When Evaluators Sense a Fear of Evaluation, They Would Be

question 25

Multiple Choice

When evaluators sense a fear of evaluation, they would be wise to

• A) avoid conducting the evaluation since all reports will be distorted by the timid staff.
• B) encourage the management to state clearly that program improvement and innovation are wanted, even if some innovations may turn out to be ineffective.
• C) suggest in strong terms that the staff should get its act together.
• D) point out to the staff that fear of evaluation is a symptom of a staff which feels there are problems with its own program.

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A concept in Jungian psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind which is derived from ancestral memory and experience shared among all humans.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the role of the unconscious mind and archetypes in personality.

Memories

Stored information and experiences in the brain that can be recalled.

Neo-Freudian

Pertains to psychologists and theories that branched off from Freud’s original psychoanalytic theory, often placing more emphasis on social environment and culture than on innate biological instincts.