Question 1

Deficiency needs refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the meta-needs 
B)  a category of needs that includes self-actualization 
C)  the first four needs 
D)  all the needs except meta-needs 
A)  the meta-needs 
B)  a category of needs that includes self-actualization 
C)  the first four needs 
D)  all the needs except meta-needs

Question 2

What problem did Wicker and colleagues (1993) find earlier with studies of Maslow's hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subject samples were too small. 
B)  There was a tendency to use only rare self-actualized persons as subjects. 
C)  There was a tendency to ignore meta-needs. 
D)  These studies tended to use a measure of "importance" of need satisfaction. 
A)  Subject samples were too small. 
B)  There was a tendency to use only rare self-actualized persons as subjects. 
C)  There was a tendency to ignore meta-needs. 
D)  These studies tended to use a measure of "importance" of need satisfaction.

Question 3

Which best characterizes the example self-actualized person?

Accepted Answer

A)  well-rounded 
B)  deeply turned inward 
C)  a citizen of the world 
D)  He is his ethnicity. 
A)  well-rounded 
B)  deeply turned inward 
C)  a citizen of the world 
D)  He is his ethnicity.

Question 4

Maslow believed

Accepted Answer

A)  all people are equal 
B)  most people are not worthy 
C)  some people are good choosers and some bad choosers 
D)  some people are more equal than others 
A)  all people are equal 
B)  most people are not worthy 
C)  some people are good choosers and some bad choosers 
D)  some people are more equal than others

Question 5

Need for self-actualization

Accepted Answer

A)  is the second highest need on the hierarchy 
B)  includes the desire for self-fulfillment 
C)  includes personal desires for adequacy 
D)  includes desires for respect from other people 
A)  is the second highest need on the hierarchy 
B)  includes the desire for self-fulfillment 
C)  includes personal desires for adequacy 
D)  includes desires for respect from other people

Question 6

Hierarchical needs are

Accepted Answer

A)  only part of the biological needs that humans seek to satisfy 
B)  arranged in a shifting pattern 
C)  only effective during childhood 
D)  not met in all-or-none fashion 
A)  only part of the biological needs that humans seek to satisfy 
B)  arranged in a shifting pattern 
C)  only effective during childhood 
D)  not met in all-or-none fashion

Question 7

What did Sherrill and colleagues (1990) find when they administered the Personality Orientation Inventory (POI) to blind and sighted athletes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blind athletes scored lower on the Existentiality and Self-acceptance scales. 
B)  Blind athletes scored high on the Existentiality and Self-acceptance scales. 
C)  Sighted athletes had higher POI scores, overall. 
D)  Blind athletes had higher POI scores, overall. 
A)  Blind athletes scored lower on the Existentiality and Self-acceptance scales. 
B)  Blind athletes scored high on the Existentiality and Self-acceptance scales. 
C)  Sighted athletes had higher POI scores, overall. 
D)  Blind athletes had higher POI scores, overall.

Question 8

What Gestalt-like principle was basic as far as Maslow was concerned?

Accepted Answer

A)  People are equally worthy. 
B)  Similarities among people out-weigh differences. 
C)  The person is an integrated, organized whole. 
D)  Closure is the most important part of therapy. 
A)  People are equally worthy. 
B)  Similarities among people out-weigh differences. 
C)  The person is an integrated, organized whole. 
D)  Closure is the most important part of therapy.

Question 9

Which was a difference between Rogers and Maslow?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had different sexual orientations. 
B)  Their family backgrounds were different. 
C)  Only one of them was a humanist. 
D)  Their assumptions about people were very different. 
A)  They had different sexual orientations. 
B)  Their family backgrounds were different. 
C)  Only one of them was a humanist. 
D)  Their assumptions about people were very different.

Question 10

What did Wicker's and Wiehe's (1999) subjects who wrote about success at being close with another person show that subjects who wrote about lack of success didn't show?

Accepted Answer

A)  attainment of the esteem level 
B)  attainment of the belongingness and love level 
C)  attainment of the safety and security level 
D)  attainment of self-actualization 
A)  attainment of the esteem level 
B)  attainment of the belongingness and love level 
C)  attainment of the safety and security level 
D)  attainment of self-actualization

Question 11

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maslow placed the broadest needs at the narrow apex of the pyramid. 
B)  Research showed that Maslow's self-actualization and Frankl's self-transcendence were not highly similar. 
C)  Maslow falsely saw self-actualizers as selfish. 
D)  Maslow's self-actualization is neither universal or necessarily the best rendition of human fulfillment. 
A)  Maslow placed the broadest needs at the narrow apex of the pyramid. 
B)  Research showed that Maslow's self-actualization and Frankl's self-transcendence were not highly similar. 
C)  Maslow falsely saw self-actualizers as selfish. 
D)  Maslow's self-actualization is neither universal or necessarily the best rendition of human fulfillment.

Question 12

Needs, according to Maslow, are

Accepted Answer

A)  opposite to motives 
B)  motion-propelling organization directed toward goals 
C)  simple tensions that demand to be satisfied 
D)  satisfactions that are sought by all humans 
A)  opposite to motives 
B)  motion-propelling organization directed toward goals 
C)  simple tensions that demand to be satisfied 
D)  satisfactions that are sought by all humans

Question 13

What does a person see in the face and vase figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  either the face or the vase 
B)  both the face and the vase 
C)  neither the face nor the vase 
D)  a mixture of the face and the vase 
A)  either the face or the vase 
B)  both the face and the vase 
C)  neither the face nor the vase 
D)  a mixture of the face and the vase

Question 14

An instinctoid is

Accepted Answer

A)  an object of Maslow's scorn 
B)  the same thing as an instinct 
C)  instinct-like 
D)  like an instinct, but never biological 
A)  an object of Maslow's scorn 
B)  the same thing as an instinct 
C)  instinct-like 
D)  like an instinct, but never biological

Question 15

Why did Maslow stick with his early monkey research as long as he did?

Accepted Answer

A)  greed 
B)  success 
C)  He did not want to leave Wisconsin. 
D)  Bertha had several babies in a row, making a move impossible. 
A)  greed 
B)  success 
C)  He did not want to leave Wisconsin. 
D)  Bertha had several babies in a row, making a move impossible.

Question 16

Which of the following was one of the reasons that Maslow left Cornell?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bertha 
B)  He was accused of criminal activity. 
C)  He wanted to go to an all-Jewish school. 
D)  He wanted to study with Wundt. 
A)  Bertha 
B)  He was accused of criminal activity. 
C)  He wanted to go to an all-Jewish school. 
D)  He wanted to study with Wundt.

Question 17

Which of the following is a Maslow idea that has been very valuable in applied settings?

Accepted Answer

A)  instinctoids 
B)  multiple motivations 
C)  biology as a base for everything 
D)  the hierarchy of needs 
A)  instinctoids 
B)  multiple motivations 
C)  biology as a base for everything 
D)  the hierarchy of needs

Question 18

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maslow arrived at self-actualization by proclaiming "super personalities" as experts on self-actualizing. 
B)  Maslow's sample of "super personalities" was small and arbitrarily selected. 
C)  Maslow ignored abundance motivation in favor of deficiency motivation. 
D)  Maslow used myself as a standard for judging whether a candidate "super personality" was worthy of being included in his sample. 
A)  Maslow arrived at self-actualization by proclaiming "super personalities" as experts on self-actualizing. 
B)  Maslow's sample of "super personalities" was small and arbitrarily selected. 
C)  Maslow ignored abundance motivation in favor of deficiency motivation. 
D)  Maslow used myself as a standard for judging whether a candidate "super personality" was worthy of being included in his sample.

Question 19

Which was a limitation that Alderfer (1989) noted in Maslow as a person?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was unable to act in ways consistent with his own theory. 
B)  He smoked so much that he offended most of his graduate assistants. 
C)  It was rumored that he was a sexual harasser. 
D)  He was so shy that he could not even stand up and talk to a class. 
A)  He was unable to act in ways consistent with his own theory. 
B)  He smoked so much that he offended most of his graduate assistants. 
C)  It was rumored that he was a sexual harasser. 
D)  He was so shy that he could not even stand up and talk to a class.

Question 20

All except one of the following are elements of Buddha path to Nirvana. Which is NOT among those elements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suffering is abolished only by eliminating cravings. 
B)  Self-sacrifice and devotion to others is a sign of inner spiritual weakness. 
C)  adhere to moral conduct 
D)  maintain mental discipline 
A)  Suffering is abolished only by eliminating cravings. 
B)  Self-sacrifice and devotion to others is a sign of inner spiritual weakness. 
C)  adhere to moral conduct 
D)  maintain mental discipline

Deficiency needs refers to

What problem did Wicker and colleagues (1993) find earlier with studies of Maslow's hierarchy?

Which best characterizes the example self-actualized person?

Maslow believed

Need for self-actualization

Hierarchical needs are

What did Sherrill and colleagues (1990) find when they administered the Personality Orientation Inventory (POI) to blind and sighted athletes?

What Gestalt-like principle was basic as far as Maslow was concerned?

Which was a difference between Rogers and Maslow?

What did Wicker's and Wiehe's (1999) subjects who wrote about success at being close with another person show that subjects who wrote about lack of success didn't show?

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Needs, according to Maslow, are

What does a person see in the face and vase figure?

An instinctoid is

Why did Maslow stick with his early monkey research as long as he did?

Which of the following was one of the reasons that Maslow left Cornell?

Which of the following is a Maslow idea that has been very valuable in applied settings?

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Which was a limitation that Alderfer (1989) noted in Maslow as a person?

All except one of the following are elements of Buddha path to Nirvana. Which is NOT among those elements?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

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

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 10: Becoming All That One Can Be: Abraham Maslow

Deficiency needs refers to

What problem did Wicker and colleagues (1993) find earlier with studies of Maslow's hierarchy?

Which best characterizes the example self-actualized person?

Maslow believed

Need for self-actualization

Hierarchical needs are

What did Sherrill and colleagues (1990) find when they administered the Personality Orientation Inventory (POI) to blind and sighted athletes?

What Gestalt-like principle was basic as far as Maslow was concerned?

Which was a difference between Rogers and Maslow?

What did Wicker's and Wiehe's (1999) subjects who wrote about success at being close with another person show that subjects who wrote about lack of success didn't show?

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Needs, according to Maslow, are

What does a person see in the face and vase figure?

An instinctoid is

Why did Maslow stick with his early monkey research as long as he did?

Which of the following was one of the reasons that Maslow left Cornell?

Which of the following is a Maslow idea that has been very valuable in applied settings?

All except one of the following are criticisms lodged against Maslow's conceptions of self-actualization? Which is NOT a criticism?

Which was a limitation that Alderfer (1989) noted in Maslow as a person?

All except one of the following are elements of Buddha path to Nirvana. Which is NOT among those elements?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

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

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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