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The two-year-old toddler is developing a sense of
Selected Answer:
trust.
Answers:
trust.
identity.
initiative.
autonomy.
• Question 2 2 out of 2 points
According to Erikson, the crisis of infancy is
trust or mistrust.
life or death.
autonomy or shame.
trust or mistrust.
eat or throw up.
• Question 3 2 out of 2 points
As they get older, people’s scores on the Inventory of Psychosocial Balance generally
increase.
become unreliable.
decrease.
increase.
remain stable.
• Question 4 0 out of 2 points
There has been little empirical research on Erikson’s concept of identity.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 5 0 out of 2 points
Children do not benefit from psychoanalysis.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 6 2 out of 2 points
Sexual orientation exploration can possibly affect broader identity exploration.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 7 0 out of 2 points
Erikson’s theory has been criticized as reflecting the values of his culture.
Selected Answer:
False
Answers:
True
False
• Question 8 2 out of 2 points
In Adlerian therapy, early memories provide information about the patient’s problem.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 9 2 out of 2 points
According to Adler, the healthy way to deal with physical inferiorities is through
compensation.
denial.
repression.
compensation.
social support.
• Question 10 0 out of 2 points
Adler thought that Freud had underestimated the importance of repression.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 11 2 out of 2 points
Adler thought that the impact of physical handicaps on personality depends on a child‘s subjective
experience.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 12 2 out of 2 points
Type A personalities are most likely to be firstborn children.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 13 2 out of 2 points
Some “ruling type” people are high achievers.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 14 0 out of 2 points
According to Westkott, psychologists should hesitate supporting the importance of relationships as a
feminine value because
Selected
Answer:
discussions of sex differences make psychology too political.
Answers:
men value relationships as much as women do.
the effect of such a message is to make it more difficult for women to overcome the
sex role
stereotypes of culture.
women are, in fact, not very good at relationships.
discussions of sex differences make psychology too political.
• Question 15 0 out of 2 points
Which two interpersonal orientations use the basic adjustment strategy of eclipsing?
moving toward and moving away
moving toward and moving against
moving toward and moving away
moving against and moving away
none of the above
• Question 16 2 out of 2 points
Jerry thinks of himself as cheerful, but typically responds to “How are you?” with some gloomy
answer. He is using the secondary adjustment technique called
blind spots.
elusiveness.
blind spots.
compartmentalizing.
arbitrary rightness.
• Question 17 2 out of 2 points
Horney’s main contribution was the listing of diagnostic criteria for neurosis that were universal,
applying to all cultures.
Selected Answer:
False
Answers:
True
False
• Question 18 2 out of 2 points
A “moving away” type person uses the major adjustment strategy of detachment.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
False
• Question 19 2 out of 2 points
People who use the defense mechanism of elusiveness
avoid commitment to any particular position.
declare dogmatically that their position is the correct one.
tend to be artistic.
avoid commitment to any particular position.
deny moral values.
• Question 20 2 out of 2 points
People who adopt the self-effacing solution are seeking
love.
love.
mastery.
freedom.
self-actualization.
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The characteristics of dream work described by Freud do not include
Selected Answer:
b.
Projection
Answers:
a.
Condensation
b.
Projection
Symbolism
Displacement
instructor. This error illustrates a
Freudian slip.
Answers:
a.
countertransference.
conversion hysteria.
Freudian slip.