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Psychodynamic Theories
Adler: Individual Psychology
True or False
1
Although he was not an original member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Adler was the first to break from Freud.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
2
Although he was an original member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Adler was not a disciple of Freud.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
3
Among many differences between Freud and Adler were their attitudes toward Americans.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
4
Both Adler and Freud came from middle-class Jewish backgrounds and grew up in the Vienna area.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
5
Most people who have read Freud and Adler agree that Adler was the better writer
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
6
During the first few years after breaking from Freud's organization, Adler was unable to write or to continue his practice of psychotherapy.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
7
According to Adler, people's present behaviors are strongly influenced by their experiences of the past.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
8
Adler believed that the most important fiction is the goal of superiority or success.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
9
Causality is an explanation of behavior in terms of future goals and aspirations.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
10
Style of life is usually developed between the 10th and 12th years of life, according to Adler.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
11
Everyone has feelings of inferiority.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
12
Even criminals possess some amount of social interest.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
13
Heredity and learning account for all personality development
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
14
People with very high levels of social interest eventually become self-centered.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
15
Social interest is synonymous with charity and unselfishness.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
16
The fact that all of us have survived infancy indicates that we have at least some potential for social interest.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
17
Adler believed that people are basically what they make of themselves.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
18
Most neurotics have a neglected or pampered style of life.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
19
A pampered style of life is the result of too much mother love.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
20
Safeguarding tendencies protect the ego from the pain of anxiety.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
21
Adler believed that the psychic life of women is essentially the same as that of men.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
22
Adler agreed with Freud that dreams are expressions of infantile wishes.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
23
Adler believed that dreams are forward looking.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
24
Adler hypothesized that physical deficiencies can contribute to either a useful or a useless style of life.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
25
Adler believed that people's interpretations of experiences are more important than the experiences themselves.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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