Question 1

Fromm regarded Adolf Hitler as the world's most conspicuous example of a person suffering from

Accepted Answer

A) psychoses. 
B) moral hypochondriasis. 
C) the existential dilemma. 
D) a receptive orientation. 
E) the syndrome of decay. 
A) psychoses. 
B) moral hypochondriasis. 
C) the existential dilemma. 
D) a receptive orientation. 
E) the syndrome of decay. E

Question 2

List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.

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A.By character orientation,Fromm meant a person's relatively permanent way of relating to people and things.
B.People relate to the world by acquiring and using things (assimilation) and by relating to self and others (socialization).
C.The four nonproductive orientations are: (1) receptive, (2) exploitative, (3) hoarding,and (4) marketing.
D.Receptive characters believe that all good lies outside themselves,so they relate to the world by receiving things,including love and material possessions.
E.Exploitative characters also feel that all good is outside themselves,but they act aggressively to take what they want.
F.Hoarding characters value things or people they have already obtained,so they hold on and do not let go of things and people.
G.Marketing characters are a relatively new orientation,having developed as an outgrowth of modern commerce.These personalities see themselves as being in constant demand and change their values to match whatever they think others want them to be.
H.The two productive orientations are love (socialization) and work (assimilation).Productive personalities possess biophilia,or a passionate love of life.Their work is directed toward attaining positive freedom.

Question 3

Fromm contended that people can break the cycle of conformity and powerlessness only by

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A) political revolution against authority. 
B) rejecting existential needs. 
C) adopting the receptive orientation. 
D) achieving positive freedom. 
A) political revolution against authority. 
B) rejecting existential needs. 
C) adopting the receptive orientation. 
D) achieving positive freedom. D

Question 4

Fromm believed that people relate to the world in two basic ways:

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A) love and hate. 
B) the receptive and the exploitative. 
C) passively and actively. 
D) assimilation and socialization. 
A) love and hate. 
B) the receptive and the exploitative. 
C) passively and actively. 
D) assimilation and socialization.

Question 5

Compared with Freud,Fromm placed more emphasis on

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A) social influences upon personality. 
B) biological sources of psychic conflict. 
C) the influence of the Oedipal complex. 
D) dream interpretations in therapy. 
A) social influences upon personality. 
B) biological sources of psychic conflict. 
C) the influence of the Oedipal complex. 
D) dream interpretations in therapy.

Question 6

According to Fromm,the exploitative character,like the receptive character,

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A) is a productive orientation. 
B) achieves positive freedom. 
C) seeks to preserve that which has already been obtained. 
D) is an outgrowth of modern capitalism. 
E) sees the source of good as outside himself or herself. 
A) is a productive orientation. 
B) achieves positive freedom. 
C) seeks to preserve that which has already been obtained. 
D) is an outgrowth of modern capitalism. 
E) sees the source of good as outside himself or herself.

Question 7

Omar is preoccupied with guilt about previous transgressions.Fromm would say that Omar is suffering from

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A) hypochondriasis. 
B) moral hypochondriasis. 
C) incestuous symbiosis. 
D) necrophilia. 
E) malignant aggression. 
A) hypochondriasis. 
B) moral hypochondriasis. 
C) incestuous symbiosis. 
D) necrophilia. 
E) malignant aggression.

Question 8

Fromm used the term "necrophilia" to refer to

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A) a sexual perversion involving contact with animals. 
B) a sexual perversion involving contact with feces. 
C) a sexual perversion involving contact with a corpse. 
D) an irrational desire to die. 
E) any attraction to death. 
A) a sexual perversion involving contact with animals. 
B) a sexual perversion involving contact with feces. 
C) a sexual perversion involving contact with a corpse. 
D) an irrational desire to die. 
E) any attraction to death.

Question 9

Fromm called our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity

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A) self-awareness. 
B) a sense of identity. 
C) transcendence. 
D) a frame of orientation. 
A) self-awareness. 
B) a sense of identity. 
C) transcendence. 
D) a frame of orientation.

Question 10

According to Fromm,both masochism and sadism aim at

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A) increasing basic anxiety through unity with others. 
B) decreasing basic anxiety through destruction of others. 
C) increasing basic anxiety through destruction of others. 
D) decreasing basic anxiety through unity with others. 
A) increasing basic anxiety through unity with others. 
B) decreasing basic anxiety through destruction of others. 
C) increasing basic anxiety through destruction of others. 
D) decreasing basic anxiety through unity with others.

Question 11

Fromm called the urge to rise above one's passive and accidental existence

Accepted Answer

A) relatedness. 
B) transcendence. 
C) rootedness. 
D) a sense of identity. 
E) a frame of orientation. 
A) relatedness. 
B) transcendence. 
C) rootedness. 
D) a sense of identity. 
E) a frame of orientation.

Question 12

Fromm asserted that as people gained more economic and political freedom,they felt more

Accepted Answer

A) isolation. 
B) dominance. 
C) transcendence. 
D) malignant aggression. 
A) isolation. 
B) dominance. 
C) transcendence. 
D) malignant aggression.

Question 13

For Fromm,basic anxiety is a feeling of

Accepted Answer

A) malignant aggression. 
B) being alone in the world. 
C) being judged by others. 
D) being unable to achieve one's goals. 
A) malignant aggression. 
B) being alone in the world. 
C) being judged by others. 
D) being unable to achieve one's goals.

Question 14

According to Fromm,to keep one from going insane,one's frame of orientation must include

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A) consistent information. 
B) inconsistent information. 
C) a final goal. 
D) a simple structure. 
A) consistent information. 
B) inconsistent information. 
C) a final goal. 
D) a simple structure.

Question 15

Fromm's most basic assumption is that personality must be understood in the light of

Accepted Answer

A) biology. 
B) history. 
C) geography. 
D) literature. 
E) determinism. 
A) biology. 
B) history. 
C) geography. 
D) literature. 
E) determinism.

Question 16

Fromm believed that the lack of satisfaction of existential needs

Accepted Answer

A) has little effect on modern individuals. 
B) leads to the development of willpower. 
C) is unimportant in the post-capitalistic world. 
D) can only be helped by psychotherapy. 
E) eventuates in insanity for the individual. 
A) has little effect on modern individuals. 
B) leads to the development of willpower. 
C) is unimportant in the post-capitalistic world. 
D) can only be helped by psychotherapy. 
E) eventuates in insanity for the individual.

Question 17

Fromm held that our culture's current feelings of anxiety,isolation,and powerlessness stem from

Accepted Answer

A) the collective unconscious. 
B) the rise of capitalism. 
C) lack of religious values. 
D) basic human nature. 
A) the collective unconscious. 
B) the rise of capitalism. 
C) lack of religious values. 
D) basic human nature.

Question 18

Fromm believed that humans,as the only animal to possess self-awareness,imagination,and reason,are the

Accepted Answer

A) masters of the universe. 
B) real animal. 
C) freaks of the universe. 
D) children of destiny. 
A) masters of the universe. 
B) real animal. 
C) freaks of the universe. 
D) children of destiny.

Question 19

For Fromm,the relatively permanent way in which people relate to themselves and to the world is called

Accepted Answer

A) character. 
B) transcendence. 
C) personality. 
D) reception. 
A) character. 
B) transcendence. 
C) personality. 
D) reception.

Question 20

Fromm's human dilemma includes the notion that

Accepted Answer

A) people have acquired reasoning ability yet have few animal instincts. 
B) people have lost the ability to love,yet desperately continue to seek it. 
C) people are unable to prevent war. 
D) people are torn by the forces of an unrelenting unconscious. 
A) people have acquired reasoning ability yet have few animal instincts. 
B) people have lost the ability to love,yet desperately continue to seek it. 
C) people are unable to prevent war. 
D) people are torn by the forces of an unrelenting unconscious.

Fromm regarded Adolf Hitler as the world's most conspicuous example of a person suffering from

List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.

Fromm contended that people can break the cycle of conformity and powerlessness only by

Fromm believed that people relate to the world in two basic ways:

Compared with Freud,Fromm placed more emphasis on

According to Fromm,the exploitative character,like the receptive character,

Omar is preoccupied with guilt about previous transgressions.Fromm would say that Omar is suffering from

Fromm used the term "necrophilia" to refer to

Fromm called our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity

According to Fromm,both masochism and sadism aim at

Fromm called the urge to rise above one's passive and accidental existence

Fromm asserted that as people gained more economic and political freedom,they felt more

For Fromm,basic anxiety is a feeling of

According to Fromm,to keep one from going insane,one's frame of orientation must include

Fromm's most basic assumption is that personality must be understood in the light of

Fromm believed that the lack of satisfaction of existential needs

Fromm held that our culture's current feelings of anxiety,isolation,and powerlessness stem from

Fromm believed that humans,as the only animal to possess self-awareness,imagination,and reason,are the

For Fromm,the relatively permanent way in which people relate to themselves and to the world is called

Fromm's human dilemma includes the notion that

Introduction to Personality Theory

Freud: Psychoanalysis

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory

Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs

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Exam 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Fromm regarded Adolf Hitler as the world's most conspicuous example of a person suffering from

List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.

Fromm contended that people can break the cycle of conformity and powerlessness only by

Fromm believed that people relate to the world in two basic ways:

Compared with Freud,Fromm placed more emphasis on

According to Fromm,the exploitative character,like the receptive character,

Omar is preoccupied with guilt about previous transgressions.Fromm would say that Omar is suffering from

Fromm used the term "necrophilia" to refer to

Fromm called our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity

According to Fromm,both masochism and sadism aim at

Fromm called the urge to rise above one's passive and accidental existence

Fromm asserted that as people gained more economic and political freedom,they felt more

For Fromm,basic anxiety is a feeling of

According to Fromm,to keep one from going insane,one's frame of orientation must include

Fromm's most basic assumption is that personality must be understood in the light of

Fromm believed that the lack of satisfaction of existential needs

Fromm held that our culture's current feelings of anxiety,isolation,and powerlessness stem from

Fromm believed that humans,as the only animal to possess self-awareness,imagination,and reason,are the

For Fromm,the relatively permanent way in which people relate to themselves and to the world is called

Fromm's human dilemma includes the notion that

Introduction to Personality Theory

Freud: Psychoanalysis

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory

Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs

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