Test 2

Question 1

Rafael is a perfectionist who goes to extremes to prove that he needs no one’s help in any way. His quest for total self-sufficiency has resulted in social isolation. According to Horney, what is his primary mode of relating to others?

Answer 1

Moving away

Question 2

A neurotic need to be admired and to exploit that admiration represents, according to Horney, which of the following solutions to anxiety?

Answer 2

Self-expansion

Question 3

According to Horney, “__________” represent(s) identification with the ideal self instead of the real or actual self.

Answer 3

the tyranny of the shoulds

Question 4

According to Horney, men’s superiority to women in creative endeavors can be attributed to their

Answer 4

inability to create biologically

Question 5

Maria is a mother who is high in demands and psychological control, but low in warmth. Which parenting style does Maria exemplify?

Answer 5

Authoritative

Question 6

According to Fromm, what separates human nature from animal nature?

Answer 6

Hostility

Question 7

The use of humanistic rather than authoritarian ethics is characteristic of which of the following orientations?

Answer 7

Exploitative

Question 8

Anna Freud enlarged the application of psychoanalysis to new areas, including exploration of the ego and the study of

Answer 8

the study of children and exploration of the ego

Question 9

Which of the following is one of the ways in which Erikson extended Freudian psychoanalysis?

Answer 9

He added a social dimension that before was only implied in the psychosexual stages

Question 10

Each of Erikson’s psychosocial stages is organized around a(n) ________ that children encounter at certain critical periods

Answer 10

emotional polarity

Question 11

According to Erikson, the primary dilemma of infancy is

Answer 11

hope

Question 12

Two-year-old Emma was just toilet-trained. According to Erikson, if her parents were firm and reassuring, Emma would emerge from this stage with a newly developed ego strength of

Answer 12

will

Question 13

The virtue of love emerges with the successful emergence of Erikson’s _________ stage.

Answer 13

intimacy versus isolation

Question 14

The ego strength of care emerges during which of Erikson’s psychosexual stages?

Answer 14

Generativity vs stagnation

Question 15

Dan McAdams’ theories of personality are most closely related to those of

Answer 15

Erikson

Question 16

In his study of generative and nongenerative adults, McAdams found that generative adults were

Answer 16

able to turn negative experiences into positives

Question 17

The theorist most closely identified with the separation-individuation process is

Answer 17

Mahler

Question 18

According to Kernberg, the intense changes in interpersonal relationships that are apparent in someone with borderline personality disorder can best be explained by the notion of

Answer 18

splitting

Question 19

The Stone Center group formed to

Answer 19

promote a better understanding of the psychology of women