Question 1

Which of the following is true of the needs for autonomy and relatedness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whereas people need both, the two needs are often incompatible. 
B)  The need for relatedness is stronger than the need for autonomy. 
C)  Satisfaction of both needs relate independently to well-being. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Whereas people need both, the two needs are often incompatible. 
B)  The need for relatedness is stronger than the need for autonomy. 
C)  Satisfaction of both needs relate independently to well-being. 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

___________was Rogers's term for the tendency of each person to develop capabilities that maintain or enhance the self.

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-actualization 
B)  Self-realization 
C)  Self-conceptualization 
D)  Self-fulfillment 
A)  Self-actualization 
B)  Self-realization 
C)  Self-conceptualization 
D)  Self-fulfillment

Question 3

Self-actualization promotes ___________within the person.

Accepted Answer

A)  separateness 
B)  positive regard 
C)  congruence 
D)  conditions of worth 
A)  separateness 
B)  positive regard 
C)  congruence 
D)  conditions of worth

Question 4

Mortality salience motivates people to attain autonomy and avoid close relationships

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Terror management starts with the proposition that:

Accepted Answer

A)  awareness of one's own death leads to angst. 
B)  it is failure to control fears that leads to problematic behavior. 
C)  people respond to terror by avoiding anything with meaning or value. 
D)  none of the above 
A)  awareness of one's own death leads to angst. 
B)  it is failure to control fears that leads to problematic behavior. 
C)  people respond to terror by avoiding anything with meaning or value. 
D)  none of the above

Question 6

Restatement of content is more intellectual and less emotional than clarification of feelings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Existential guilt arises:

Accepted Answer

A)  over failure to fulfill all of your possibilities in life. 
B)  because one can never really be close to others. 
C)  when people aren't aware of the importance of self-determination. 
D)  when people spend too much time thinking and not enough time doing. 
A)  over failure to fulfill all of your possibilities in life. 
B)  because one can never really be close to others. 
C)  when people aren't aware of the importance of self-determination. 
D)  when people spend too much time thinking and not enough time doing.

Question 8

Humanistic psychology has been criticized for being overly optimistic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The concept dasein implies:

Accepted Answer

A)  that people have no existence apart from the world. 
B)  that the world has meaning apart from the people in it. 
C)  the person's experience of the self as interdependent and connected. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  that people have no existence apart from the world. 
B)  that the world has meaning apart from the people in it. 
C)  the person's experience of the self as interdependent and connected. 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

Esteem needs include a sense of appreciation from others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Rogers distinguishes between the___________ self and the ___________self:

Accepted Answer

A)  actual, perceived 
B)  actual, ideal 
C)  real, imagined 
D)  standard, ideal 
A)  actual, perceived 
B)  actual, ideal 
C)  real, imagined 
D)  standard, ideal

Question 12

Growth is a goal that can be reached and then set aside.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Maslow distinguished between:

Accepted Answer

A)  promotion-based and prevention-based motives. 
B)  approach and avoidance motives. 
C)  growth-based and deficiency-based motives. 
D)  physical and spiritual motives. 
A)  promotion-based and prevention-based motives. 
B)  approach and avoidance motives. 
C)  growth-based and deficiency-based motives. 
D)  physical and spiritual motives.

Question 14

According to Deci and Ryan, accomplishments are satisfying:

Accepted Answer

A)  no matter why they occur. 
B)  only if you do them without anyone's help. 
C)  only if you feel a sense of self-determination in your effort. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  no matter why they occur. 
B)  only if you do them without anyone's help. 
C)  only if you feel a sense of self-determination in your effort. 
D)  all of the above

Question 15

Self-actualizers are less accepting of other people's frailties than most people

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to existential psychologists, awareness of the inevitability of death evokes a sense of:

Accepted Answer

A)  reactance. 
B)  angst. 
C)  existential guilt. 
D)  wish fulfillment. 
A)  reactance. 
B)  angst. 
C)  existential guilt. 
D)  wish fulfillment.

Question 17

Medical students who thought their professors were supportive of their own autonomy:

Accepted Answer

A)  became more autonomous in their own learning. 
B)  felt more competent in the skills they were learning. 
C)  were more supportive of others' autonomy. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  became more autonomous in their own learning. 
B)  felt more competent in the skills they were learning. 
C)  were more supportive of others' autonomy. 
D)  all of the above

Question 18

Peak experiences are similar to Csikszentmihalyi's concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the out-of-body experience. 
B)  rush. 
C)  flow. 
D)  the zone. 
A)  the out-of-body experience. 
B)  rush. 
C)  flow. 
D)  the zone.

Question 19

Wegner's research has led him to suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A)  all humans have free will. 
B)  free will develops around age 2. 
C)  free will develops around age 5. 
D)  free will is an illusion. 
A)  all humans have free will. 
B)  free will develops around age 2. 
C)  free will develops around age 5. 
D)  free will is an illusion.

Question 20

Self-actualization reflects a greater congruence between the actual and ideal selves

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is true of the needs for autonomy and relatedness?

___________was Rogers's term for the tendency of each person to develop capabilities that maintain or enhance the self.

Self-actualization promotes ___________within the person.

Mortality salience motivates people to attain autonomy and avoid close relationships

Terror management starts with the proposition that:

Restatement of content is more intellectual and less emotional than clarification of feelings.

Existential guilt arises:

Humanistic psychology has been criticized for being overly optimistic.

The concept dasein implies:

Esteem needs include a sense of appreciation from others.

Rogers distinguishes between the_ self and the _self:

Growth is a goal that can be reached and then set aside.

Maslow distinguished between:

According to Deci and Ryan, accomplishments are satisfying:

Self-actualizers are less accepting of other people's frailties than most people

According to existential psychologists, awareness of the inevitability of death evokes a sense of:

Medical students who thought their professors were supportive of their own autonomy:

Peak experiences are similar to Csikszentmihalyi's concept of:

Wegner's research has led him to suggest that:

Self-actualization reflects a greater congruence between the actual and ideal selves

What Is Personality Psychology

Methods in the Study of Personality

Issues in Personality Assessment

The Trait Perspective

The Motive Perspective

Genetics, Evolution, and Personality

Biological Processes and Personality

The Psychoanalytic Perspective

Psychosocial Theories

The Learning Perspective

The Cognitive Perspective

The Self-Regulation Perspective

Personality in Perspective: Overlap and Integration

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Exam 11: Self-Actualization and Self-Determination

Which of the following is true of the needs for autonomy and relatedness?

___________was Rogers's term for the tendency of each person to develop capabilities that maintain or enhance the self.

Self-actualization promotes ___________within the person.

Mortality salience motivates people to attain autonomy and avoid close relationships

Terror management starts with the proposition that:

Restatement of content is more intellectual and less emotional than clarification of feelings.

Existential guilt arises:

Humanistic psychology has been criticized for being overly optimistic.

The concept dasein implies:

Esteem needs include a sense of appreciation from others.

Rogers distinguishes between the___________ self and the ___________self:

Growth is a goal that can be reached and then set aside.

Maslow distinguished between:

According to Deci and Ryan, accomplishments are satisfying:

Self-actualizers are less accepting of other people's frailties than most people

According to existential psychologists, awareness of the inevitability of death evokes a sense of:

Medical students who thought their professors were supportive of their own autonomy:

Peak experiences are similar to Csikszentmihalyi's concept of:

Wegner's research has led him to suggest that:

Self-actualization reflects a greater congruence between the actual and ideal selves

What Is Personality Psychology

Methods in the Study of Personality

Issues in Personality Assessment

The Trait Perspective

The Motive Perspective

Genetics, Evolution, and Personality

Biological Processes and Personality

The Psychoanalytic Perspective

Psychosocial Theories

The Learning Perspective

The Cognitive Perspective

The Self-Regulation Perspective

Personality in Perspective: Overlap and Integration

Filters

Rogers distinguishes between the_ self and the _self: