PSY 300 Week 7 Quiz | Assignment Help | Wilmington University

PSY 300 Week 7 Quiz | Assignment Help | Wilmington University 


Week 7 Quiz

 

Question 1

Which is true about the Dalai Lama's attitude toward Western science?

 

o   He is open to science, but rejects the idea that biology is the cause of mental processes.

o   He says that science and Buddhism cannot mix.

o   He rejects sciene as an attachment to the self.

o   He is ambivalent about Western science.

 

 

Question 2

Buddhism seeks to foster healthy growth by emphasizing

 

o   individual differences.

o   judgemental acceptance of differences.

o   the unchanging ways of humanity.

o   univeral potentialities in the human condition.

 

 

Question 3

Which empirical practice does Buddhism rely the most on?

 

o   experimental designs

o   correlational designs

o   factor analysis

o   self-observation

 

 

Question 4

The word buddha mean

 

o   priest.

o   awakened one.

o   wise one.

o   intelligent.

 

 

Question 5

According to Buddhism, what is the higher stage of consciousnss called?

 

o   enlightenment

o   actualization

o   self-actualization

o   ego-integrity

 

 

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

 

o   suffering

o   attachment

o   detachment

o   reattachment

 

 

Question 7

Jim is in emotional pain and disharmony.  Which of the Four Noble Truths is he experiencing?

 

o   First

o   Second

o   Third

o   Fourth

 

 

Question 8

The Buddhist way to deal with suffering is to

 

o   allow into consciousnss.

o   feel sorry for oneself.

o   avoid the pain.

o   continually push it aside.

 

 

Question 9

Which of the following is a kind of desire listed in Buddhism?

 

o   desire for sensory pleasure

o   desire to continue to exist

o   desire for annihilation

o   all of these

 

 

Question 10

Nirvan is

 

o   the goal of spiritual development.

o   one of the Four Noble Truths.

o   a Buddhist concept of self.

o   a technique to achieve enlightenment.

 

 

Question 11

 

A dominant paradigm would prevail if theorists agreed

 

o   how to define "personality."

o   what theoretical constructs are useful to explain personality.

o   what statistical tests should be used to study personality.

o   how therapy should be conducted.

 

 

Question 12

The approach which advocates combining various theories into one systematic whole is called

 

o   eclecticism.

o   pluralism.

o   unified theory.

o   none of the above.

 

 

Question 13

A multilevel theory is best described as

 

o   a unified theory that explains phenomena at various levels (e.g., biological, behavioral, and so on).

o   a theory presented differently for elementary students and for advanced students.

o   a theory that is tested by both correlational and experimental research.

o   a theory that is ambiguously phrased.

 

 

 

Question 14

Roger's "actualizing tenency" is based upon a(n) _____ metaphor.

 

o   information processin

o   organic

o   mechanistic

o   political

 

 

Question 15

When people tell the stories of their lives, they are expressing the _____ metaphor.

 

o   information processing

o   emergent self

o   mechanistic

o   narrative

 

 

Question 16

Personality psychologists are in agreement on a common paradigm.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 17

No attempts at a unified theory have been made in recent decades.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 Question 18

Telling the story of one's life is an example of the narrative metaphor of personality.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 19

It is always desirable to have comprehensive, rather than limited-range, theories.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 20

The mechanistic metaphor underlies Freudian and behavioristic theory.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

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