Question 1

Adler held that exaggerated physical deficiencies

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A)  directly cause abnormal psychological development.
B)  are the eventual results of abnormal psychological development.
C)  trigger inferiority feelings leading to abnormal development.
D)  are unrelated to abnormal psychological development.

Question 2

The night before Adler made his first trip to the United States,he dreamed that

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A)  his ship capsized and that he had to swim courageously to safety.
B)  he saw Freud on board the ship and that Freud asked him to hold his coat.
C)  he saw a smiling Freud on board the ship,admitting that individual psychology was superior to psychoanalysis.
D)  a huge American audience was applauding loudly after one of his speeches.

Question 3

Which of the following assumptions is NOT part of Adler's theory?

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A)  All human motivations for behavior are unconscious in origin.
B)  The dynamic force behind a person's activity is the striving for superiority or success.
C)  All psychological phenomena are unified within the individual in a self-consistent manner.
D)  The opinions of people shape their behavior and personality.

Question 4

Adler first postulated the aggressive drive and the will to power as the fundamental motivations that shape human personality.He later extended his view to include the

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A)  striving for success.
B)  will to knowledge.
C)  search for meaning.
D)  striving for self-actualization.

Question 5

Adler's concept of standing still is similar to Freud's concept of

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A)  fixation.
B)  repression.
C)  regression.
D)  sublimation.
E)  projection.

Question 6

Differentiate the striving for superiority and the striving for success in Adler's theory of personality.

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A.Originally,Adler spoke of the striving...

Question 7

Jared develops tension headaches while trying to meet a deadline at work.This tactic allows him to escape responsibility for meeting the deadline and to receive sympathy from his boss and coworkers.According to Adler,Jared's headaches are examples of

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A)  an organ dialect.
B)  an organ inferiority.
C)  an as-if illness.
D)  a fiction.

Question 8

As a dynamic concept,Adler's notion of creative power implies

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A)  movement.
B)  adjustment.
C)  social interest.
D)  conflict.
E)  cooperation.

Question 9

According to Adler,unconscious thoughts and behaviors are

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A)  essential to healthy psychological functioning.
B)  understood only by the individual who has them.
C)  regarded as helpful but not essential to healthy psychological functioning.
D)  not clearly understood by the individual.

Question 10

Adler's concept of humanity is most accurately summarized in which phrase?

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A)  Childhood experiences determine adult personality.
B)  People are motivated by their goals for the future.
C)  People's experiences are more important than their interpretations of experience.
D)  Genetic factors are more influential than social factors in shaping personality.

Question 11

During the time that Freud and Adler were members of the Wednesday Psychological Society,____________________.

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A)   Adler considered Freud to be his mentor.
B)   Freud prevented Adler from holding office in the organization.
C)   they shared a warm personal relationship.
D)   they conspired to prevent Carl Jung from joining the organization.
E)   None of these is correct.

Question 12

According to Adler,_______ is the bond that holds society together.

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A)  fiction
B)  the sex drive
C)  a feeling of incompleteness
D)  social interest

Question 13

Vacillating,procrastinating,or behaving compulsively are examples of which Adlerian safeguarding tendency?

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A)  moving backward
B)  standing still
C)  hesitating
D)  constructing obstacles
E)  excuses

Question 14

Adler used the therapeutic relationship to

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A)  increase sense of social interest.
B)  increase private intelligence.
C)  increase personal superiority.
D)  increase safeguarding tendencies.
E)  decrease safeguarding tendencies.

Question 15

Social interest

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A)  exists in every individual to some degree.
B)  exists only in psychologically healthy people.
C)  requires personal gain by the individual.
D)  is much stronger in pampered children than in neglected ones.

Question 16

List and describe three Adlerian safeguarding tendencies.

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Question 17

Adler believed that behavior and personality are shaped by

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A)  early childhood experiences.
B)  organ inferiorities.
C)  subjective perceptions.
D)  sexual and aggressive impulses.
E)  birth order.

Question 18

Adlerian safeguarding tendencies protect _______ against public disgrace and loss of self-esteem.

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A)  the individual's ego
B)  superiority feelings
C)  creative power
D)  fictional finalism

Question 19

According to Adler,_____ is the most reliable means of revealing style of life.

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A)  the word association test
B)  early recollections
C)  free association
D)  hypnosis

Question 20

Firstborn children,according to Adler,are likely to

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A)  suffer from organ inferiorities.
B)  communicate in organ dialect more than secondborn children do.
C)  have intensified feelings of power and superiority.
D)  have very little anxiety.

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According to Adler,_____ is the most reliable means of revealing style of life.

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Which of the following assumptions is NOT part of Adler's theory?

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Differentiate the striving for superiority and the striving for success in Adler's theory of personality.

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Adler's concept of humanity is most accurately summarized in which phrase?

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According to Adler,_______ is the bond that holds society together.

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Adler held that exaggerated physical deficiencies

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List and describe three Adlerian safeguarding tendencies.

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Vacillating,procrastinating,or behaving compulsively are examples of which Adlerian safeguarding tendency?

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During the time that Freud and Adler were members of the Wednesday Psychological Society,____________________.

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