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Final 4 Theories
Final 4 Theories
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05/19/2012

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Erikson placed more emphasis on the ___ than Freud did
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ego
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Erikson believed personality develops
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throughout life
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From his early work and analysis with Anna Freud, Erikson was interested in
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psychoanalytic work with children
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From his early work and analysis with Anna Freud, Erikson was interested in
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psychoanalytic work with children
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Erikson noted identity confusion in his study of
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Native American tribes
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How did Erikson's theory differ from Freud's?
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8 stages of life
psychosocial basis
and development across the lifespan
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What is Erikson's epigenetic principle of maturation?
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development is determined by a combination of biological and social factors.
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ERikson divided personality growth into
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eight stages from birth to death.
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Adult personality as a prisoner of childhood was who's idea?
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Freud
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Erikson's ideas about childhood
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-importance of learning and experience
-development extending into old age
-ability to remedy earlier problems in later development
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Identity cohesion or role confusion appears at ages
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12-18
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Intimacy versus isolation occurs at what ages
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19-35
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trust versus mistrust occurs at what ages
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birth-1
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Autonomy versus doubt and shame occurs at what age
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1-3
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Initiative versus guilt occurs at what age
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3-5
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Industriousness versus inferiority occurs at what age?
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6-11
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the trust that may develop during the first year of life applies how
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to other people and to the self
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Allport was the first psychologist to
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bring personality theory into the mainstream of scientific psychology.
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Allport disagreed with Freud about the
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dominance of unconscious forces
role of the past in controlling the present
continuity between normal and abnormal behavior
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Allport emphasized the importance of the
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present and future
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Allport's own childhood was characterized by a
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rejecting mother and therefore a feeling of isolation.
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Allport believed that the existence of personality traits can be
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demonstrated empirically
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Common traits are
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shared by a number of people
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The most pervasive and influential trait, operating like a ruling passion is the
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cardinal trait
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According to allport, attitudes
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are difficult to distinguish from traits
always have specific objects of reference
and are either for or against something
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Allprt believed that present behavior can best be explained in terms of
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conginitive processes and conscious intentions
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Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that
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the motives of healthy adults owe more to the present than the past
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According to Cattell, a valid personality theory should be able to
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predict behavior in a given situation
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Cattell's theory originated in the
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scientific setting
statistical setting
correlational factor analysis setting
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Cattell did not care this type of setting in his practice
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clinical setting
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factor analysis involves
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correlation between pairs of measurements
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Factor analysis involves
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correlation between pairs of measurements
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In Cattell's system, the mental elements of personality are called
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traits
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For Cattell, traits are
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relatively permanent reaction tendencies
basic units of personality
derived by factor analysis
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Temperament traits describe a person's
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behavior
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The 16 PF Test is widely used
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for personality research and for predicting occupational success
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Cattell's research subjects were able to
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produce life records
fill out questionaires
and take personality tests
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Factor-analytic research has shown that partners in a stable marriage
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have highly similar personality traits
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Factor analysis is
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open to subjective bias
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Abraham Maslow was associated with ___ psychology
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humanistic
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Humanistic psychologists criticized psychoanalysis for its emphasis on
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abnormal behavior
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Maslow believed that psychologists should study
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the best examples of the human species
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Maslow's approach to personality is based on his ideas about
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human motivation
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The need to actualize is
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instinctive
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The key idea in Maslow's hierarchy of needs is that
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higher needs do not appear until lower needs have been satisfied
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Maslow believed that people are driven by
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one dominant need at a time
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The esteem needs arise in
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adolescence
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Maslow called the higher needs
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growth or being needs
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People whose safety needs are unsatisfied prefer
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structured routines
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Rogers's personality theory is not in common with
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Freud, Jung, or Cattell
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Rogers believed personality is influenced primarily by
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conscious rational factors
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The tendency to actualize involves
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becoming fully functioning
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Rogers's childhood was characterized by
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controlling parents
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Rogers's clinical experience while in academia was mostly with
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young, intelligent, highly verbal college students
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Rogers believed that the tendency to actualize is
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innate
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Why are so many people unhappy? Rogers says it is because
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we have both a real self and an ideal self, and they are often in conflict
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Self-accepting mothers
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had children who were likely to become fully functioning
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Research on Rogers' person-centered therapy and on his main concepts tends to
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support both his therapy and many of his ideas
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One of Rogers' greatest contributions was a counseling technique he called
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person-centered therapy
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The major influence on contemporary personality theory is
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Carl Jung
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Freud's childhood relastionship with his mother may have led to his concept of the
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Oedipus complex
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Freud's initial research interest was
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physiology
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Recent findings on childhood sexual abuse show that it is
Definition
far more common than once thought
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Freud's own psychoanalysis was conducted by
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himself
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Freud's theory was formulated initially
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on an intuitive basis
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For Freud, the basic elements of personality are the
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instincts
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the id functions to
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increase pleasure
avoid pain
and reduce tension
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The task of the ego is to
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postpone, delay, or redirect id impulses
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Fear of a tangible danger leads to
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Reality anxiety
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Neurotic anxiety results from a conflict between
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id and ego
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Jung's view of personality differs Freud's in that Jung
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placed an even greater emphasis on the unconscious
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Jung's theory of personality differs sharply from Freud's concerning the importance of
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spirituality and religion
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the greatest disagreement between Jung and Freud was over the
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importance of sexuality
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Jung saw the libido as
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a broader and more generalized form of psychic energy
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Jung's term for personality is
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the psyche
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Jung believed the principle of ___ was the motivator of all behavior and generator of all energy
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opposites
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Jung regards the ego as the
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conscious mind
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What applies to the mental attitudes of extraversion and introversion?
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the nondominant attitude becomes part of the personal unconscious
one attitude becomes dominant
the dominant attitude directs the person's consciousness and behavior
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Jung believed that complexes grew out of what
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childhood experiences
adult experiences
ancestral experiences
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The most uncusual and controversial aspect of Jung's system is the
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collective unconscious
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An early defector from Freud's psychoanalytic circle was
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Adler
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Adler placed greater emphasis on____than Freud did
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consciousness
social forces
the uniqueness of the individual
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Adler's childhood is a good example of
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inferiority feelings
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In Adler's view, inferiority feelings are
Definition
a natural part of infancy
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Adler defined the inferiority complex as an
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inability to compensate for normal inferiority feelins
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Demosthenes stuttered and Theodore Roosevelt was sickly--two good examples of
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compensation
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Trying to achieve perfection is what Adler meant by
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striving for superiority
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Striving for superiority, which Adler called the fundamental fact of life, is the
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innate drive toward wholeness and completion
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Adler attempted to expain motivation in terms of
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expectations for the future
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Once our style of life has been created, it will
Definition
remain relatively constant throughout life
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The most common style of life is the
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getting type
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Horney strongly disagreed with Freud about
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penis envy
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Karen Horney incorporated her own childhood experience of__into her theory
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lack of love and rejection
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What factor in Horney's childhood is reflected in her personality theory?
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fear that her father or mother did not want her
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Horney agreed with Freud about the
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importance of the early childhood years in shaping personality
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The need for safety is
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experienced by all children
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Horney believed the most harmful childhood experience is
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a lack of parental love and warmth
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The more afraid a child is of his or her parents
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the more the child must repress hostility
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Basic anxiety is
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the foundation of neurosis
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The list of ten neurotic needs should cause you to worry if
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any of them becomes your only way of reducing basic anxiety
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According to Horney, achievement is
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a neurotic need
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Murray's personality theory includes
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the unconscious
the conscious
physiological factors
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Murray agreed with Freud on
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tension reduction as a force in behavior
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Murray obtained his data from
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empirical studies of normal persons
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the theorist who exerted the greates personal influence on Murray was
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Jung
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Murray's most enduring contribution to research is the
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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Only near the end of his life did Murray reveal
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The importance of Christiana Morgan's contributions to his work
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The ideal human condition is
Definition
always to have a certain level of tension to reduce
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In Murray's view, the id
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contains socially desirable as well as undesirable aspects
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According to Murray, the formation of the superego takes place
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throughout a person's life
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Murray viewed the ego as
Definition
playing a more active role than Freud believed.
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