Exam 4 - Practice Test

Question 1

________ psychology is based on the premise that to understand a person, you must understand his or her unique view of reality.

Answer 1

Humanistic

Question 2

What aspect of human psychological functioning is of particular interest to humanistic psychologists?

Answer 2

self-awareness

Question 3

One possible interpretation of the basic phenomenological philosophy is that ________.

Answer 3

all interpretations of reality are equally valid

Question 4

From an existential perspective, what is the key question every individual is faced with?

Answer 4

What is the nature of existence?

Question 5

________ consists of your biological experiences and ________ consists of your psychological experiences.

Answer 5

Umwelt;

Eigenwelt

Question 6

Andrew watched himself in the mirror and was overcome with the remarkable insight that he was observing himself in the mirror. Andrew is experiencing ________.

Answer 6

Eigenwelt

Question 7

________ is a term for the time, place, and circumstances into which you happened to be born.

Answer 7

Thrown-ness

Question 8

Jerry has been wondering what life means and whether he is living his life purposefully. If he cannot answer these questions, he will probably experience ________.

Answer 8

angst

Question 9

The humanist psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow took basic existential assumptions and added the assumption that ________.

Answer 9

people are good and have an innate need to make themselves and the world better

Question 10

Research suggests that individuals high in which personality attribute are most likely to experience flow?

Answer 10

locus of control

Question 11

________ occurs when a child picks up the cultural influences of the place where he or she grows up.

Answer 11

Enculturation

Question 12

________ occurs when someone moves to a new place and gradually picks up the culture of the new location.

Answer 12

Acculturation

Question 13

If members of two cultures experience the same emotions, seek the same goals, and organize their thoughts in comparable ways, then the two cultures ________.

Answer 13

have similar experience-near constructs

Question 14

According to the text, what term describes cultures that have only a few socially sanctioned goals and only a few ways to achieve these goals?

Answer 14

tough

Question 15

According to the text, which characteristic of cultures might be the most difficult to judge?

Answer 15

complexity