PSY 300 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Wilmington University

PSY 300 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Wilmington University



Week 3 Quiz

Question 1

In his analysis of Mahatma Gandhi, Erik Erikson suggested that Gandhi had not successfully resolved two of the major life conflicts.  Which two conflicts were they?

 

o   trust and autonomy

o   integrity and autonomy

o   intimacy and trust

o   intimacy and generativity

 

 

Question 2

In contrast to Freud's emphasis on sexuality, Erikson emphasized the _____ aspects of personality.

 

o   work-oriented

o   anal

o   oral

o   social

 

 

Question 3

According to Erikson, personality develops

 

o   throughout the life span, in eight stages.

o   primarily in adolescence.

o   throughout the life span, in five stages.

o   primarily before the age of five.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4

At each state of development, according to Erikson, there is a _____.

 

o   specific biological motivation

o   crisis

o   new significant other with whom to form a relationship

o   risk of suicide

 

 

Question 5

The identity crisis occurs in

 

o   childhood.

o   adolescence.

o   adulthood.

o   old age.

 

 

Question 6

Erikson's wife Joan, described a ninth stage of development that she and her husband had discussed.  In the ninth stage a very old person confronts the negative aspects of earlier stages they may be experiencing again in their old age.  This staged is called

 

o   stage regression.

o   gerotranscendence.

o   integrity complex.

o   the final transition.

 

 

 

Question 7

Marilyn Monroe's exaggerated concern for suffering animals is interprreted by the text according to the defence mechanism of _____.

 

o   externalization

o   compartmentalization

o   elusiveness

o   rationalization

 

 

Question 8

According to the text, Marilyn Monroe fits the pattern of a person with

 

o   excessive self-control.

o   a "moving away" type personality.

o   womb envy.

o   a neurotic need for affection.

 

 

Question 9

What social change had a major impact on Horney's life?

 

o   the rise of Nazi forces

o   increasing religious conflict

o   increasing opportunities for women

o   the decline of agriculture

 

 

 

Question 10

The experience of basic anxiety is the feeling of being _____ in a potentially helpless world.

 

o   isolated and helpless

o   loved but challenged

o   armed and dangerous

o   responsible and in charge

 

 

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the three interpersonal orientations described by Horney?

 

o   moving against

o   moving away

o   moving alongside

o   moving toward

 

 

Question 12

People who adopt the self-effacing solution are seeking

 

o   love.

o   mastery.

o   freedom.

o   self-actualization.

 

 

 

Question 13

According to Horney, people who are compliant with others' neds, constantly seeking affection and approval, are

 

o   high in social interest.

o   likely to be aware of their own hostility.

o   disproportionately focused on "moving forward".

o   emotionally healthy.

 

 

Question 14

If a child does not feel loved and safe, he/she feels vulnerable.  The term used by Horney to describe this is

 

o   Basic evil

o   Basic anxiety

o   Basic hostility

o   Basic conflict

 

 

Question 15

Mother Teresa's sense of charity for others is an example of what type of trait?

 

o   cardinal

o   central

o   secondary

o   elusive

 

 

 

Question 16

Allport's theory emphasized the development of the unified person and therefore his theory is called

 

o   analytical.

o   unconscious-oriented.

o   personological.

o   client-centered.

 

 

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a major theme in Allport's work?

 

o   psychosis

o   consistency of personality

o   social influence

o   the self

 

 

Question 18

Allport's theory of personality emphasizes

 

o   consistency.

o   the self.

o   social influence.

o   all of the above.

 

 

 

Question 19

Allport's saying, "The same heat that melts the butter hardens the egg" illustrates

 

o   the danger of drugs.

o   the interaction of personality and situations.

o   gentic influence.

o   determinism.

 

 

Question 20

Traits can be inferred from

 

o   behavior.

o   personal letters.

o   personality tests.

o   all of the above.

 

 

 

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