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Psychodynamic Theories
Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
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1

Fromm believed that the rise of capitalism has contributed to
A)the growth of personal freedom.
B)a greater degree of happiness among people.
C)feelings of anxiety, isolation, and powerlessness.
D)higher levels of community cohesion.
2

Which of these people was NOT an important influence on Fromm's thinking?
A)Freud
B)Thomas More
C)Karl Marx
D)Johann J. Bachofen
E)Karen Horney
3

One of Fromm's basic assumptions is that people have been torn away from a union with nature, and lacking adequate animal instincts, they must rely on reason. This condition is called
A)the rational imperative.
B)the human dilemma.
C)manifest destiny.
D)transcendence.
4

According to Fromm, the four basic elements in love are knowledge, care, respect, and
A)responsibility.
B)affection.
C)interest.
D)cooperation.
5

Transcendence is the need for humans to
A)seek self-realization in a basically sick society.
B)rise above their passive and accidental existence.
C)move beyond their human nature and into the realm of superhumans.
D)feel restless and anxious with the realization that they are constantly geographically mobile.
6

Rootedness is the need for humans to
A)remain fixed in their relationship with their parents.
B)rise above their passive and accidental existence.
C)feel at home again in the world.
D)return to their pre-human past.
E)feel restless and anxious with the realization that they are forever geographically mobile.
7

Fromm believed that a frame of orientation is necessary in order for people to
A)achieve personal identity.
B)achieve group cohesiveness.
C)make their way through the world.
D)rise above their animal nature.
8

When existential needs are not satisfied, people will
A)become motivated by human needs.
B)become motivated by essential needs.
C)develop extraordinary willpower.
D)none of the above.
9

According to Fromm, the freaks of the universe are
A)people.
B)women.
C)planets.
D)snakes.
10

In Fromm's view, people with basic anxiety
A)suffer from the burden of freedom.
B)express their anxiety through moving away from people.
C)eventually suffer a psychotic break.
D)represent a small minority of all people.
E)both a and b
11

Authoritarianism may take these two forms:
A)power and destruction
B)sadism and masochism
C)love and hate
D)effective and ineffective
12

The spontaneous activity of a healthy individual represents
A)positive freedom.
B)essential freedom.
C)existential chaos.
D)transcendence.
13

The two components of positive freedom are
A)work and love.
B)thought and action.
C)faith and hope.
D)desire and restraint.
14

Freud's anal character is similar to Fromm's ______ character.
A)hoarding
B)marketing
C)exploitative
D)receptive
15

Which nonproductive characters is a product of modern commerce?
A)hoarding
B)exploitative
C)marketing
D)receptive
16

Biophilia is
A)the psychic illness of the modern age.
B)a passionate love of life.
C)the principal component of the syndrome of decay.
D)an erotic desire to hoard one's childhood toys.
17

Fromm believed that psychopathology stems from
A)unconscious guilt.
B)modes of assimilation.
C)modes of socialization.
D)lack of rootedness.
18

People who suffer from malignant narcissism
A)tend to be sadistic in their relations with others.
B)devalue that which belongs to others while overvaluing that which they possess.
C)usually possess a strong mother fixation.
D)are characterized by necrophilia and the loss of self-identity.
19

A person with moral hypochondriasis
A)is overly concerned with physical symptoms.
B)is overly concerned with psychological symptoms.
C)suffers from the syndrome of decay.
D)is preoccupied with guilt.
20

Which of these is NOT part of Fromm's syndrome of decay?
A)malignant narcissism.
B)moral hypochondriasis.
C)incestuous symbiosis.
D)necrophilia.
21

Shaun Saunders and Don Munro have developed the SCOI to measure Fromm's _______ character.
A)hoarding
B)exploitative
C)receptive
D)marketing
22

Recent research indicates that people who score high on a measure of the marketing character tend to
A)value cooperation over competition.
B)have many of the same personality traits as do people with the exploitative orientation.
C)reside in agricultural nations.
D)be angry, depressed, and anxious.
23

In his concept of humanity, Erich Fromm emphasized
A)neuroses.
B)differences between humans and other animals.
C)similarities between women and men.
D)the human need to achieve self-actualization.