Question 1

Humanistic theorists emphasize that human beings are motivated to:

Accepted Answer

A) develop their full potential. 
B) find ways to merge intimately and completely with another person or with other people. 
C) reduce anxiety. 
D) resolve unconscious conflicts from childhood that would otherwise undermine self-actualization. 
A) develop their full potential. 
B) find ways to merge intimately and completely with another person or with other people. 
C) reduce anxiety. 
D) resolve unconscious conflicts from childhood that would otherwise undermine self-actualization.

Question 2

Define and differentiate between hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being.
What does one do to enhance or fulfill eudaimonic well-being?

Accepted Answer

Hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-b

Question 3

The essential question investigated by those who study positive psychology is:

Accepted Answer

A) How can unconscious intentions be discovered and then used productively? 
B) How long can people live? 
C) How many emotions do human beings have? 
D) What can be? 
A) How can unconscious intentions be discovered and then used productively? 
B) How long can people live? 
C) How many emotions do human beings have? 
D) What can be?

Question 4

Which motivational phenomenon explains why some people base their behavior on inner guides and self-determined forces while others base their behavior on social guides and environmental incentives?

Accepted Answer

A) basic needs and complex needs 
B) causality orientations 
C) self-actualization 
D) self-definition 
A) basic needs and complex needs 
B) causality orientations 
C) self-actualization 
D) self-definition

Question 5

Identify any three positive subjective experiences investigated by positive psychology and explain how each contributes positively to the person's mental well-being and positive functioning.

Accepted Answer

Three positive subjective experiences in

Question 6

Summarize the "broaden-and-build" theory of positivity.In doing so, explain how positive emotion leads individuals to greater mental, social, and physical resources.

Accepted Answer

The "broaden-and-build" theory of positi

Question 7

When participants were asked to rate possible intrinsic goals and extrinsic goals and then, 20 minutes later, were asked to rate how important these two categories of goals were to them, the results showed that during the second (20 minutes) later:

Accepted Answer

A) participants integrated their intrinsic and extrinsic goals into one single goal category. 
B) participants increased their ratings of how important the intrinsic goals were to them. 
C) participants increased their ratings of how important the extrinsic goals were to them. 
D) all of the above 
A) participants integrated their intrinsic and extrinsic goals into one single goal category. 
B) participants increased their ratings of how important the intrinsic goals were to them. 
C) participants increased their ratings of how important the extrinsic goals were to them. 
D) all of the above

Question 8

What did Rogers mean by the terms congruence and incongruence?
How do they relate to the fully functioning individual?

Accepted Answer

Carl Rogers, a prominent humanistic psyc

Question 9

As an individual learns from parents and peers what behaviors and characteristics are "good and bad" and "right and wrong," he or she learns:

Accepted Answer

A) characteristics necessary for the emergence of the self. 
B) conditions for self-actualization. 
C) conditions of the fully functioning individual. 
D) conditions of worth. 
A) characteristics necessary for the emergence of the self. 
B) conditions for self-actualization. 
C) conditions of the fully functioning individual. 
D) conditions of worth.

Question 10

______is an inherent developmental striving.It is a process of leaving behind defenses and moving toward autonomous self-regulation.

Accepted Answer

A) Identity 
B) Internalization 
C) Self-actualization 
D) Self-esteem 
A) Identity 
B) Internalization 
C) Self-actualization 
D) Self-esteem

Question 11

Validation-seeking individuals strive to:

Accepted Answer

A) create opportunities for personal growth, learning, and self-improvement. 
B) prove their self-worth, competence, and likeability. 
C) reject controlling conditions of worth imposed upon them by parents and society. 
D) reject stereotypical identities imposed upon them by society. 
A) create opportunities for personal growth, learning, and self-improvement. 
B) prove their self-worth, competence, and likeability. 
C) reject controlling conditions of worth imposed upon them by parents and society. 
D) reject stereotypical identities imposed upon them by society.

Question 12

People who are optimistic in their youth tend to be ______in their older ages.

Accepted Answer

A) disillusioned 
B) happy 
C) mindful 
D) narcissistic 
E) pessimistic 
A) disillusioned 
B) happy 
C) mindful 
D) narcissistic 
E) pessimistic

Humanistic theorists emphasize that human beings are motivated to:

Define and differentiate between hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being. What does one do to enhance or fulfill eudaimonic well-being?

The essential question investigated by those who study positive psychology is:

Which motivational phenomenon explains why some people base their behavior on inner guides and self-determined forces while others base their behavior on social guides and environmental incentives?

Identify any three positive subjective experiences investigated by positive psychology and explain how each contributes positively to the person's mental well-being and positive functioning.

Summarize the "broaden-and-build" theory of positivity.In doing so, explain how positive emotion leads individuals to greater mental, social, and physical resources.

When participants were asked to rate possible intrinsic goals and extrinsic goals and then, 20 minutes later, were asked to rate how important these two categories of goals were to them, the results showed that during the second (20 minutes) later:

What did Rogers mean by the terms congruence and incongruence? How do they relate to the fully functioning individual?

As an individual learns from parents and peers what behaviors and characteristics are "good and bad" and "right and wrong," he or she learns:

______is an inherent developmental striving.It is a process of leaving behind defenses and moving toward autonomous self-regulation.

Validation-seeking individuals strive to:

People who are optimistic in their youth tend to be ______in their older ages.

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Aspects of Emotion

Individual Emotions

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters

Exam 15: Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology

Humanistic theorists emphasize that human beings are motivated to:

Define and differentiate between hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being. What does one do to enhance or fulfill eudaimonic well-being?

The essential question investigated by those who study positive psychology is:

Which motivational phenomenon explains why some people base their behavior on inner guides and self-determined forces while others base their behavior on social guides and environmental incentives?

Identify any three positive subjective experiences investigated by positive psychology and explain how each contributes positively to the person's mental well-being and positive functioning.

Summarize the "broaden-and-build" theory of positivity.In doing so, explain how positive emotion leads individuals to greater mental, social, and physical resources.

When participants were asked to rate possible intrinsic goals and extrinsic goals and then, 20 minutes later, were asked to rate how important these two categories of goals were to them, the results showed that during the second (20 minutes) later:

What did Rogers mean by the terms congruence and incongruence? How do they relate to the fully functioning individual?

As an individual learns from parents and peers what behaviors and characteristics are "good and bad" and "right and wrong," he or she learns:

______is an inherent developmental striving.It is a process of leaving behind defenses and moving toward autonomous self-regulation.

Validation-seeking individuals strive to:

People who are optimistic in their youth tend to be ______in their older ages.

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Aspects of Emotion

Individual Emotions

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters