Question 1

The idolized self-image helps us to unify the personality

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

A person with Horney's _________ type personality would be needy, desperate to have privacy, and a need to feel superior to others.

Accepted Answer

A)  aggressive 
B)  compliant 
C)  dominant 
D)  detached 
A)  aggressive 
B)  compliant 
C)  dominant 
D)  detached D

Question 3

Horney believed that neurotic people construct an idealized self-image in order to unify the personality. Give a real-life example of this form of neurotic need.

Accepted Answer

Sarah is a nursing student in a local college. Her classes demand that she understand the material through the use of memorization. She feels she must be perfect in all her answers in order to get good grades in her courses. She is obsessed with these thoughts, which makes her perform poorly on exams, since her anxiety and fear of failing is so high.

Question 4

Which statement does not reflect Horney's views about childhood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality development is a continuous process throughout life. 
B)  Biological forces are more important than social forces in shaping personality. 
C)  There should be no discrimination based on gender. 
D)  A child's security depends entirely on how the parents treat the child. 
A)  Personality development is a continuous process throughout life. 
B)  Biological forces are more important than social forces in shaping personality. 
C)  There should be no discrimination based on gender. 
D)  A child's security depends entirely on how the parents treat the child.

Question 5

When neurotic needs are pursued compulsively, the person

Accepted Answer

A)  engages in all of them. 
B)  must be institutionalized. 
C)  tends to focus on only one need. 
D)  all of the answers 
A)  engages in all of them. 
B)  must be institutionalized. 
C)  tends to focus on only one need. 
D)  all of the answers

Question 6

Horney's idea that men envy women because of a woman's capacity for motherhood

Accepted Answer

A)  showed that men desire to be women. 
B)  was later accepted by Freud. 
C)  derived partly from her own pleasurable experience giving birth. 
D)  was not seen in her male patients. 
A)  showed that men desire to be women. 
B)  was later accepted by Freud. 
C)  derived partly from her own pleasurable experience giving birth. 
D)  was not seen in her male patients.

Question 7

In Horney's view, the Oedipus complex for women

Accepted Answer

A)  results in conflict between dependence on one's parents and hostility toward them. 
B)  does not exist. 
C)  is biologically based. 
D)  results from non-acceptance of their womanhood. 
A)  results in conflict between dependence on one's parents and hostility toward them. 
B)  does not exist. 
C)  is biologically based. 
D)  results from non-acceptance of their womanhood.

Question 8

Horney believed that dreams are

Accepted Answer

A)  reliable sources of true memories. 
B)  a continuation of daydreams. 
C)  creative solutions from the unconscious. 
D)  actually attempts to resolve problems. 
A)  reliable sources of true memories. 
B)  a continuation of daydreams. 
C)  creative solutions from the unconscious. 
D)  actually attempts to resolve problems.

Question 9

Karen Horney was never married and had no children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The flight from womanhood can lead to a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  inhibition of femininity. 
B)  inhibited sexual desire. 
C)  conflict between an unconscious desire to give birth and a fear of sexual intercourse. 
D)  All the answers. 
A)  inhibition of femininity. 
B)  inhibited sexual desire. 
C)  conflict between an unconscious desire to give birth and a fear of sexual intercourse. 
D)  All the answers.

Question 11

As a child, Horney

Accepted Answer

A)  was completely secure. 
B)  initially wanted to be a boy rather than a girl. 
C)  compensated for her physical inferiority. 
D)  was rebellious and spiteful. 
A)  was completely secure. 
B)  initially wanted to be a boy rather than a girl. 
C)  compensated for her physical inferiority. 
D)  was rebellious and spiteful.

Question 12

Horney was opposed to

Accepted Answer

A)  taking verbatim notes of her sessions. 
B)  formulating hypotheses. 
C)  maintaining her data the same way other scientists test their data. 
D)  clinical observations of her patients. 
A)  taking verbatim notes of her sessions. 
B)  formulating hypotheses. 
C)  maintaining her data the same way other scientists test their data. 
D)  clinical observations of her patients.

Question 13

Horney selected the case study method, which is similar to Freud, Jung, and Adler's work with patients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What factor in Horney's childhood is reflected in her personality theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horney suffered from sexual conflict. 
B)  Horney expressed loneliness as an only child. 
C)  Horney feared that her father or mother did not want her. 
D)  Horney exhibited perfectionist tendencies. 
A)  Horney suffered from sexual conflict. 
B)  Horney expressed loneliness as an only child. 
C)  Horney feared that her father or mother did not want her. 
D)  Horney exhibited perfectionist tendencies.

Question 15

The more afraid a child is of his or her parents,

Accepted Answer

A)  the more the child must repress hostility. 
B)  the less the child must repress hostility. 
C)  the more depressed the child feels. 
D)  the greater the child's guilt. 
A)  the more the child must repress hostility. 
B)  the less the child must repress hostility. 
C)  the more depressed the child feels. 
D)  the greater the child's guilt.

Question 16

For Horney, children develop feelings of security when

Accepted Answer

A)  no trauma is present in childhood. 
B)  parents show comfort, warmth, and affection. 
C)  a child becomes independent from parents at an early age. 
D)  a parent stays home when a child is young. 
A)  no trauma is present in childhood. 
B)  parents show comfort, warmth, and affection. 
C)  a child becomes independent from parents at an early age. 
D)  a parent stays home when a child is young.

Question 17

Horney believed that modern women experience psychological conflict between

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescence and middle age. 
B)  love and work. 
C)  love for their children and love for their parents. 
D)  the ego and the superego. 
A)  adolescence and middle age. 
B)  love and work. 
C)  love for their children and love for their parents. 
D)  the ego and the superego.

Question 18

Karen Horney was influenced by Freud but her theories deviated from him by arguing that men envied women because of their capacity for motherhood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Conflict in personality derives from the

Accepted Answer

A)  incompatibility among the three neurotic needs. 
B)  ability to express only one neurotic trend. 
C)  basic incompatibility of the three neurotic trends. 
D)  successful completion and integration of all three neurotic trends. 
A)  incompatibility among the three neurotic needs. 
B)  ability to express only one neurotic trend. 
C)  basic incompatibility of the three neurotic trends. 
D)  successful completion and integration of all three neurotic trends.

Question 20

A valid criticism of Horney's personality theory by Freudians is that her theory

Accepted Answer

A)  is an excessive and extreme emphasis on sexuality. 
B)  does not address trauma in childhood. 
C)  denies the importance of biological instincts. 
D)  was more elegantly constructed and more precise than the theory of Freud. 
A)  is an excessive and extreme emphasis on sexuality. 
B)  does not address trauma in childhood. 
C)  denies the importance of biological instincts. 
D)  was more elegantly constructed and more precise than the theory of Freud.

The idolized self-image helps us to unify the personality

A person with Horney's _________ type personality would be needy, desperate to have privacy, and a need to feel superior to others.

Horney believed that neurotic people construct an idealized self-image in order to unify the personality. Give a real-life example of this form of neurotic need.

Which statement does not reflect Horney's views about childhood?

When neurotic needs are pursued compulsively, the person

Horney's idea that men envy women because of a woman's capacity for motherhood

In Horney's view, the Oedipus complex for women

Horney believed that dreams are

Karen Horney was never married and had no children.

The flight from womanhood can lead to a(n)

As a child, Horney

Horney was opposed to

Horney selected the case study method, which is similar to Freud, Jung, and Adler's work with patients.

What factor in Horney's childhood is reflected in her personality theory?

The more afraid a child is of his or her parents,

For Horney, children develop feelings of security when

Horney believed that modern women experience psychological conflict between

Karen Horney was influenced by Freud but her theories deviated from him by arguing that men envied women because of their capacity for motherhood.

Conflict in personality derives from the

A valid criticism of Horney's personality theory by Freudians is that her theory

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Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology

Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality

Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck, and Other Trait Theorists

Abraham Maslow: Needs- Hierarchy Theory

Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

B F Skinner: Reinforcement Theory

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The idolized self-image helps us to unify the personality

A person with Horney's _________ type personality would be needy, desperate to have privacy, and a need to feel superior to others.

Horney believed that neurotic people construct an idealized self-image in order to unify the personality. Give a real-life example of this form of neurotic need.

Which statement does not reflect Horney's views about childhood?

When neurotic needs are pursued compulsively, the person

Horney's idea that men envy women because of a woman's capacity for motherhood

In Horney's view, the Oedipus complex for women

Horney believed that dreams are

Karen Horney was never married and had no children.

The flight from womanhood can lead to a(n)

As a child, Horney

Horney was opposed to

Horney selected the case study method, which is similar to Freud, Jung, and Adler's work with patients.

What factor in Horney's childhood is reflected in her personality theory?

The more afraid a child is of his or her parents,

For Horney, children develop feelings of security when

Horney believed that modern women experience psychological conflict between

Karen Horney was influenced by Freud but her theories deviated from him by arguing that men envied women because of their capacity for motherhood.

Conflict in personality derives from the

A valid criticism of Horney's personality theory by Freudians is that her theory

Studying Personality: Assessment, Research, and Theory

Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis

Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology

Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality

Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck, and Other Trait Theorists

Abraham Maslow: Needs- Hierarchy Theory

Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

B F Skinner: Reinforcement Theory

Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory

Mini- Theories: Locus of Control, Sensation Seeking, Learned Helplessness, Optimismpessimism, Positive Psychology, and Happiness and Success

Personality in Perspective

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