Transpersonal Quiz

Who was the main spokesman and most articulate representative of humanistic psychology?

• Stanislav Grof

• Abraham Maslow

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

What was Abraham Maslow's main objection against behaviorism?

• It only clarified aspects of human functioning shared with animals

• It focused too much on human subjects

• It emphasized the capacity of human beings to be internally directed

• It was too focused on the spiritual dimension of the human psyche

In what year was the International Transpersonal Association formed?

• 1967

• 1975

• 1978

• 1980

What term did Stanislav Grof suggest to name the new discipline that would honor the entire spectrum of human experience?

• Behaviorism

• Psychoanalysis

• Transpersonal psychology

• Humanistic psychology

Which of the following is NOT listed as a form of therapy that emerged from humanistic psychology?

• Gestalt therapy

• Bioenergetics

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Encounter groups

What did Maslow and Sutich feel was missing from the conceptual framework of humanistic psychology?

• A disregard for consciousness and introspection

• A focus on behavior and the environment

• An emphasis on psychoanalysis

• The spiritual dimension of the human psyche

Who founded the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto in 1975?

• Richard Price

• Michael Murphy

• James Fadiman

• Robert Frager

What term did Michael Harner criticize Western psychology for being biased towards?

• Pragmacentric and ethnocentric

• Cognicentric and psychocentric

• Ethnocentric and cognicentric

• Ethnocentric and psychocentric

What term did Stanislav Grof coin for a subgroup of non-ordinary states that have healing, transformative, and evolutionary potential?

• Altered states

• Holotropic states

• Transpersonal states

• Non-ordinary states

What does the term 'numinous' refer to, according to the text?

• A sense of encountering a domain of superior reality

• A form of cognitive bias

• A state of altered consciousness

• A psychological condition needing treatment