Chapter 12

A

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What aspect of human psychological functioning is of particular interest to humanistic psychologists?

a. self-awareness

b. human suffering

c. internal psychological conflicts

d. the importance of social relationships?

self-awareness

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From an existential perspective, what is the key question with which every individual is faced?

a)What is the nature of existence?

b)How can happiness be created?

c)What is an individual’s unique experience of the world?

d)How can one achieve the optimal experience?

What is the nature of existence?

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According to Sartre, the existential challenge is to

a. avoid thinking about the meaning of existence.

b. face the basic uncertainty and anguish of life and find personal meaning.

c. maintain generativity and avoid stagnation.

d. become a fully functioning, self-actualizing person.

face the basic uncertainty and anguish of life and find personal meaning.

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Jerry has been wondering what life means and whether he is living his life purposefully. If he cannot answer these questions, he will probably experience

a) angst

b) thrown-ness

c) Eignwelt

d) self-actualization

angst

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Existentialists would say that if Donna does not worry about existential concerns but instead focuses on getting a job, obtaining material wealth, or maintaining her friendships, then she will

a. become a fully functioning person

b. experience authentic existence

c. still not be happy

d. live an autotelic life

still not be happy

B

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According to existentialist philosophy, the opposite of living in bad faith is

 a. authentic existence

b. autotelic existence

c. angst

d. objectivism

authentic existence

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What Buddhist term refers to the idea that all things are in flux and impermanent?

a. anatta

b. anicca

c. nirvana

d. construal

anicca

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Which of the following would NOT be an example of Rogerian psychotherapy:

a. Acknowledge and appreciate a client’s every viewpoint

b. Ask a client to describe his or her ideal self and his or her actual self

c. Help a client develop a gratitude list

d. Do not attempt to change or modify anything about a client

help a client develop a gratitude list

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The humanist psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow took basic existential assumptions and added the assumption that

a. people are good and have an innate need to make themselves and the world better

b. to know a person, it is essential to understand his or her phenomenology

c. only humans, as opposed to other animals, have an awareness of their own mortality

d. people are essentially childlike and have an innate tendency toward selfishness and impulsivity

people are good and have an innate need to make themselves and the world better

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According to Rogers, believing that others value you based only on intelligence, success, or attractiveness can lead to

a. existential dread

b. unconditional positive regard

c. conditions of worth

d. despair

conditions of worth

C

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Which theorist would MOST likely make the statement that above all else, individuals are driven to fulfill all that meets their basic needs of survival?

a.Csikszentmihalyi

b.Kelly

c.Rogers

d.Maslow

Maslow

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George Kelly’s personal construct theory emphasizes that individuals

a.construct reality through neurotic distortions

b. build an authentic existence through the acceptance of personal responsibility

c. construct a hierarchy of needs that motivate behavior

d.build an experience of reality through unique sets of ideas about the world

build an experience of reality through unique sets of ideas about the world

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an

 experience of flow?

 

a. writing a paper for four hours straight

b. playing a video game that requires a lot of skill

c. binge-watching a television series

d. running a marathon

binge-watching a television series

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What approach emphasizes strengths rather than pathology?

positive psychology

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This existential therapist was a prisoner in a concentration camp and lost his family in Auschwitz.

A.Rollo May

B.Viktor Frankl

C.Irvin Yalom

D.William Miller

Viktor Frankl

D

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Who are WEIRD participants?

People from western, educated, individualistic, rich, democratic nations

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Which of the following is NOT one of the core virtues identified by positive psychology?

a. courage

c. justice

b. purity

d. wisdom

purity

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Name the factors in the Big 5 model.

openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism

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Which of the following is NOT a major component of defining happiness?

a. high levels of positive emotions and low levels of negative emotions

b. satisfaction with how things are going in different life domains

c. achieving absolute existential awareness

d. overall satisfaction with life

achieving absolute existential awareness

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Your particular experience of the world is called your

a.  conscience.       c.  construal.

b.  consciousness.  d.  confluence.

construal