Question 1

Each of the following except one has been identified as a strength of the humanistic approach. Which one?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clearly defined concepts 
B)  Focus on the healthy side of personality 
C)  Impact on psychotherapy practices 
D)  Influence in disciplines other than psychology 
A)  Clearly defined concepts 
B)  Focus on the healthy side of personality 
C)  Impact on psychotherapy practices 
D)  Influence in disciplines other than psychology

Question 2

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people, they tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  be more spontaneous. 
B)  ignore their own weaknesses and focus on their personal strengths. 
C)  show higher acceptance of other people for who they are. 
D)  be more greatly inhibited in their social interactions. 
A)  be more spontaneous. 
B)  ignore their own weaknesses and focus on their personal strengths. 
C)  show higher acceptance of other people for who they are. 
D)  be more greatly inhibited in their social interactions.

Question 3

According to Rogers, clients are able to overcome defenses and accept experiences that have been denied and distorted when they

Accepted Answer

A)  experience conditional positive regard. 
B)  experience unconditional positive regard. 
C)  think about what they are saying to the therapist. 
D)  have a good self-concept. 
A)  experience conditional positive regard. 
B)  experience unconditional positive regard. 
C)  think about what they are saying to the therapist. 
D)  have a good self-concept.

Question 4

A boy hits his younger sister. What might a Rogerian therapist recommend the parents say to the child?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Hitting your sister is wrong. You are a bad boy." 
B)  "You need another way to express your feelings." 
C)  "I love you, but I do not like it when you hit your sister." 
D)  "You will be punished if you do that again." 
A)  "Hitting your sister is wrong. You are a bad boy." 
B)  "You need another way to express your feelings." 
C)  "I love you, but I do not like it when you hit your sister." 
D)  "You will be punished if you do that again."

Question 5

Which of the following is a Rogerian psychotherapist likely to use during therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conditional positive regard 
B)  Rephrasing and reflecting clients' words back to them 
C)  Dream interpretation 
D)  Conditions of worth 
A)  Conditional positive regard 
B)  Rephrasing and reflecting clients' words back to them 
C)  Dream interpretation 
D)  Conditions of worth

Question 6

According to Rogers, what are the consequences of using distortion and denial?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anxiety increases with either distortion or denial. 
B)  The person will become less able to experience life fully. 
C)  Distortion increases anxiety, but denial reduces it. 
D)  Some distortion is good for functioning, but denial never is. 
A)  Anxiety increases with either distortion or denial. 
B)  The person will become less able to experience life fully. 
C)  Distortion increases anxiety, but denial reduces it. 
D)  Some distortion is good for functioning, but denial never is.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about peak experiences, as described by Maslow?

Accepted Answer

A)  All self-actualized people experience them. 
B)  Only self-actualized people experience them. 
C)  They are unrelated to where one is on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 
D)  Self-actualized people have more intense and frequent peak experiences than others. 
A)  All self-actualized people experience them. 
B)  Only self-actualized people experience them. 
C)  They are unrelated to where one is on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 
D)  Self-actualized people have more intense and frequent peak experiences than others.

Question 8

For Abraham Maslow, the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

Accepted Answer

A)  watching a World War II parade. 
B)  listening to a lecture on psychoanalysis. 
C)  wondering about the best techniques for therapy. 
D)  playing in a football game in college. 
A)  watching a World War II parade. 
B)  listening to a lecture on psychoanalysis. 
C)  wondering about the best techniques for therapy. 
D)  playing in a football game in college.

Question 9

A man thinks of himself as an outstanding athlete. One day, he watches some tennis players at his athletic club who are considerably better than he is. This information is threatening to his self?concept. Because the man is not fully functioning, Rogers might have expected him to do one of the following except one. Which one?

Accepted Answer

A)  Experience anxiety 
B)  Reinterpret what he has seen to make it less threatening 
C)  Deny that the men are good tennis players 
D)  Accept that there are better tennis players than himself 
A)  Experience anxiety 
B)  Reinterpret what he has seen to make it less threatening 
C)  Deny that the men are good tennis players 
D)  Accept that there are better tennis players than himself

Question 10

According to Maslow, which of the following is true about deficiency motives?

Accepted Answer

A)  They affect behavior after most of the lower motives on the hierarchy of needs have been satisfied. 
B)  They result from the lack of a needed object. 
C)  They continue to grow even after the target object has been found. 
D)  They cannot be satisfied until the growth needs are satisfied. 
A)  They affect behavior after most of the lower motives on the hierarchy of needs have been satisfied. 
B)  They result from the lack of a needed object. 
C)  They continue to grow even after the target object has been found. 
D)  They cannot be satisfied until the growth needs are satisfied.

Question 11

According to Rogers, subception allows us to

Accepted Answer

A)  avoid awareness of threatening information. 
B)  move toward self-actualization. 
C)  bring our real and ideal selves closer together. 
D)  come to see ourselves as we really are. 
A)  avoid awareness of threatening information. 
B)  move toward self-actualization. 
C)  bring our real and ideal selves closer together. 
D)  come to see ourselves as we really are.

Question 12

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Accepted Answer

A)  One can concentrate only on the task at hand. 
B)  Satisfaction is received from a task. 
C)  The activity has clear goals. 
D)  Attention is absorbed by the activity. 
A)  One can concentrate only on the task at hand. 
B)  Satisfaction is received from a task. 
C)  The activity has clear goals. 
D)  Attention is absorbed by the activity.

Question 13

Each of the following is an element of humanistic psychology except one. Which one?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal responsibility 
B)  Fully functioning persons 
C)  Personal growth 
D)  Identity crisis 
A)  Personal responsibility 
B)  Fully functioning persons 
C)  Personal growth 
D)  Identity crisis

Question 14

According to the humanistic approach, people will be happy when

Accepted Answer

A)  their immediate needs, such as money and shelter, are met. 
B)  they establish meaningful personal relationships. 
C)  their lives are free from problems. 
D)  they move toward becoming fully functioning. 
A)  their immediate needs, such as money and shelter, are met. 
B)  they establish meaningful personal relationships. 
C)  their lives are free from problems. 
D)  they move toward becoming fully functioning.

Question 15

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow's background?

Accepted Answer

A)  He had a happy childhood. 
B)  He was drawn to psychology by his interest in behaviorism. 
C)  His writings were not well received by professional psychologists until after his death. 
D)  He worked closely with Carl Rogers. 
A)  He had a happy childhood. 
B)  He was drawn to psychology by his interest in behaviorism. 
C)  His writings were not well received by professional psychologists until after his death. 
D)  He worked closely with Carl Rogers.

Question 16

All but which of the following has been a criticism of the humanistic approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Free will" may not be a scientific explanation for behavior. 
B)  Many key concepts are poorly defined. 
C)  Few psychotherapists have been influenced by the humanistic approach. 
D)  The humanistic approach makes some overly naive assumptions about human nature. 
A)  "Free will" may not be a scientific explanation for behavior. 
B)  Many key concepts are poorly defined. 
C)  Few psychotherapists have been influenced by the humanistic approach. 
D)  The humanistic approach makes some overly naive assumptions about human nature.

Question 17

According to Maslow, the motive that results from a lack of some object is called a __________ motive.

Accepted Answer

A)  hierarchy 
B)  possession 
C)  envy 
D)  deficiency 
A)  hierarchy 
B)  possession 
C)  envy 
D)  deficiency

Question 18

The "third force" in psychology was developed in part to promote a view of humankind different from the ones presented by the

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic and trait approaches. 
B)  psychoanalytic and behaviorism approaches. 
C)  trait and behaviorism approaches. 
D)  psychoanalytic and social learning approaches. 
A)  psychoanalytic and trait approaches. 
B)  psychoanalytic and behaviorism approaches. 
C)  trait and behaviorism approaches. 
D)  psychoanalytic and social learning approaches.

Question 19

In a correlational analysis of Q-Sort responses, a zero correlation indicates that the client's real and ideal selves are highly related.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive, participants in his study said that

Accepted Answer

A)  they were engaged in a challenging task. 
B)  the task demanded the person's full concentration. 
C)  each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  they were engaged in a challenging task. 
B)  the task demanded the person's full concentration. 
C)  each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next. 
D)  all of the above

Each of the following except one has been identified as a strength of the humanistic approach. Which one?

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people, they tend to

According to Rogers, clients are able to overcome defenses and accept experiences that have been denied and distorted when they

A boy hits his younger sister. What might a Rogerian therapist recommend the parents say to the child?

Which of the following is a Rogerian psychotherapist likely to use during therapy?

According to Rogers, what are the consequences of using distortion and denial?

Which of the following is true about peak experiences, as described by Maslow?

For Abraham Maslow, the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

According to Maslow, which of the following is true about deficiency motives?

According to Rogers, subception allows us to

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Each of the following is an element of humanistic psychology except one. Which one?

According to the humanistic approach, people will be happy when

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow's background?

All but which of the following has been a criticism of the humanistic approach?

According to Maslow, the motive that results from a lack of some object is called a __________ motive.

The "third force" in psychology was developed in part to promote a view of humankind different from the ones presented by the

In a correlational analysis of Q-Sort responses, a zero correlation indicates that the client's real and ideal selves are highly related.

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive, participants in his study said that

What Is Personality

Personality Research Methods

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

Neo Freudian Theories: Relevant Research

The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

The Behavioralsocial Learning Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Behavioral Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research

The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research

General Questions

Filters

Exam 11: The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

Each of the following except one has been identified as a strength of the humanistic approach. Which one?

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people, they tend to

According to Rogers, clients are able to overcome defenses and accept experiences that have been denied and distorted when they

A boy hits his younger sister. What might a Rogerian therapist recommend the parents say to the child?

Which of the following is a Rogerian psychotherapist likely to use during therapy?

According to Rogers, what are the consequences of using distortion and denial?

Which of the following is true about peak experiences, as described by Maslow?

For Abraham Maslow, the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

According to Maslow, which of the following is true about deficiency motives?

According to Rogers, subception allows us to

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Each of the following is an element of humanistic psychology except one. Which one?

According to the humanistic approach, people will be happy when

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow's background?

All but which of the following has been a criticism of the humanistic approach?

According to Maslow, the motive that results from a lack of some object is called a __________ motive.

The "third force" in psychology was developed in part to promote a view of humankind different from the ones presented by the

In a correlational analysis of Q-Sort responses, a zero correlation indicates that the client's real and ideal selves are highly related.

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive, participants in his study said that

What Is Personality

Personality Research Methods

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

Neo Freudian Theories: Relevant Research

The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

The Behavioralsocial Learning Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Behavioral Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research

The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research

General Questions

Filters