150
and 180 words) about the use of psychology in job
interviews.
T
here are several films which focus on people
who are forced to look for work in middle-age
after being made redundant.
Up in the Air
, which
stars George Clooney, is about a man whose job
is telling people they aren’t needed anymore who
also loses his job. Another film is
The Company
Men
, which stars Ben Affleck. In the film, he is a
rich, successful businessman who is named Bobby
Walker. His life changes when he is suddenly made
redundant. The film shows him being forced to start
at the bottom of the career ladder again, applying for
jobs and attending interviews. In one interview, the
person who is interviewing him starts talking about
a much lower ranking job than the one which was
advertised, which causes him to lose his temper and
storm out. In one way it is an amusing scene but for
many people the situation is much too real for them
to find it funny.
MEET THE EXPERT
Watch an interview with Dr Jack Lewis,
a neuroscientist, about the field of
neuroscience.
Turn to page 154 for video activities.
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