Question 1

Horney regretted

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A)  that anyone ever paid any attention to Freud 
B)  that the psychology of women had been considered only from the point of view of men 
C)  that Freud was ignorant of women because he had so few as patients 
D)  that women had made no real progress from the turn of the century to the 1940s 
A)  that anyone ever paid any attention to Freud 
B)  that the psychology of women had been considered only from the point of view of men 
C)  that Freud was ignorant of women because he had so few as patients 
D)  that women had made no real progress from the turn of the century to the 1940s

Question 2

In consistency with Horney's view, Philip Shaver and his colleagues hypothesized that

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no link between childhood jealousy and adult jealousy 
B)  adults who show child-like jealousy are neurotic 
C)  the link between childhood jealousy and adult jealousy is mediated by the ideal self image in relation to the real self image 
D)  the way adult persons relate to their lovers may mirror the way those persons related to their parents as children 
A)  there is no link between childhood jealousy and adult jealousy 
B)  adults who show child-like jealousy are neurotic 
C)  the link between childhood jealousy and adult jealousy is mediated by the ideal self image in relation to the real self image 
D)  the way adult persons relate to their lovers may mirror the way those persons related to their parents as children

Question 3

Which of the following was among Horney's deficiencies that she shared with other theorists covered in the first part of the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  over emphasis on infantile sexuality 
B)  nonscientific training as a physician and psychiatrist 
C)  too much concern with interpersonal relations 
A)  over emphasis on infantile sexuality 
B)  nonscientific training as a physician and psychiatrist 
C)  too much concern with interpersonal relations

Question 4

To Horney, a neurosis is

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A)  reactions to threats that repressed material will surface 
B)  disturbances in the unconscious related to failure of the self to balance needs 
C)  psychic disturbances due to fears and defenses against them and to attempts to find compromise solutions for conflicting tendencies 
D)  fundamental insecurities arising from a failure to reconcile need for achievement with need for gratification 
A)  reactions to threats that repressed material will surface 
B)  disturbances in the unconscious related to failure of the self to balance needs 
C)  psychic disturbances due to fears and defenses against them and to attempts to find compromise solutions for conflicting tendencies 
D)  fundamental insecurities arising from a failure to reconcile need for achievement with need for gratification

Question 5

Horney's father was a

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A)  preacher 
B)  sea captain 
C)  professor 
D)  school teacher 
A)  preacher 
B)  sea captain 
C)  professor 
D)  school teacher

Question 6

Mikulincer (1998) found all the following except one. Which was NOT among this researcher's findings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Secure people showed low anger-proneness. 
B)  Anxious-ambivalent people displayed lack of anger control. 
C)  Avoidant people were high in hostility. 
D)  Avoidant people were fully aware of their anger. 
A)  Secure people showed low anger-proneness. 
B)  Anxious-ambivalent people displayed lack of anger control. 
C)  Avoidant people were high in hostility. 
D)  Avoidant people were fully aware of their anger.

Question 7

According to Harris and Christenfeld (1996) and DeSteno and Salovey (1996)

Accepted Answer

A)  he evidence in favor of evolutionary theory is overwhelming 
B)  both genders find sexual infidelity equally highly distressing 
C)  neither gender is particularly concerned about either emotional or sexual infidelity 
D)  sexuality infidelity implies emotional infidelity and vice versa 
A)  he evidence in favor of evolutionary theory is overwhelming 
B)  both genders find sexual infidelity equally highly distressing 
C)  neither gender is particularly concerned about either emotional or sexual infidelity 
D)  sexuality infidelity implies emotional infidelity and vice versa

Question 8

In what way did Adler side with Horney in her feud with the Freudians?

Accepted Answer

A)  He acknowledged the greater inferiority of men. 
B)  He accompanied her to a psychoanalytic convention in Vienna and supported her as she confronted Freud in person. 
C)  He was one of the women's movement's first male figures. 
D)  He felt that decisions about birth control and abortion should be left up to women. 
A)  He acknowledged the greater inferiority of men. 
B)  He accompanied her to a psychoanalytic convention in Vienna and supported her as she confronted Freud in person. 
C)  He was one of the women's movement's first male figures. 
D)  He felt that decisions about birth control and abortion should be left up to women.

Question 9

Ryckman and colleagues (1999) found what adnormal characteristic related to hypercompetitiveness?

Accepted Answer

A)  depression 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  bipolar disorder 
D)  eating disorder 
A)  depression 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  bipolar disorder 
D)  eating disorder

Question 10

According to Horney, rationalization is

Accepted Answer

A)  a way to reduce cognitive dissonance 
B)  a tendency to intellectualize instead of emotionalize about intrapsychic conflicts 
C)  self-deception by reasoning 
D)  attempting to be rational when irrationality actually characterizes oneself 
A)  a way to reduce cognitive dissonance 
B)  a tendency to intellectualize instead of emotionalize about intrapsychic conflicts 
C)  self-deception by reasoning 
D)  attempting to be rational when irrationality actually characterizes oneself

Question 11

Who is most likely to show aggression in response to jealousy?

Accepted Answer

A)  men 
B)  neither gender 
C)  both equally 
D)  women 
A)  men 
B)  neither gender 
C)  both equally 
D)  women

Question 12

Horney was aided by

Accepted Answer

A)  her father's support for her educational endeavors 
B)  grandmother Minna's generous financial support 
C)  her younger sister's willingness to be a role model 
D)  an era in Europe during which women could seek a higher education 
A)  her father's support for her educational endeavors 
B)  grandmother Minna's generous financial support 
C)  her younger sister's willingness to be a role model 
D)  an era in Europe during which women could seek a higher education

Question 13

Which is a reason for the child's insecurity, according to Horney?

Accepted Answer

A)  hostile home atmosphere 
B)  sex role ambiguity 
C)  faulty division of labor among parents 
D)  sibling rivalry 
A)  hostile home atmosphere 
B)  sex role ambiguity 
C)  faulty division of labor among parents 
D)  sibling rivalry

Question 14

In Ryckman and colleagues study of Horney's "hypercompetitiveness," which of the following measures was most closely related to being hypercompetitive?

Accepted Answer

A)  Machiavellianism 
B)  narcissism 
C)  Type E orientation 
D)  sensation seeking 
A)  Machiavellianism 
B)  narcissism 
C)  Type E orientation 
D)  sensation seeking

Question 15

Which of the following were true of Clare?

Accepted Answer

A)  She wondered whether her love for Peter was a compensation for the loss of her father's love. 
B)  She began to realize that her need for Peter was based on something other than affection. 
C)  She was suicidal when she learned that Peter was having an affair. 
D)  That a woman's love was merely a screen for exploiting a man was an original conjecture on her part. 
A)  She wondered whether her love for Peter was a compensation for the loss of her father's love. 
B)  She began to realize that her need for Peter was based on something other than affection. 
C)  She was suicidal when she learned that Peter was having an affair. 
D)  That a woman's love was merely a screen for exploiting a man was an original conjecture on her part.

Question 16

Expansiveness refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  desire to be "in control" and not admit that one is incorrect 
B)  believing that winning is everything, how the game is played is nothing 
C)  being the on-looker, the non-competitor, the avoider who is hypersensitive to influence attempts 
D)  seeking accommodation to others at any price 
A)  desire to be "in control" and not admit that one is incorrect 
B)  believing that winning is everything, how the game is played is nothing 
C)  being the on-looker, the non-competitor, the avoider who is hypersensitive to influence attempts 
D)  seeking accommodation to others at any price

Question 17

What did Levy, Blatt and Shaver (1998) find when they had subjects write a description of each parent?

Accepted Answer

A)  As expected, anxious-ambivalent women's descriptions of their mothers were the most ambivalent. 
B)  Unexpectedly, secure women's descriptions of their mothers were at a low (non-complex) level. 
C)  Unexpectedly, avoidant women's descriptions of their mothers were the most ambivalent. 
D)  Avoidant women also described their parents at a low cognitive level. 
A)  As expected, anxious-ambivalent women's descriptions of their mothers were the most ambivalent. 
B)  Unexpectedly, secure women's descriptions of their mothers were at a low (non-complex) level. 
C)  Unexpectedly, avoidant women's descriptions of their mothers were the most ambivalent. 
D)  Avoidant women also described their parents at a low cognitive level.

Question 18

All below are among the shoulds that plague people, except one. Which NOT is a should?

Accepted Answer

A)  point out other's faults 
B)  be dignified 
C)  be courageous 
D)  be honest and generous 
A)  point out other's faults 
B)  be dignified 
C)  be courageous 
D)  be honest and generous

Question 19

Horney, to escape from under the thumb of her father,

Accepted Answer

A)  ran away from home at the age of thirteen 
B)  refused to obey him 
C)  submitted to the protection of her mother 
D)  at an early age, decided to reject all males 
A)  ran away from home at the age of thirteen 
B)  refused to obey him 
C)  submitted to the protection of her mother 
D)  at an early age, decided to reject all males

Question 20

Arbitrary rightness is

Accepted Answer

A)  arbitrarily deciding what is the right thing for others to do 
B)  an arbitrariness in deciding what is morally right 
C)  a feeling that others are arbitrary in deciding what is right for oneself 
D)  the strategy of those who see life as a battle, thus, they must be right about everything lest they be controlled by "foreign influence" 
A)  arbitrarily deciding what is the right thing for others to do 
B)  an arbitrariness in deciding what is morally right 
C)  a feeling that others are arbitrary in deciding what is right for oneself 
D)  the strategy of those who see life as a battle, thus, they must be right about everything lest they be controlled by "foreign influence"

Horney regretted

In consistency with Horney's view, Philip Shaver and his colleagues hypothesized that

Which of the following was among Horney's deficiencies that she shared with other theorists covered in the first part of the text?

To Horney, a neurosis is

Horney's father was a

Mikulincer (1998) found all the following except one. Which was NOT among this researcher's findings?

According to Harris and Christenfeld (1996) and DeSteno and Salovey (1996)

In what way did Adler side with Horney in her feud with the Freudians?

Ryckman and colleagues (1999) found what adnormal characteristic related to hypercompetitiveness?

According to Horney, rationalization is

Who is most likely to show aggression in response to jealousy?

Horney was aided by

Which is a reason for the child's insecurity, according to Horney?

In Ryckman and colleagues study of Horney's "hypercompetitiveness," which of the following measures was most closely related to being hypercompetitive?

Which of the following were true of Clare?

Expansiveness refers to

What did Levy, Blatt and Shaver (1998) find when they had subjects write a description of each parent?

All below are among the shoulds that plague people, except one. Which NOT is a should?

Horney, to escape from under the thumb of her father,

Arbitrary rightness is

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

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

Horney regretted

In consistency with Horney's view, Philip Shaver and his colleagues hypothesized that

Which of the following was among Horney's deficiencies that she shared with other theorists covered in the first part of the text?

To Horney, a neurosis is

Horney's father was a

Mikulincer (1998) found all the following except one. Which was NOT among this researcher's findings?

According to Harris and Christenfeld (1996) and DeSteno and Salovey (1996)

In what way did Adler side with Horney in her feud with the Freudians?

Ryckman and colleagues (1999) found what adnormal characteristic related to hypercompetitiveness?

According to Horney, rationalization is

Who is most likely to show aggression in response to jealousy?

Horney was aided by

Which is a reason for the child's insecurity, according to Horney?

In Ryckman and colleagues study of Horney's "hypercompetitiveness," which of the following measures was most closely related to being hypercompetitive?

Which of the following were true of Clare?

Expansiveness refers to

What did Levy, Blatt and Shaver (1998) find when they had subjects write a description of each parent?

All below are among the shoulds that plague people, except one. Which NOT is a should?

Horney, to escape from under the thumb of her father,

Arbitrary rightness is

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

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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