HEP 3400 EXAM 3 | COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
STUDY GUIDE 2026
Discuss type A personality characteristics: What was once called the "hurry sickness" is now
regarded as an aggressive-based personality - correct answer ✔✔1) Time Urgency
2) Polyphasia (multi-tasking)
3) Ultra-competitiveness
4) Rapid Speech Patterns
5) Manipulative Control
6) Hyperaggressiveness, Free-floating Hostility
What shapes personalities? - correct answer ✔✔Genetic factors, family dynamics, social
influences, and personal experiences.
Discuss the demographic analysis of Type A as well as social influences - correct answer ✔✔1)
Material Wealth
2) The desire for immediate gratification
3) Competitiveness
4) People as numbers or objects to overcome
5) Secularization
6) Atrophy of the body and right brain
7) Television watching and technology
What is a Co-Dependent personality? - correct answer ✔✔1) Ardent approval seekers
2) Perfectionists
3) Super-Overachievers
4) Crisis Manager
,5) Devoted Loyalists
6) Self-Sacrificing Martyrs
7) Manipulators
8) Victims (Victim Consciousness)
9) Feelings of Inadequacy
10) Reactionaries
What are some of the behaviors of a Co-Dependent personality? - correct answer ✔✔1)
External referencing
2) Lack of emotional boundaries
3) Impression management
4) Mistrust of one's own perceptions
5) Martyr syndrome
6) Lack of spiritual health
Discuss the Help-Hopeless personality. - correct answer ✔✔• Locus of Control
• Internal vs. External
What are the characteristics of a Hardy Personality? - correct answer ✔✔1) Resiliency
2) Commitment
3) Control
4) Challenge
Describe a sensation seeker. Type R Personality - correct answer ✔✔• People who examine the
odds, take calculated risks and live life to the fullest with confidence, self-efficacy, courage,
optimism, and creativity
, How does one raise and maintain self-esteem? - correct answer ✔✔1) Connectedness
2) Uniqueness
3) Power (empowerment)
4) Models (mentors)
Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem - correct answer ✔✔1) Disarm the negative critic
2) Give yourself positive affirmations
3) Avoid self-guilt and "should haves"
4) Focus on you and your identity
5) Avoid comparisons
6) Diversity your interests
7) Improve your connectedness
8) Avoid self-victimization
9) Reassert yourself before and during stress
The Bottom Line-Defense - correct answer ✔✔1) The focus of action
2) The practice of living consciously
3) The practice of self-acceptance
4) The practice of self-responsibility
5) The practice of self-assertiveness
6) The practice of living purposely
7) The practice of personal integrity
What is Art Therapy? - correct answer ✔✔It is Non-verbal communication, everything put on
paper means something, ever color used, every mark, and everything is a message from the
unconscious mind to express something valuable. It is based on the premise that many
thoughts, feelings, and insights are verbally inexpressible.
STUDY GUIDE 2026
Discuss type A personality characteristics: What was once called the "hurry sickness" is now
regarded as an aggressive-based personality - correct answer ✔✔1) Time Urgency
2) Polyphasia (multi-tasking)
3) Ultra-competitiveness
4) Rapid Speech Patterns
5) Manipulative Control
6) Hyperaggressiveness, Free-floating Hostility
What shapes personalities? - correct answer ✔✔Genetic factors, family dynamics, social
influences, and personal experiences.
Discuss the demographic analysis of Type A as well as social influences - correct answer ✔✔1)
Material Wealth
2) The desire for immediate gratification
3) Competitiveness
4) People as numbers or objects to overcome
5) Secularization
6) Atrophy of the body and right brain
7) Television watching and technology
What is a Co-Dependent personality? - correct answer ✔✔1) Ardent approval seekers
2) Perfectionists
3) Super-Overachievers
4) Crisis Manager
,5) Devoted Loyalists
6) Self-Sacrificing Martyrs
7) Manipulators
8) Victims (Victim Consciousness)
9) Feelings of Inadequacy
10) Reactionaries
What are some of the behaviors of a Co-Dependent personality? - correct answer ✔✔1)
External referencing
2) Lack of emotional boundaries
3) Impression management
4) Mistrust of one's own perceptions
5) Martyr syndrome
6) Lack of spiritual health
Discuss the Help-Hopeless personality. - correct answer ✔✔• Locus of Control
• Internal vs. External
What are the characteristics of a Hardy Personality? - correct answer ✔✔1) Resiliency
2) Commitment
3) Control
4) Challenge
Describe a sensation seeker. Type R Personality - correct answer ✔✔• People who examine the
odds, take calculated risks and live life to the fullest with confidence, self-efficacy, courage,
optimism, and creativity
, How does one raise and maintain self-esteem? - correct answer ✔✔1) Connectedness
2) Uniqueness
3) Power (empowerment)
4) Models (mentors)
Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem - correct answer ✔✔1) Disarm the negative critic
2) Give yourself positive affirmations
3) Avoid self-guilt and "should haves"
4) Focus on you and your identity
5) Avoid comparisons
6) Diversity your interests
7) Improve your connectedness
8) Avoid self-victimization
9) Reassert yourself before and during stress
The Bottom Line-Defense - correct answer ✔✔1) The focus of action
2) The practice of living consciously
3) The practice of self-acceptance
4) The practice of self-responsibility
5) The practice of self-assertiveness
6) The practice of living purposely
7) The practice of personal integrity
What is Art Therapy? - correct answer ✔✔It is Non-verbal communication, everything put on
paper means something, ever color used, every mark, and everything is a message from the
unconscious mind to express something valuable. It is based on the premise that many
thoughts, feelings, and insights are verbally inexpressible.
