Question 1

Match the idea with the psychologist.
-William Stern

Accepted Answer

A) promoted the idea that culture could be thought of as analogous to the idea of personality within psychology 
B) proposed a personalistic psychology in which the central concept was the individ-ual and the main goal was understanding each person's individuality 
C) proposed a theory about physical body types (ectomorphic,endomorphic,and mesomorphic)and investigated their relationship to personality characteristics 
D) proposed the theory of "learned helplessness" as a major factor in depressive con-ditions 
A) promoted the idea that culture could be thought of as analogous to the idea of personality within psychology 
B) proposed a personalistic psychology in which the central concept was the individ-ual and the main goal was understanding each person's individuality 
C) proposed a theory about physical body types (ectomorphic,endomorphic,and mesomorphic)and investigated their relationship to personality characteristics 
D) proposed the theory of "learned helplessness" as a major factor in depressive con-ditions B

Question 2

Gordon Allport and Abraham Maslow both had significant negative early personal experiences with which of the following important psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Edward B. Titchener 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John B. Watson 
D)  Alfred Adler 
A)  Edward B. Titchener 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John B. Watson 
D)  Alfred Adler A

Question 3

Which one of the following psychologists was a pioneer in the factor analysis of personality traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Murray 
B)  William Stern 
C)  David McClelland 
D)  Raymond Cattell 
A)  Henry Murray 
B)  William Stern 
C)  David McClelland 
D)  Raymond Cattell D

Question 4

Match the publication with its author.
-Abraham Maslow

Accepted Answer

A) Escape from Freedom 
B) Motivation and Personality 
C) Patterns of Culture 
D) Personality: A Psychological Interpretation 
E) Personality and Assessment 
A) Escape from Freedom 
B) Motivation and Personality 
C) Patterns of Culture 
D) Personality: A Psychological Interpretation 
E) Personality and Assessment

Question 5

What is the term for Gordon Allport's notion that although motives may originate in childhood,they may be maintained or even strengthened in the mature personality because they have become reinforcing or rewarding in their own right?

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomous ego functioning 
B)  the contact hypothesis 
C)  relational individuality 
D)  functional autonomy of motives 
A)  autonomous ego functioning 
B)  the contact hypothesis 
C)  relational individuality 
D)  functional autonomy of motives

Question 6

Match the idea with the individual.
-Abraham Maslow

Accepted Answer

A) client-centered therapy 
B) contact hypothesis 
C) existential psychotherapy 
D) hierarchy of needs 
E) PEN model 
A) client-centered therapy 
B) contact hypothesis 
C) existential psychotherapy 
D) hierarchy of needs 
E) PEN model

Question 7

Gordon Allport's earliest work on personality focused largely on which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)  prejudice 
B)  religious values 
C)  traits 
D)  idiographic research methods 
A)  prejudice 
B)  religious values 
C)  traits 
D)  idiographic research methods

Question 8

Carl Rogers effectively promoted which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  a client-centered therapy stressing unconditional positive regard 
B)  an individual psychotherapy stressing the overcoming of inferiority 
C)  an existential therapy stressing the search for meaning 
D)  a Gestalt therapy stressing the search for insight 
A)  a client-centered therapy stressing unconditional positive regard 
B)  an individual psychotherapy stressing the overcoming of inferiority 
C)  an existential therapy stressing the search for meaning 
D)  a Gestalt therapy stressing the search for insight

Question 9

Ruth Benedict was notable for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the notion that culture could be thought of as "personality writ large" 
B)  promoting the concept of a humanistic psychology 
C)  suggesting to Maslow the term "self-actualization" 
D)  developing and promoting existential psychotherapy 
A)  the notion that culture could be thought of as "personality writ large" 
B)  promoting the concept of a humanistic psychology 
C)  suggesting to Maslow the term "self-actualization" 
D)  developing and promoting existential psychotherapy

Question 10

Match the definition with the term.
-client-centered therapy

Accepted Answer

A) a broad movement to establish humanistic psychology as an alternative to behav-iorism and psychoanalysis 
B) a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the quest for meaning in life as the par-amount issue for modern humanity 
C) an area of modern psychology that studies psychological health and the condi-tions that promote happiness 
D) therapeutic model in which the validity of particular insights should be deter-mined not by their conformity with the therapist's pre-existing views but by his clients themselves 
A) a broad movement to establish humanistic psychology as an alternative to behav-iorism and psychoanalysis 
B) a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the quest for meaning in life as the par-amount issue for modern humanity 
C) an area of modern psychology that studies psychological health and the condi-tions that promote happiness 
D) therapeutic model in which the validity of particular insights should be deter-mined not by their conformity with the therapist's pre-existing views but by his clients themselves

Question 11

Abraham Maslow's original enthusiasm for becoming a psychologist was aroused by what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gordon Allport's theories of personality 
B)  John B. Watson's behaviorism 
C)  Max Wertheimer's Gestalt psychology 
D)  E. B. Titchener's structuralism 
A)  Gordon Allport's theories of personality 
B)  John B. Watson's behaviorism 
C)  Max Wertheimer's Gestalt psychology 
D)  E. B. Titchener's structuralism

Question 12

The "quest for meaning" is a particularly prominent theme in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carl Roger's client-centered therapy 
B)  Rollo May's existential psychotherapy 
C)  Max Wertheimer's Gestalt psychotherapy 
D)  Karen Horney's psychosocial psychotherapy 
A)  Carl Roger's client-centered therapy 
B)  Rollo May's existential psychotherapy 
C)  Max Wertheimer's Gestalt psychotherapy 
D)  Karen Horney's psychosocial psychotherapy

Question 13

The practice of using psychoanalytic and other psychological concepts to interpret and illuminate an individual's life story is referred to as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  personalistic psychology 
B)  idiographic psychology 
C)  psychobiography 
D)  personology 
A)  personalistic psychology 
B)  idiographic psychology 
C)  psychobiography 
D)  personology

Question 14

What was William Stern's term for a kind of "individuality" defined by a person's relative or statistical positions on a large number of separately measured traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  an identity profile 
B)  statistical individuality 
C)  real individuality 
D)  relational individuality 
A)  an identity profile 
B)  statistical individuality 
C)  real individuality 
D)  relational individuality

Question 15

Match the idea with the individual.
-Gordon Allport

Accepted Answer

A) client-centered therapy 
B) contact hypothesis 
C) existential psychotherapy 
D) hierarchy of needs 
E) PEN model 
A) client-centered therapy 
B) contact hypothesis 
C) existential psychotherapy 
D) hierarchy of needs 
E) PEN model

Question 16

How is Carl Rogers's therapeutic technique of reflection best defined?

Accepted Answer

A)  thinking deeply about possible early origins of a troublesome symptom 
B)  the therapist's searching his or her own past for experiences similar the client's 
C)  mirroring back what the client has said but using different words 
D)  looking for gestalt-like patterns in the client's life story 
A)  thinking deeply about possible early origins of a troublesome symptom 
B)  the therapist's searching his or her own past for experiences similar the client's 
C)  mirroring back what the client has said but using different words 
D)  looking for gestalt-like patterns in the client's life story

Question 17

What is the contact hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Gordon Allport's notion that prejudice b

Question 18

Match the definition with the term.
-physiological needs

Accepted Answer

A) the most elemental needs,including food and shelter,whose lack of satisfaction is physically catastrophic for the individual and which dominate every other concern if unmet 
B) the motives to obtain affection,friendship,and a sense of membership within a social group 
C) the need to be protected from threats by predators,criminals,extremes of climate and temperature,or other hazardous environmental circumstances 
D) the needs for self-respect and personal achievement that become salient once more basic needs are met 
A) the most elemental needs,including food and shelter,whose lack of satisfaction is physically catastrophic for the individual and which dominate every other concern if unmet 
B) the motives to obtain affection,friendship,and a sense of membership within a social group 
C) the need to be protected from threats by predators,criminals,extremes of climate and temperature,or other hazardous environmental circumstances 
D) the needs for self-respect and personal achievement that become salient once more basic needs are met

Question 19

Define idiographic and nomothetic methods.

Accepted Answer

According to Allport nomothetic methods

Question 20

__________ was a major controversy that preoccupied many personality psychologists in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Accepted Answer

A)  the idiographic-nomothetic controversy 
B)  the person-situation controversy 
C)  the nature-nurture controversy 
D)  the PEN-OCEAN controversy 
A)  the idiographic-nomothetic controversy 
B)  the person-situation controversy 
C)  the nature-nurture controversy 
D)  the PEN-OCEAN controversy

Match the idea with the psychologist. -William Stern

Gordon Allport and Abraham Maslow both had significant negative early personal experiences with which of the following important psychologists?

Which one of the following psychologists was a pioneer in the factor analysis of personality traits?

Match the publication with its author. -Abraham Maslow

What is the term for Gordon Allport's notion that although motives may originate in childhood,they may be maintained or even strengthened in the mature personality because they have become reinforcing or rewarding in their own right?

Match the idea with the individual. -Abraham Maslow

Gordon Allport's earliest work on personality focused largely on which of the following concepts?

Carl Rogers effectively promoted which of the following?

Ruth Benedict was notable for which of the following?

Match the definition with the term. -client-centered therapy

Abraham Maslow's original enthusiasm for becoming a psychologist was aroused by what?

The "quest for meaning" is a particularly prominent theme in which of the following?

The practice of using psychoanalytic and other psychological concepts to interpret and illuminate an individual's life story is referred to as which of the following?

What was William Stern's term for a kind of "individuality" defined by a person's relative or statistical positions on a large number of separately measured traits?

Match the idea with the individual. -Gordon Allport

How is Carl Rogers's therapeutic technique of reflection best defined?

What is the contact hypothesis?

Match the definition with the term. -physiological needs

Define idiographic and nomothetic methods.

__________ was a major controversy that preoccupied many personality psychologists in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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Exam 13: Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

Match the idea with the psychologist. -William Stern

Gordon Allport and Abraham Maslow both had significant negative early personal experiences with which of the following important psychologists?

Which one of the following psychologists was a pioneer in the factor analysis of personality traits?

Match the publication with its author. -Abraham Maslow

What is the term for Gordon Allport's notion that although motives may originate in childhood,they may be maintained or even strengthened in the mature personality because they have become reinforcing or rewarding in their own right?

Match the idea with the individual. -Abraham Maslow

Gordon Allport's earliest work on personality focused largely on which of the following concepts?

Carl Rogers effectively promoted which of the following?

Ruth Benedict was notable for which of the following?

Match the definition with the term. -client-centered therapy

Abraham Maslow's original enthusiasm for becoming a psychologist was aroused by what?

The "quest for meaning" is a particularly prominent theme in which of the following?

The practice of using psychoanalytic and other psychological concepts to interpret and illuminate an individual's life story is referred to as which of the following?

What was William Stern's term for a kind of "individuality" defined by a person's relative or statistical positions on a large number of separately measured traits?

Match the idea with the individual. -Gordon Allport

How is Carl Rogers's therapeutic technique of reflection best defined?

What is the contact hypothesis?

Match the definition with the term. -physiological needs

Define idiographic and nomothetic methods.

__________ was a major controversy that preoccupied many personality psychologists in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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