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Humanistic - Existential

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 3hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Abe Maslow a research assistant for?

a)

Thorndike

b)

Freud

c)

Jung

d)

Rodgers

2.

Abe Maslow's school of thought is known as what?

a)

Hollistic Dynamic Theory

b)

Client Centered Theory

c)

Individual Psychology

d)

Existential Psychology

3.

According to Humanistic-Existentialists, ______ must precede Objectivity in the search for meaning

a)

Meaningfulness

b)

Drive

c)

Ambition

d)

Fear

4.

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs:

a)

1. Physiological

b)

2. Safety

c)

3. Love and Belonging

d)

4. Esteem

e)

5. Self-Actualization

5.

Sex is under which Need?

a)

Physiological

b)

Safety

c)

Love and Belonging

d)

Esteem

6.

Feeling secure in one's moral choices falls under which Need?

a)

Love and Belonging

b)

Esteem

c)

Self-Actualization

d)

Safety

7.

Being gainfully employed falls under which need?

a)

Physiological

b)

Safety

c)

Love and Belonging

d)

Esteem

8.

Being close to one's family falls under which Need?

a)

Physiological

b)

Esteem

c)

Love and Belonging

d)

Safety

9.

Which two needs appear on different levels of the Hierarchy of Needs?

a)

Sex and Sexual Intimacy

b)

Creativity and Problem Solving

c)

Confidence and Achievment

d)

Employment and Health

10.

The Needs listed in Malsow's Hierarchy are referred to as what?

a)

Conative Needs

b)

Expressive Needs

c)

Intrinsic Needs

d)

Innate Needs

11.

The Need for food has _____ over the need for friendship

a)

Prepotency

b)

Dominance

c)

Importance

d)

Cranberries

12.

Which Needs can be fully (or over) satisfied?

a)

Self-Actualisation

b)

Safety

c)

Love and Belonging

d)

Physiological

13.

The concept of Law and Order is designed to meet which Needs?

a)

Safety

b)

Physiological

c)

Esteem

d)

Love and Belonging

14.

According to Maslow, an adult who spends more time than normal trying to fulfil his Safety Needs is suffering from what?

a)

Basic Anxiety

b)

Existential Dread

c)

Low Conscientiousness

d)

Frustration

15.

A person displaying Neurotic behaviour is likely deficient in which of Maslow's Needs?

a)

Safety

b)

Physiological

16.

An American who is proud to be an American is high in which of Maslow's Needs?

a)

Esteem

b)

Self-Actualisation

c)

Safety

d)

Love and Belonging

17.

According to Maslow, people who haven't experienced love...

a)

Will find it hard to love others

b)

Will display Basic Anxiety

c)

Will find in easier to Self-Actualise

d)

Will be more willing to display affection

18.

People who have received only a little amount of love have stronger needs for affection and acceptance than people who have received either a healthy amount of love or no love at all

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Talse

19.

Children often express love more ____ than adults

a)

Infrequently

b)

Openly

c)

Reservedly

d)

Shyly

20.

What is B-Love?

a)

Love for the essence of the other

b)

Love motivated by a feeling of incompletness

c)

Love for one's self

d)

Metamotivation

21.

A person's desire for fame is based on which Need?

a)

Esteem

b)

Physiological

c)

Self-Actualisation

d)

Love and Belonging

22.

Esteem Needs can be split into which two categories?

a)

Reputation

b)

Self-Esteem

c)

Love

d)

Hope

23.

Self-Actualization Needs become potent as soon as Esteem Needs have been met

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Flue

24.

Which of these are B-Values?

a)

Truth

b)

Uniqueness

c)

Justice

d)

Respect

25.

Metamotivation is the motivation to fullfill...

a)

Esteem Needs

b)

Love and Belonging Needs

c)

Safety Needs

d)

B-Values

26.

Ewen's Dualistic Theory of Motivation states all motives can be split into which two categories?

a)

Deficiency Motives

b)

Growth Motives

c)

Love Motives

d)

Hate Motives

27.

Aside from the 5 Conative Needs, what 3 other Needs did Maslow list?

a)

Cognitive Needs

b)

Aesthetic Needs

c)

Neurotic Needs

d)

Established Needs

28.

An artist who puts the completion of his work ahead of his physical well being is displaying what?

a)

Reversed Order of Needs

b)

Self-Actualization

c)

Esteem Needs

d)

Neurotic Needs

29.

Another term for Unmotivated Behaviour is...

a)

Coping Behaviour

b)

Expressive Behaviour

c)

Neurotic Behaviour

d)

Actualising Tendencies

30.

What is the outcome of unmet Conative Needs?

a)

Pathology

b)

Reduction of needs

c)

Self-Actualisation

31.

Someone who's Self-Actualising Needs are not met may develop...

a)

Metapathology

b)

B-Values

c)

Metacognition

32.

If the frustration of a Need causes pathology, that need is...

a)

Instinctoid

b)

Noninstinctoid

c)

Metamotivated

d)

Physiological

33.

What are some criteria for Self-Actualisation?

a)

Free from pathology

b)

Progressed through the hierarchy of needs

c)

Embraced B-Values

d)

Become what they are capable of becoming

e)

Is physically attractive

34.

What are some signs of a Peak Experience?

a)

Occurs naturally or spontaneously

b)

Feelings of intense pleasure and fulfilment

c)

 Lack of self-consciousness

d)

Sense of wonder and awe

e)

Feelings of existential dread and anxiety

35.

What are the two major scales in Shostrom's Personal Orientation Index (POI)?

a)

Time Competence vs Time Incompetence

b)

Self-Orientated vs Other Orientated

c)

Happy vs Sad

d)

Lovinig vs Hating

36.

“I feel comfortable with an imperfect performance” or “I feel uncomfortable with anything less than a perfect performance” would be a possible question on which personality test?

a)

Personal Orientation Index

b)

Myers-Briggs personality test

c)

5 Factor personality test

d)

IQ test

37.

When does Desacrilisation occur?

a)

When a scientific study becomes cold and detached

b)

When a clergy member is defrocked from the church

c)

When a person fears being his best self

d)

When a person is deprived of Self-Actualisation Needs

38.

A scientist with ambitions to be great, but who feels it would be arrogant to ever compare himself to Einstein, is suffering from what?

a)

Jonah Complex

b)

Metapathology

c)

Depression

d)

Basic Anxiety

39.

The ____ the level (on the Hierarchy) where the Need is not met, the worse the pathology

a)

Higher

b)

Lower

40.

Research shows that Self-Actualizers view the world with a certain intensity, appreciation and acceptance that is similar to _____

a)

Mindfulness

b)

Christianity

c)

Psychedelic drug users

d)

Dogs

41.

_____ is a new field, directly related to Humanism, that critiques traditional psychology’s lack of focus on what makes life worth living and what makes people healthy

a)

Positive Psychology

b)

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

c)

Five Factor Theory

d)

Social Learning Theory

42.

What are some criticisms about Holistic Dynamic Theory?

a)

Self-Actualisers are less likely to take Self-Actualiser tests

b)

Maslow used small sample sizes

c)

Self-Actualization remains something that must be studied and researched

d)

Only people who've taken psychadellic drugs have reported Peak Experiences

43.

_____ was a shy boy, lacking social skills, raised by loving but strict parents who forbid dancing

a)

Carl Rodgers

b)

Abe Maslow

c)

Rollo May

d)

Albert Bandura

44.

Who was Carl Rodgers influenced by?

a)

Otto Rank

b)

Albert Bandura

c)

Anna Freud

45.

Which theory is based on an "If-Then" construction?

a)

Client-Centred Theory

b)

Holistic Dynamic Theory

c)

Existentialist Psychology

d)

Analytical Psychology

46.

Rodgers claimed all simple forms develop into more complex ones. What did he name this pehnomenon?

a)

Formative Tendency

b)

Actualising Tendency

c)

Congruence

d)

Unconditional Postive Regard

47.

Rodgers found a person’s ______ is the most predictive factor in child delinquency

a)

Level of self-insight

b)

Environment

c)

Childhood

d)

Parents

48.

All living things move towards their maximum potential. What did Rodgers call this phenomenon?

a)

Formative Tendency

b)

Actualising Tendency

c)

Congruence

d)

Self-Concept

49.

The need for _____ is similar to the lower steps on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

a)

Maintenence

b)

Enhancment

c)

Actualisation

d)

Congruence

50.

According to Rodgers, someone who is resistant to change and has a desire to protect their current, comfortable self-concept is experiencing which need?

a)

Maintenence

b)

Enhancement

c)

Congruence

d)

Unconditional Positive Regard

51.

Which part of our Actualising Tendency motivates a child to learn how to walk?

a)

Maintenence

b)

Enhancment

c)

Cognruence

d)

Unconditional Positive Regard

52.

Like plants need nutrients, light and water to Actualise, what do humans need?

a)

Congruent, Authentic and Empathic relationships

b)

Removal of Basic Anxiety

c)

Self-Respect and Reputation

d)

Conditions of Worth

53.

What is Self-Actualisation, according to Carl Rodgers?

a)

The tendency to actualize the self as perceived in awareness

b)

Fulfilling your parents' ambitions

c)

Having high self-esteem and a good reputation

54.

What is the Organismic Self?

a)

A general term for the entire person

b)

The self we perceive in awareness

c)

What we would like to be

55.

What is the Self-Concept?

a)

The Self we are aware of

b)

The true Self, inside and outside awareness

c)

What we would like to be

56.

What is Rodgers' term for the Self we would like to be?

a)

Ideal Self

b)

Self Concept

c)

Organismic Self

57.

The Self-Concept is improved by _____ from important people in our lives growing up

a)

Positivie Regard

b)

Conditions of Worth

c)

Organismic Valuing Process

d)

Compromise

58.

What are Conditions of Worth?

a)

The conditions we think we must meet in order to be accepted or loved by others

b)

A natural instinct directing us toward the most fulfilling pursuits

c)

The origin of distress, formed from a discrepancy between Ideal-Self and Self-Concept

d)

Not harming others in order to achieve your own goals

59.

A child who grows up with Unconditional Positive Regard will gain _____

a)

Positive Self Regard

b)

Conditions of Worth

c)

An Organismic Valuing Process

d)

Incongruence

60.

Evaluating subjective experiences in order to determine the possible impact they will have on self improvement is done by what?

a)

Conditions of Worth

b)

Organismic Valuing Process

c)

Incongruence

d)

The Ideal-Self

61.

_____ is conceived of as the disposition to pursue goals in a determined way for years or sometimes even decades

a)

Grit

b)

Organismic Valuing Process

c)

Conditions of Worth

d)

Ehtical Living

62.

What are Rodgers' three levels of Awareness?

a)

Ignored or denied

b)

Accurately Symbolised

c)

Distorted

d)

Incongruence

63.

A pianist who receives a compliment may ignore a compliment or deny it’s veracity if his Self-Concept is that of a bad pianist. Which level of Awareness does this fall under?

a)

Ignored or Denied

b)

Distorted

c)

Accurately Symbolised

64.

A pianist who receives a compliment may internalize it as the compliment it is, if his Self-Concept is that of a good pianist. This is an example of what level of Awareness?

a)

Accurately Symbolised

b)

Denial

c)

Distortion

65.

A pianist who receives a compliment may view the compliment as a trick or attempt at flattery, to fit the experience into his pre existing bad pianist Self-Concept. What level of Awareness is this?

a)

Distortion

b)

Denial

c)

Accurately Symbolised

66.

Rogers believed that people are _____ when they are unaware of the discrepancy between their organismic self and their significant experience

a)

Congruent

b)

Vulnereable

c)

Happy

d)

Thriving

67.

What did Rodgers define as a state of uneasiness or tension whose cause is unknown?

a)

Anxiety

b)

Vulnerablility

c)

Threat

d)

Incongruence

68.

When a therapist can tell what a client is experiencing and can communicate it towards them, this is known as...

a)

Empathic Listening

b)

Unconditional Positive Regard

c)

Conditions of Worth

d)

Congruence

69.

(Stages of Theraputic Change) _____ is characterized by an unwillingness to communicate anything about oneself

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

70.

(Stages of Theraputic Change) _____ is characterized by clients discussing external events and other people, but they still disown or fail to recognize their own feelings

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

71.

(Stages of Therapeutic Change) _____ is characterized by clients talking freely about self, although still as an object. “I’m doing the best I can at work, but my boss still doesn’t like me.”

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

72.

(Stages of Therapeutic Change) _____ is characterized by clients talking of deep feelings but not ones presently felt. “I was really upset when my teacher accused me of cheating.”

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

73.

(Stages of Therapeutic Change) _____ is characterized by clients beginning to undergo significant change and growth. They can express feelings in the present, although they have not yet accurately symbolized those feelings

a)

Stage 5

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

74.

(Stages of Therapeutic Change) _____ is characterized by clients experiencing dramatic growth and an irreversible movement toward becoming fully functioning or self-actualizing. They freely allow into awareness those experiences that they had previously denied or distorted

a)

Stage 5

b)

Stage 6

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

75.

(Stages of Therapeutic Change) _____ is characterized by clients becoming fully functioning “persons of tomorrow”. This stage can occur outside therapy

a)

Stage 5

b)

Stage 6

c)

Stage 7

d)

Stage 4

76.

What was Rodgers' term for a Self-Actualised person?

a)

Person of Tomorrow

b)

Das Ubermensch

c)

Great Person

d)

Will Smith

77.

Rollo May was strongly influenced by...

a)

Alfred Adler

b)

Carl Jung

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Thorndike

78.

For Existentialists, the concept of Being-In-The-World is referred to as...

a)

Dasein

b)

Der Kot

c)

Schokoladenkuchen

d)

König der Gänse

79.

What are the three modes of Desein?

a)

Umwelt - Relation to the environment

Mitwelt - Relation to others

Eigenwelt - Relation to self

b)

Umwelt - Relation to others

Mitwelt - Relation to self

Eigenwelt - Relation to environement

c)

Umwelt - Relation to the self

Mitwelt - Relation to enviromnet

Eigenwelt - Relation to others

80.

Anxiety that is disproportional to the threat is known as what?

a)

Neurotic Anxiety

b)

Basic Anxiety

c)

Normal Anxiety

81.

_____ arises when people deny their potentialities, fail to accurately perceive the needs of fellow humans, or remain oblivious to their dependence on the natural world

a)

Guilt

b)

Normal Anxiety

c)

Neurotic Anxiety

d)

Basic Anxiety

82.

What is the underlying structure that givens meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions about the future?

a)

Intentionality

b)

Eigenwelt

c)

Normal Anxiety

d)

Guilt

83.

What kinds of love did May recognize?

a)

Eros

b)

Philia

c)

Agape

d)

Sex

84.

The love of God to man would be which kind of love?

a)

Agape

b)

Philia

c)

Eros

d)

Sex

85.

What are Rollo May's two forms of freedom?

a)

Freedom of doing

b)

Freedom of being

c)

Freedom of living

d)

Freedom of coping