Personality psychology exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Horney strongly disapproved with Freud about: - CORRECT ANSWER - Penis envy
Horney's theory on personality - CORRECT ANSWER - It reflects a feminist viewpoint of
psychoanalysis
Horney's theory was influenced by her: - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal experiences
Horney incorporated her own childhood experience of _______ into her theory - CORRECT
ANSWER - Neglect and want for love
What factor in Horney's childhood Is reflected in her personality theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Her fear of being unwanted by her parents
As a child, Horney was: - CORRECT ANSWER - ambitious and rebellious
Horney decided to undergo psychoanalysis after: - CORRECT ANSWER - realizing her
inability to alleviate her depression and emotional problems otherwise.
which of the following is the reason for the breakdown of Horney's relationship with Fromm? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fromm have Horney's daughter the confidence to confront her
mother
Horney agreed with Freud about the: - CORRECT ANSWER - importance of the early
childhood years in shaping the adult personality.
, According to Horney, children can develop feelings of security in spite of Traumatic events when
- CORRECT ANSWER - parents show warmth and affection
In Horney's view, the more afraid a child is of his or her parents, ___ - CORRECT
ANSWER - The more the child represses hostility
In Horney's view, the more _____ a child feels, the more the child represses his or her hostility
towards parent - CORRECT ANSWER - Guilt
Helplessness, fear, and hostility create what Horney called _____ - CORRECT
ANSWER - Basic anxiety
To Horney, basic anxiety is: - CORRECT ANSWER - the foundation of neurosis.
Horney believed that _____ people must repress their personal desires and cannot defend against
abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Submissive
Horney compensated for her feelings of helplessness as a child by - CORRECT
ANSWER - striving for academic success.
According to Horney, one of the self protective devices used to cope with basic anxiety involves:
- CORRECT ANSWER - withdrawing from people psychologically.
In Horney's view, a child who isolates himself and refuses to play with others may be
experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER - Withdrawal
According to Horney, neurotic needs are: - CORRECT ANSWER - irrational defenses
against anxiety.
The neurotic needs, as proposed by Horney, should become a cause for concern if a person: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Is found to pursue one of them compulsively
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Horney strongly disapproved with Freud about: - CORRECT ANSWER - Penis envy
Horney's theory on personality - CORRECT ANSWER - It reflects a feminist viewpoint of
psychoanalysis
Horney's theory was influenced by her: - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal experiences
Horney incorporated her own childhood experience of _______ into her theory - CORRECT
ANSWER - Neglect and want for love
What factor in Horney's childhood Is reflected in her personality theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Her fear of being unwanted by her parents
As a child, Horney was: - CORRECT ANSWER - ambitious and rebellious
Horney decided to undergo psychoanalysis after: - CORRECT ANSWER - realizing her
inability to alleviate her depression and emotional problems otherwise.
which of the following is the reason for the breakdown of Horney's relationship with Fromm? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fromm have Horney's daughter the confidence to confront her
mother
Horney agreed with Freud about the: - CORRECT ANSWER - importance of the early
childhood years in shaping the adult personality.
, According to Horney, children can develop feelings of security in spite of Traumatic events when
- CORRECT ANSWER - parents show warmth and affection
In Horney's view, the more afraid a child is of his or her parents, ___ - CORRECT
ANSWER - The more the child represses hostility
In Horney's view, the more _____ a child feels, the more the child represses his or her hostility
towards parent - CORRECT ANSWER - Guilt
Helplessness, fear, and hostility create what Horney called _____ - CORRECT
ANSWER - Basic anxiety
To Horney, basic anxiety is: - CORRECT ANSWER - the foundation of neurosis.
Horney believed that _____ people must repress their personal desires and cannot defend against
abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Submissive
Horney compensated for her feelings of helplessness as a child by - CORRECT
ANSWER - striving for academic success.
According to Horney, one of the self protective devices used to cope with basic anxiety involves:
- CORRECT ANSWER - withdrawing from people psychologically.
In Horney's view, a child who isolates himself and refuses to play with others may be
experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER - Withdrawal
According to Horney, neurotic needs are: - CORRECT ANSWER - irrational defenses
against anxiety.
The neurotic needs, as proposed by Horney, should become a cause for concern if a person: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Is found to pursue one of them compulsively
