Deck 14: Putting Personality All Together

Question 1

With what kind of style do followers of Judaism and Islam worship Yahweh and Allah?

A) Behavioristic
B) Psychoanalytic
C) Existentialistic
D) Humanistic

Answer 1

A

Question 2

While the behavioristic God of the Torah is , the behavioristic God of the Koran is .

A) in science, in nature
B) out there, within
C) within, in science
D) within, out there

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The belief that a person's situation in life is a result from his or her karma (deeds) in previous lives is known as

A) reincarnation.
B) the law of karma.
C) Kaivalya.
D) None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What do the transpersonal psychologists include in their personality theories?

A) Linguistic analyses of philosophy
B) The world's great theologies
C) The world's great philosophies
D) The world's great spiritual traditions

Question 5

Which of the following statements is correct?

A) Christ rejected the behavioristic religion of his day, focusing instead on the inner life.
B) Christ embraced the behavioristic religion of his day.
C) Christ rejected focusing on the inner life.
D) None of the above

Question 6

Which is NOT one of the four noble truths of Buddhism?

A) Life is suffering.
B) Suffering is caused by craving and attachment.
C) Craving and attachment can be overcome.
D) Knowledge can overcome suffering.

Question 7

The earliest Hindu scriptures were known as what?

A) Brahma
B) Atman
C) Rigveda
D) Upanishads

Question 8

Muslim means

A) "One God."
B) "One who submits."
C) "Provider."
D) None of the above

Question 9

Taoism emphasizes the importance of emptiness, whereas Existentialists address

A) Gaia.
B) openness.
C) nothingness.
D) void.

Question 10

When a person refers to the uniting of divinity and humanity in an earthly form, this is known as

A) reincarnation.
B) incarnation.
C) beauteous unity.
D) human-divine unity.

Question 11

Deism believes that God created the universe

A) as self-sustaining, and does not need to tinker with it.
B) not self-sustaining, and needs to tinker with it.
C) as self-sustaining, but tinkers with it sometimes.
D) not self-sustaining, but does not tinker with it.

Question 12

Which of the following is the view that Earth functions as a living organism that self-regulates conditions of land, water, and atmosphere in order to maintain an environment favorable to life?

A) Mother Earth
B) Broad-bosomed
C) Gaia
D) Shinto

Question 13

Yoga and Zen are eastern methods for turning inward to find what?

A) God
B) Yahweh
C) Enlightenment
D) Spirituality

Question 14

In Confucianism, interpersonal relationships are motivated by and .

A) Jen, Tao
B) Li, Hana
C) Jen, Li
D) Hana, Tao

Question 15

Most Westerners see the self as the center of the person, while most Easterners see the self as

A) body based and mystical.
B) in the future, not in the present.
C) in the past and continuing into the present and future.
D) ancient, eternal, birthless, and everlasting.

Question 16

Neo-Pagans

A) do NOT hold nature in reverence.
B) hold all nature in reverence.
C) have all but disappeared as a force in religion.
D) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following appear behavioristic in character?

A) Nefertiti
B) Yahweh
C) Buddha
D) Christ

Question 18

What are the eastern methods for enlightenment?

A) Karma and Meditation
B) Yoga and Zen
C) Castes and Reincarnation
D) Work and Play

Question 19

Which of the following is a nature focused religion of Japanese origin?

A) Shinto
B) Yoga
C) Hinduism
D) Zen

Question 20

What does Taoism teach?

A) Compassionate, humane, profound love
B) Seamlessly proper behavior between persons
C) The effortless path
D) All of the above

Question 21

Christians worship a "family" of three Gods, known and the Trinity. Which religion has a similar triune God called the Trimurti?

A) Hinduism
B) Judaism
C) Taoism
D) Confucianism

Question 22

Which religion emphasizes the importance of emptiness?

A) Shinto
B) Taoism
C) Islam
D) Judaism

Question 23

Buddhists seek a state of perfect peace and blessedness that enable the believer to escape the painful cycles of death and rebirth. This state is known as

A) Zen.
B) Sangha.
C) Yoga.
D) Nirvana.

Question 24

Unlike Christianity which emphasizes Christ as a human-divine incarnation, Judaism portrays a

A) God who is angry with his creatures.
B) God who reasons with the intellectual.
C) sustaining stand-offish God.
D) a comforter who permeates the self and shares love with others.

Question 25

Which of the following best describes personality theories?

A) They frequently reflect the life experiences of their founders.
B) They tilt toward healing.
C) They are not so much right or wrong as they differ in usefulness.
D) All of the above

Question 26

The teachings of the Buddha are called

A) Bodhisattva.
B) Sangha.
C) Dharma.
D) Koran.

Question 27

Taoist practice is based on the Tao Te Ching, which is

A) one of the world's shortest, but most influential, religious texts.
B) one of the worlds longest and most influential religious texts.
C) the sacred journals of Tung Tse Tao.
D) the recorded visions of Tung Tse Tao.

Question 28

Theories are our intellectual

A) minds.
B) foci.
C) reflexes.
D) lenses.

Question 29

Personality theories tilt toward healing which has persisted in a trend that might be seen as a re- vitalized version of which branch of psychology?

A) Gestalt
B) Cognitive
C) Humanism-positivism
D) Social

Question 30

Yoga is seen by Westerners as the superhighway to transcendental growth. What does the word "Yoga" mean?

A) To exercise
B) To join
C) To play
D) To reflect

Question 31

What are the first four books of the Christian New Testament called?

A) The Bible
B) The Word
C) The Gospels
D) The way, the truth, and the life

Question 32

In Buddhism, while there are three jewels, there is a(n) -path for the route to transcendence.

A) sixfold
B) sevenfold
C) eightfold
D) threefold

Question 33

Although inspiration may lead to theories, must be insisted on.

A) satisfaction
B) validation
C) completion
D) fulfillment

Question 34

In which zone does Judaism belong?

A) Worshiping
B) Merging
C) Coalescing
D) Contemplating

Question 35

What is the Trimurti of Hinduism?

A) God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost
B) Ego, Id, Superego
C) Brahma, Vishnu, Shivah
D) Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga

Question 36

For Hindus, while Brahman is the most abstract, absolute, eternal, and unchanging form of Ultimate reality, what is the universal souls from which all other souls are derived?

A) Atman
B) Brahman
C) Rigveda
D) Upanishads

Question 37

The personal experiencing of the moment is the primary focus of

A) Sangha.
B) Zen.
C) Yoga.
D) Nirvana.

Question 38

Which is NOT one of the things personality theories all share?

A) They tilt toward healing.
B) They frequently reflect the life experiences of their founder(s).
C) They all believe there is a God or gods.
D) They vary in assigning personal agency.

Question 39

Hindu means

A) "Indian" and encompasses most (but not all) of the diverse religious traditions and practices of India.
B) "Easterner" and encompasses all of the diverse religious traditions and practices of India.
C) "Love" and encompasses 800 million followers.
D) "Discipline" and encompasses diverse religious traditions and practices.

Question 40

The vertical hierarchy is inherently holistic. What does the horizontal axis represent?

A) A dynamic interaction of persons and situations
B) Biological processes
C) Transcendental concepts
D) Supernovas in the universe