Question 1

All except one of the following were true of the case of Jim (Carlson, 1989). Which was NOT true of the case of Jim?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jim's efforts at increasing self-efficacy were unrelated to striving for superiority. 
B)  Jim was advised to take vitamins because cigarette smoking leaves a person vitamin depleted. 
C)  It was suggested that Jim avoid situations in which he usually smoked. 
D)  After brief training, Jim needed only to check back with the therapist on a few occasions to assess progress. 
A)  Jim's efforts at increasing self-efficacy were unrelated to striving for superiority. 
B)  Jim was advised to take vitamins because cigarette smoking leaves a person vitamin depleted. 
C)  It was suggested that Jim avoid situations in which he usually smoked. 
D)  After brief training, Jim needed only to check back with the therapist on a few occasions to assess progress. A

Question 2

Which of the following was questionable about Adler and those to whom the next several chapters are devoted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their ideas related to Freud's in some way. 
B)  All were concerned with early childhood experiences. 
C)  They all developed their own ideas. 
D)  They all were neo-Freudian. 
A)  Their ideas related to Freud's in some way. 
B)  All were concerned with early childhood experiences. 
C)  They all developed their own ideas. 
D)  They all were neo-Freudian. D

Question 3

How many session did it take Dinkmeyer and Sherman (1989) to help a disturbed family become more functional?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  20 
C)  30 
D)  40 
A)  10 
B)  20 
C)  30 
D)  40 A

Question 4

The individual's style of life is best seen in

Accepted Answer

A)  reflections on the future 
B)  contemplations of the present 
C)  dreams 
D)  reactions to previously encountered situations 
A)  reflections on the future 
B)  contemplations of the present 
C)  dreams 
D)  reactions to previously encountered situations

Question 5

Adler worked against

Accepted Answer

A)  socialism 
B)  people who tried to feel superior 
C)  war 
D)  attempts to form an international union of nations 
A)  socialism 
B)  people who tried to feel superior 
C)  war 
D)  attempts to form an international union of nations

Question 6

To overcompensate is to

Accepted Answer

A)  seek revenge on those who have frustrated oneself 
B)  overcome weaknesses by striving to become superior in some way 
C)  to fight the natural disposition of superiority over others 
D)  to bend over backwards to do or become whatever weaknesses deny oneself 
A)  seek revenge on those who have frustrated oneself 
B)  overcome weaknesses by striving to become superior in some way 
C)  to fight the natural disposition of superiority over others 
D)  to bend over backwards to do or become whatever weaknesses deny oneself

Question 7

In Adler's brand of determinism

Accepted Answer

A)  the present determines the past 
B)  the past determines the present 
C)  the past determines the future 
D)  the present has little determining force 
A)  the present determines the past 
B)  the past determines the present 
C)  the past determines the future 
D)  the present has little determining force

Question 8

To Adler, a brief therapy approach was

Accepted Answer

A)  a matter of shortening the length of sessions so that clients would not have to be in an emotionally charged atmosphere for long 
B)  techniques to solve clients problems in a specifiable and small number of sessions 
C)  a means of shortening the total relationship between the therapist and patient, regardless of the number of sessions 
D)  a ridiculous idea that was not in the best interest of the client 
A)  a matter of shortening the length of sessions so that clients would not have to be in an emotionally charged atmosphere for long 
B)  techniques to solve clients problems in a specifiable and small number of sessions 
C)  a means of shortening the total relationship between the therapist and patient, regardless of the number of sessions 
D)  a ridiculous idea that was not in the best interest of the client

Question 9

To what did Huber and colleagues (1989) attribute Frankenstein's remorse at the beginning of his work on the second creation?

Accepted Answer

A)  genuine guilt 
B)  a sudden realization that if there was a second monster, there would be a third, and so forth until he was consumed by making monsters 
C)  an attempt to appear more sensitive and thoughtful than others 
D)  a gallant effort to warn others of his monumental error 
A)  genuine guilt 
B)  a sudden realization that if there was a second monster, there would be a third, and so forth until he was consumed by making monsters 
C)  an attempt to appear more sensitive and thoughtful than others 
D)  a gallant effort to warn others of his monumental error

Question 10

Carlson's (1989) case of Jim, who wished to stop smoking, was used to illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)  the researcher's new measure of social interest 
B)  the superiority of the ER method over psychoanalytic free association 
C)  the use of Adler's omni-associationist method 
D)  Adlerian brief therapy 
A)  the researcher's new measure of social interest 
B)  the superiority of the ER method over psychoanalytic free association 
C)  the use of Adler's omni-associationist method 
D)  Adlerian brief therapy

Question 11

To Adler, what lies behind personality development?

Accepted Answer

A)  childhood trauma 
B)  complexes 
C)  childhood beliefs 
D)  appetites 
A)  childhood trauma 
B)  complexes 
C)  childhood beliefs 
D)  appetites

Question 12

Adler was especially opposed to

Accepted Answer

A)  violence 
B)  short term therapy 
C)  work as a social cause 
D)  free love 
A)  violence 
B)  short term therapy 
C)  work as a social cause 
D)  free love

Question 13

Shock is

Accepted Answer

A)  an extreme form of reaction; a person's automatic, unknowing exploitation of symptoms 
B)  experienced when a person's fiction runs head-on into reality 
C)  what occurs when consciousness and unconsciousness clash 
D)  experienced when two people in a close relationship develop different prototypes 
A)  an extreme form of reaction; a person's automatic, unknowing exploitation of symptoms 
B)  experienced when a person's fiction runs head-on into reality 
C)  what occurs when consciousness and unconsciousness clash 
D)  experienced when two people in a close relationship develop different prototypes

Question 14

Research by Zajonc and a review by Falbo, indicate all of the following, except one. Which is NOT indicated by their work?

Accepted Answer

A)  First borns are more likely to end up in the U.S. senate. 
B)  Last borns are the most intelligent. 
C)  Later borns added to the family dilute the intellectual atmosphere. 
D)  First borns are more likely to actually succeed. 
A)  First borns are more likely to end up in the U.S. senate. 
B)  Last borns are the most intelligent. 
C)  Later borns added to the family dilute the intellectual atmosphere. 
D)  First borns are more likely to actually succeed.

Question 15

Adler was an early advocate of

Accepted Answer

A)  environmentalism 
B)  internationalism 
C)  women's rights 
D)  long term therapy 
A)  environmentalism 
B)  internationalism 
C)  women's rights 
D)  long term therapy

Question 16

Which of the following was true of early recollections case studies presented by Adler?

Accepted Answer

A)  One case involved a man who wished to be President of the United States. 
B)  One person recalled, "at age four, my mother was knitting stockings while I watched workers building a house." 
C)  One person recalled "at about age six, I fell out of the automobile as it was backing out of the driveway." 
D)  One case involved a woman who competed with her brother for "best baseball catcher." 
A)  One case involved a man who wished to be President of the United States. 
B)  One person recalled, "at age four, my mother was knitting stockings while I watched workers building a house." 
C)  One person recalled "at about age six, I fell out of the automobile as it was backing out of the driveway." 
D)  One case involved a woman who competed with her brother for "best baseball catcher."

Question 17

Although they were defined somewhat differently, Adler tended to equate

Accepted Answer

A)  introversion and extraversion 
B)  love and lust 
C)  work and love 
D)  social feeling and social interest 
A)  introversion and extraversion 
B)  love and lust 
C)  work and love 
D)  social feeling and social interest

Question 18

Even several years ago, research showed what about Adler's birth notions?

Accepted Answer

A)  His notions have held up remarkably well over the years. 
B)  Contradictory findings are more the rule than the exception. 
C)  Results are highly qualified: Jordon and colleagues (1982) showed that first born males were the most indifferent to the interpersonal consequences of achievement. 
D)  Toni Falbo was quoted by a writer, "Birth order really explains a lot." 
A)  His notions have held up remarkably well over the years. 
B)  Contradictory findings are more the rule than the exception. 
C)  Results are highly qualified: Jordon and colleagues (1982) showed that first born males were the most indifferent to the interpersonal consequences of achievement. 
D)  Toni Falbo was quoted by a writer, "Birth order really explains a lot."

Question 19

Adler hated communism because

Accepted Answer

A)  it had succeeded too well 
B)  communists had borrowed his ideas without credit 
C)  they were threatening to overrun Austria 
D)  they had incarcerated his daughter Vail 
A)  it had succeeded too well 
B)  communists had borrowed his ideas without credit 
C)  they were threatening to overrun Austria 
D)  they had incarcerated his daughter Vail

Question 20

Which of the following is most clearly true to the concept "style of life"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the direction taken by the individual in his or her ability to exercise free choice 
B)  the individual's unique movement toward self-created goals and ideals 
C)  the manner of behaving that characterized the individual relative to others 
D)  the socioeconomic level of the individual throughout most of his or her life 
A)  the direction taken by the individual in his or her ability to exercise free choice 
B)  the individual's unique movement toward self-created goals and ideals 
C)  the manner of behaving that characterized the individual relative to others 
D)  the socioeconomic level of the individual throughout most of his or her life

All except one of the following were true of the case of Jim (Carlson, 1989). Which was NOT true of the case of Jim?

Which of the following was questionable about Adler and those to whom the next several chapters are devoted?

How many session did it take Dinkmeyer and Sherman (1989) to help a disturbed family become more functional?

The individual's style of life is best seen in

Adler worked against

To overcompensate is to

In Adler's brand of determinism

To Adler, a brief therapy approach was

To what did Huber and colleagues (1989) attribute Frankenstein's remorse at the beginning of his work on the second creation?

Carlson's (1989) case of Jim, who wished to stop smoking, was used to illustrate

To Adler, what lies behind personality development?

Adler was especially opposed to

Shock is

Research by Zajonc and a review by Falbo, indicate all of the following, except one. Which is NOT indicated by their work?

Adler was an early advocate of

Which of the following was true of early recollections case studies presented by Adler?

Although they were defined somewhat differently, Adler tended to equate

Even several years ago, research showed what about Adler's birth notions?

Adler hated communism because

Which of the following is most clearly true to the concept "style of life"?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Moving Toward, Away From, and Against Others: Karen Horney

Personality From the Interpersonal Perspective: Harry Stack Sullivan

The Seasons of Our Lives: Erik Erikson

The Sociopsychological Approach to Personality: Erich Fromm

Every Person Is to Be Prized: Carl Rogers

Becoming All That One Can Be: Abraham Maslow

Marching to a Different Drummer: George Kelly

The Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality: Walter Mischel and Julian Rotter

Thinking Ahead and Learning Mastery of Ones Circumstances: Albert Bandura

Its All a Matter of Consequences: B.F Skinner

Human Needs and Environmental Press: Henry a Murray

The Trait Approach to Personality: Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck

Personality Development and Prejudice: Gordon Allport

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Exam 4: Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

All except one of the following were true of the case of Jim (Carlson, 1989). Which was NOT true of the case of Jim?

Which of the following was questionable about Adler and those to whom the next several chapters are devoted?

How many session did it take Dinkmeyer and Sherman (1989) to help a disturbed family become more functional?

The individual's style of life is best seen in

Adler worked against

To overcompensate is to

In Adler's brand of determinism

To Adler, a brief therapy approach was

To what did Huber and colleagues (1989) attribute Frankenstein's remorse at the beginning of his work on the second creation?

Carlson's (1989) case of Jim, who wished to stop smoking, was used to illustrate

To Adler, what lies behind personality development?

Adler was especially opposed to

Shock is

Research by Zajonc and a review by Falbo, indicate all of the following, except one. Which is NOT indicated by their work?

Adler was an early advocate of

Which of the following was true of early recollections case studies presented by Adler?

Although they were defined somewhat differently, Adler tended to equate

Even several years ago, research showed what about Adler's birth notions?

Adler hated communism because

Which of the following is most clearly true to the concept "style of life"?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Moving Toward, Away From, and Against Others: Karen Horney

Personality From the Interpersonal Perspective: Harry Stack Sullivan

The Seasons of Our Lives: Erik Erikson

The Sociopsychological Approach to Personality: Erich Fromm

Every Person Is to Be Prized: Carl Rogers

Becoming All That One Can Be: Abraham Maslow

Marching to a Different Drummer: George Kelly

The Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality: Walter Mischel and Julian Rotter

Thinking Ahead and Learning Mastery of Ones Circumstances: Albert Bandura

Its All a Matter of Consequences: B.F Skinner

Human Needs and Environmental Press: Henry a Murray

The Trait Approach to Personality: Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck

Personality Development and Prejudice: Gordon Allport

Where Is Personality Theory Going

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