Question 1

All individuals have the same construals of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Research findings indicate that one result of Rogerian psychotherapy may be that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   people become more like their ideal selves
B)   people establish their own conditions of worth
C)   clients report feeling more flow experiences
D)   more clients meet their hierarchy of needsE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Based on research related to self-determination theory, the individual ________ is likely to report the highest level of well-being.

Accepted Answer

A)   who values financial success
B)   who seeks fame
C)   focused on personal growth
D)   focused on hedoniaE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Stephen seeks to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. He pursues ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hedonia
B)   eudaimonia
C)   bad faith
D)   self-determinationE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Flow mostly likely arises when one's activity entails a balanced ratio of ________ to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   effort; reward
B)   stress; eustress
C)   approach; avoidance
D)   skills; challengesE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a concern with the typical strategy used to evaluate the effects of Rogerian psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is not clear that the match between perceived self and ideal self is an adequate criterion for psychological adjustment.
B)   No measurable variables have been used to evaluate Rogerian therapy.
C)   The results may be due to clients' changing their ideal views.
D)   The criterion used for determining adjustment could lead us to consider people with obvious disorders as being well-adjusted.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 7

What is "thrown-ness" and why does it lead to angst? What do existentialist philosophers believe should be done to cope with these feelings? Compare this perspective with a Buddhist perspective.

Accepted Answer

"Thrown-ness" is a concept introduced by...

Question 8

George Kelly's personal construct theory emphasizes that individuals ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   construct reality through neurotic distortions
B)   build an authentic existence through the acceptance of personal responsibility
C)   construct a hierarchy of needs that motivates behavior
D)   build the experience of reality through unique sets of ideas about the worldE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

To avoid developing conditions of worth, a person should experience ________ from the important people in his or her life.

Accepted Answer

A)   unconditional positive regard
B)   Mitwelt
C)   conditions of worth
D)   existential optimismE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Your particular experience of the world is called your ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   conscience
B)   consciousness
C)   construal
D)   confluenceE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

An autotelic activity ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   results in social reinforcement such as praise or approval
B)   produces a material reinforcement such as money
C)   releases unconscious urges and desires
D)   is enjoyable for its own sakeE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

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 ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   become a fully functioning person
B)   experience authentic existence
C)   still not be happy
D)   experience unconscious sexual urgesE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Sartre divided existential anxiety into anguish, fear, and forlornness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)   anatta
B)   anicca
C)   nirvana
D)   EigenweltE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Which of the following philosophers was NOT mentioned in the text as an existentialist thinker?

Accepted Answer

A)   Kierkegaard
B)   Nietzsche
C)   Sartre
D)   DescartesE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

The Rep test is used to evaluate whether an individual is a fully functioning person.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to Sartre, angst can be analyzed into three separate sensations. What are they?

Accepted Answer

A)   nothingness, nausea, alienation
B)   loneliness, despair, hopelessness
C)   helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness
D)   anguish, forlornness, despairE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Existentialists believed that science, technology, and philosophy had lost touch with human experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Nirvana leads to a pleasant albeit selfless state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Research has shown that some personal constructs are more readily called to mind than others. These constructs are considered ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   chronically accessible
B)   recall-ready
C)   intrinsic notions
D)   intrinsically motivatedE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Exam 13: Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

According to Sartre, angst can be analyzed into three separate sensations. What are they?

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Flow mostly likely arises when one's activity entails a balanced ratio of ________ to ________.

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All individuals have the same construals of the world.

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

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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 ________.

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Existentialists believed that science, technology, and philosophy had lost touch with human experience.

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The Rep test is used to evaluate whether an individual is a fully functioning person.

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George Kelly's personal construct theory emphasizes that individuals ________.

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Based on research related to self-determination theory, the individual ________ is likely to report the highest level of well-being.

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Stephen seeks to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. He pursues ________.

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Research findings indicate that one result of Rogerian psychotherapy may be that ________.

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Which of the following is NOT a concern with the typical strategy used to evaluate the effects of Rogerian psychotherapy?

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What is "thrown-ness" and why does it lead to angst? What do existentialist philosophers believe should be done to cope with these feelings? Compare this perspective with a Buddhist perspective.

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Your particular experience of the world is called your ________.

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Research has shown that some personal constructs are more readily called to mind than others. These constructs are considered ________.

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To avoid developing conditions of worth, a person should experience ________ from the important people in his or her life.

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Nirvana leads to a pleasant albeit selfless state.

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An autotelic activity ________.

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