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According to Freud,the key to mental health is


A) an overpowering superego.
B) an unrestrained id.
C) dominance of the pleasure principle.
D) balance among mental structures.

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In Freudian theory,the force that energizes the personality and underlies our efforts to survive,our sexual desires,and our pleasure-seeking is known as the _______.

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According to Rogers,incongruence occurs when there is a mismatch between any two of which entities?


A) id,ego,and superego
B) psychological situation,expectancy,and reinforcement value
C) ideal self,self-image,and true self
D) the needs for safety,esteem,and self-actualization

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Use the complete list of characteristics of self-actualizers to evaluate yourself and explain what may be helping or hindering your self-actualization and what you can do to promote your journey toward self-actualization.

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The normal development of a male locked in an Oedipal rivalry would be expected to occur when


A) he finds a substitute source of sexual gratification.
B) his superego overpowers the sexual impulses of his id.
C) he comes to identify with his father and accepts his values.
D) he becomes fixated at the phallic stage of development.

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According to Freud,children from age six to puberty experience a quiet,settled time when psychosexual development is "on hold." This is called the _______ period.


A) phallic
B) anal
C) latency
D) genital

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Which of the following is NOT part of Maslow's recommendation for promoting self­actualization?


A) Be prepared to be different..
B) Set a top priority on the fulfillment of needs for safety and security.
C) Take personal responsibility for every aspect of your life.
D) Seek peak experiences.

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Sigmund Freud's theory would be classified as a _______ theory.


A) humanistic
B) psychodynamic
C) behavioral
D) social learning

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Students with which of the Big Five traits tends to embrace the carefree college lifestyle?


A) conscientiousness and openness to experience
B) extraversion and agreeableness
C) disagreeableness and emotional instability
D) conventional and present-oriented

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As Albert looks over the village in which he has been living for the last year as a Peace Corps volunteer,he begins to feel a sense of harmony and ecstasy as if he is at one with the universe.According to Abraham Maslow,Albert is experiencing


A) a peak experience.
B) nirvana.
C) depersonalization.
D) incongruence.

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Freud believed that many adult personality traits can be traced to which of the following occurring in one or more of the psychosexual stages?


A) fixation
B) incongruence
C) self-efficacy
D) conditions of worth

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According to Freud,when the standards of the ego ideal are met,we feel


A) pride.
B) guilt.
C) envy.
D) fear and confusion.

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According to Rogers,we allow which of the following into awareness where they gradually change the self?


A) positive and negative fixations
B) archetypes and symbolizations
C) organismic values.
D) experiences that match our self-image

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Rogers described mismatches between one's self­image and one's ideal self as a state of _______.

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Which theorists have helped to bring balance to our overall views of personality by paying special attention to the fuller use of our human potentials?


A) trait theorists
B) behaviorists
C) psychodynamic theorists
D) humanistic theorists

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Regarding Freud's theory,which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The superego acts as a power source for the entire psyche,or personality.
B) The libido underlies our efforts to survive,as well as our sexual desires and pleasure seeking.
C) Freud described a death instinct,although today it is more often thought of as an impulse toward aggression.
D) Freud offered humanity's long history of wars and violence as evidence of urges from the human instinct,he called Thanatos.

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According to Freud,which of the following begins at puberty and ends with the person having a mature capacity for love and the realization of full adult sexuality?


A) genital stage
B) organismic valuing
C) phallic stage
D) self-actualization

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Freud's belief that women do not develop as strong a conscience as men is best understood as a reflection of


A) women's less aggressive natures.
B) the male-dominated times in which Freud lived.
C) how males and females become orally fixated.
D) organismic valuing.

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Your roommate is constantly cleaning your apartment and picking up after you,even though you're not really very messy.Whenever you ask to borrow one of his books or CDs,he usually refuses and only agrees reluctantly,needing to make sure that you don't bend or break anything.According to Freud,your roommate is


A) anal-expulsive.
B) phallic.
C) anal-retentive.
D) oral-dependent.

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Scott is out shopping at the local bookstore and stumbles on a rare 20-volume set of The Civil War Years: Crisis,Peril,and Triumph.He has wanted this set for years,but unfortunately right now,he's unable to afford it.If the personality structures proposed by psychoanalytic theory could talk,what would the id likely say in this situation?


A) "Walk away and don't look back."
B) "Talk to the book store owner,see if you can put a small down payment on it to hold it,and then start saving up the money any way that you can."
C) "You really need this set of books.Why not just charge the whole thing on your already overburdened credit card?"
D) "You always want things you can't afford.You need to spend your money on necessities,not luxuries."

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