Abnormal Psychology Reviewer
Abnormal Psychology Reviewer
Abnormal Psychology Reviewer
Traits Characteristics
-may be unique, common
- Unique attributes of an
to a group or shared by
individual
all
- Temperament, physique
-pattern is different for
and intelligence
each individual
3. It emphasizes simplicity and
straightforwardness in determining the
usefulness of a theory.
A. Falsifiability
B. Consistency
C. Organization of Data
D. Parsimony
Generates Falsifiable Organizes
Research Data
Theory
- A set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use
logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses.
Guides Internally
Parsimonious
Action Consistent
Dimensions of Viewing Personality Theorists’
Concept of Humanity
~ ‘discovered’ cocaine
~ Father of Psychoanalysis
~ Physician
~ worked with Jean-Martin
Charcot
(hypnotism) and Josef
Breuer (catharsis)
5. In the treatment of hysteria, Freud learned
hypnotism from __ and catharsis from ___.
A. Josef Breuer; Anna O
B. Jean Valjean; Anna O
C. Jean-Martin Charcot; Josef Breuer
D. Josef Breuer; Jean-Martin Charcot
6. Which of the following is in the correct order?
A. unconscious, preconscious, primary censor,
conscious, final censor
B. unconscious, primary censor, preconscious,
final censor, conscious
C. unconscious, final censor, preconscious,
primary censor, conscious
D. conscious, primary censor, preconscious, final
censor, unconscious
Levels of Mental Life
EGO
- core of
Personality reality
SUPEREGO
- completely - Reality
unconscious principle - Morality
- Pleasure - Executive principle
principle branch - Unrealistic
- Unaffected by - considers id, demands for
experiences superego perfection
and the and the - conscience
passage of external (shouldn’ts)
reality ego-ideal
time
- Defense (shoulds)
mechanisms
9. These are the two cornerstones of the
Psychoanalytic theory.
A. Sex and childhood experiences
B. Defense mechanisms and sex
C. Defense mechanisms and aggression
D. Sex and aggression
DRIVES
(Trieb)
SEX/EROS AGGRESSION
(Libido) /THANATOS
- Mouth - Anus
1st phase: Oral – receptive 1st phase: Early Anal
- Feel anxiety and - Aggressive, frustration
ambivalence towards over toilet training
weaning 2nd phase: Late Anal
2nd phase: Oral – sadistic - fascination with feces
- Biting, crying, thumb - develop an anal character
sucking - Anal Triad (orderliness,
- Eating, smoking, being stinginess, obstinacy)
sarcastic
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
- Castration Complex
PHALLIC PHASE
- Dissolution or
3 – 6 years
repression of Oedipus
Complex
- Genitalia (‘Anatomy is Female Oedipus Complex
destiny’) - Penis envy (castration
- Suppression of complex)
masturbation - Hostility to mother and
Male Oedipus Complex sexual interest to father
- wants to be father, wants - Simple Female Oedipus
to have mother Complex
- Simple and Complete - Identification with
Oedipal Complex mother
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
LATENCY PHASE GENITAL PHASE
6 – 12 years 12+ years
~ social interest
~ 2nd child, rivalry with elder
brother (Sigmund)
~ Physician
~ Part of Freud’s Wednesday
Psychological Society
~ Had opposing views to Freud’s
traditional psychoanalysis
14. Donald Trump believes that building a wall along
the US-Mexican border will ensure the safety of
Americans against illegal immigrants and terrorists.
Many have criticized his plans and claim that he is
doing this for personal gain and is trying to keep the
impossible promises he made during his campaign to
avoid losing voters. If these claims were true,
according to the Individual Psychology, he is?
A. Striving for superiority
B. Striving for perfection
C. Striving for success
D. egotistical
15. This is a concept in the last tenet of
Individual Psychology which emphasizes the
ability of an individual to mold his/ her style of
life in any way he/ she wants.
A. Fictional Finalism
B. Teleology
C. Creative Power
D. Striving for success
16. A few years ago, there was a viral video
where a beggar who appeared to have no
legs was exposed to be faking his condition
so that people would pity him and give him
money. This exhibits Adler’s concept of?
A. Inferiority Complex
B. Inferiority Feelings
C. Organ Dialect
D. Organ Inferiority
17. Among the following statements, which is
TRUE with regards to social interest?
A. Adler believed that social interest is not
enough to judge the worth of a person.
B. Having social interest is not the same as being
charitable or being unselfish.
C. Social Interest develops when a child learns
how to make friends
D. The lack or underdevelopment of social
interest does not equate to maladjustments later
on in life
SIX TENETS OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY
• Developed at age 4 or 5
• Motivated by • Strong social interest
exaggerated feelings • Goals beyond
of personal inferiority themselves
or an inferiority • Unconditional help
complex • Self-worth is tied to
• Disguised concern for contributions to the
others community
• Socially • Socially productive
nonproductive
2. People’s subjective perceptions shape
their behavior and personality
3. Personality is unified and self-consistent
4. The value of all human activity must be
seen from the viewpoint of social interest
4. The value of all human activity must be
seen from the viewpoint of social interest
5. The self-consistent personality structure
develops into a person’s style of life
6. Style of life is molded by people’s
creative power
18. If an individual manifested this, he would
always expect people to look after and protect
him. At times he feels unloved and
incompetent.
A. Pampered Style of Life
B. Neglected Style of Life
C. Underdeveloped social interest
D. Exaggerated Physical Deficiencies
EXTERNAL FACTORS IN MALADJUSTMENT
1. EXAGGERATED PHYSICAL DEFICIENCIES
- Physical deficiency + exaggerated feelings of inferiority
- Overcompensate and are preoccupied with themselves
2. PAMPERED STYLE OF LIFE
- Origin of most neuroses
- Weak social interest due to parasitic relationships
- Extreme discouragement, indecisiveness, oversensitivity,
overly anxious
- Feel unloved and neglected
3. NEGLECTED STYLE OF LIFE
- Feel unloved and unwanted, abused and mistreated children
- Weak social interest
- Insecure, overestimate difficulties, distrustful, envious,
suspicious
19. In comparing Adler’s Safeguarding Tendencies to
Freud’s Defense Mechanisms, one can say that?
A. Safeguarding tendencies and defense mechanisms are
largely unconscious and are employed when one feels
anxious
B. Defense mechanisms are primarily used by neurotics
while safeguarding tendencies are common to everyone.
C. Regression is similar to Moving Backwards in that
both are attempts to return to an earlier and more
comfortable phase in life.
D. Defense mechanisms primarily protect one’s self-
esteem from public disgrace while safeguarding
tendencies are more geared towards protecting the ego
from anxiety.
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES
- Conscious acts that protect exaggerated sense of self –esteem
against public disgrace
- Indicative of neurotic symptoms
1. EXCUSES – most common , ‘yes, but’ / ‘if only’
2. AGGRESSION
- Depreciation – undervalue others, overvalue self
- Accusation – blame others, seek revenge
- Self-Accusation – devalue themselves to inflict suffering
3. WITHDRAWAL
- Moving backward – reverting to a secure period in life
- Standing Still – do not move in any direction
- Hesitating – procrastinating
- Constructing Obstacles – easy to overcome
20. What are the three problems in life
according to Individual Psychology?
A. Love, work and religion
B. Love, work and friendship
C. Financial, emotional and spiritual stability
D. Mental, physical and spiritual stability
21. This theorist used dream symbols to
discover unconscious elements that underlie
the content seen in dreams. At times, these
images are universally represented by
seemingly harmless objects or figures.
A. Carl Jung
B. Alfred Adler
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Karen Horney
22. The collective unconscious contains the
archetypes while the personal unconscious
contains the __?
A. Ego, which is the center of consciousness
B. Ego, which is the center of personality
C. Complexes, which are generalized archaic
images
D. Complexes, which are emotionally toned
conglomeration of ideas
Analytical Psychology
Carl Jung
~ No.1 and No.2
personalities
~ Physician, worked with
Eugene Bleuler
~ Freud’s ‘successor’,
became estranged after
interpreting each other’s
dreams
Levels of the Psyche
PERSONAL UNCONSCIOUS
PERSONA
CONSCIOUS (EGO)
CONSCIOUS (EGO)
ANIMA COLLECTIVE
ANIMUS
UNCONSCIOUS
SHADOW
PERSONAL UNCONSCIOUS
CONSCIOUS (EGO)
25. This is the backward flow of psychic
energy and is a necessary step in the successful
attainment of a goal.
A. Regression
B. Progression
C. Flow
D. Introspection
CAUSALITY TELEOLOGY
Previous experiences Future aspirations
PROGRESSION REGRESSION
Forward flow of Backward flow of
psychic energy psychic energy
26. Which of the following psychological
types is paired correctly to the occupation that
manifests its qualities?
A. Extraverted sensing; mathematicians
B. Introverted intuiting: artists
C. Extraverted feeling: psychologists
D. Introverted thinking: politicians
PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES
INTROVERSION EXTRAVERSION
subjective objective
interpret events based
THINKING Rely on concrete
on internal meanings
Logical thoughts and facts
and opinions
intellectual (mathematicians,
(theorists,
activity engineers)
philosophers)
Use objective data to
Make value make evaluations,
judgements based on guided by external
FEELING
subjective perceptions, values and widely
Evaluation of
often ignore traditional accepted standards of
ideas or events
opinions judgement
(art critics) (businesspeople,
psychologists)
PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES
INTROVERSION EXTRAVERSION
subjective objective
Subjective Perceive stimuli
SENSING interpretations of objectively, as close
Perception of sensation to reality as possible
sensory impulses (artists, classical (Proof reader, wine
musicians) taster)
Unconscious Oriented towards
perceptions of facts facts in the external
INTUITING
that have little world
Beyond workings of
resemblance to (religious reformers,
consciousness
external reality some inventors)
(mystics, prophets)
27. Jung assisted in the development of this
test that he used to uncover the complexes.
A. TAT
B. MBTI
C. Word Association
D. MMPI
28. This theorist emphasized the impact of
cultural influences as the primary foundations
for personality development and is
responsible for psychic differences between
men and women.
A. Margaret Mahler
B. Carl Jung
C. Gordon Allport
D. Karen Horney
Psychoanalytic Social
Theory
Karen Horney
~ Physician
~ engaged in self-
analysis
~emphasized that culture
is responsible for psychic
differences in men and
women
29. Kylo has received genuine love from his
parents. He is also disciplined fairly when he
is unruly. In accordance to the Psychoanalytic
Social Theory, Kylo should experience
feelings of__?
A. Safety
B. Safety and satisfaction
C. Security and support
D. Support and satisfaction
30. Which of the following is FALSE?
A. Parents experience basic evil from their
children when they do not provide them with
basic needs.
B. Basic hostility occurs before basic anxiety
C. Basic anxiety is characterized by feelings
isolation and helplessness
D. Basic anxiety itself is not neuroses
although it is constant and unrelenting.
GENUINE LOVE HEALTHY
DEVELOMENT
SAFETY AND
HEALTHY
SATISFACTION
DISCIPLINE
DOMINATE,
NEGLECT, BASIC
OVERPROTECT, HOSTILITY
REJECT,
OVERINDULGE
BASIC HOSTILITY
-From being rejected/neglected by parents
-Defense against basic anxiety (reactive hostility)
BASIC ANXIETY
-From repressed hostility
-Feeling of being isolated and helpless in a
potentially hostile world
-Not neurosis itself but constant and unrelenting
- 3 to 4 months - 5 to 6 months
- Encounters the - View objects as a whole
persecutory breast and and see the existence of
the ideal breast both good and bad
- Both paranoid feelings of - Infant feels anxiety over
being persecuted and a losing the mother and
splitting of objects into the guilty for the previous
good and the bad destructive feelings towards
her
38. Mahler termed this as the event that leads
to the formation of a sense of identity where
the child is separated from his or her primary
caregiver.
A. Normal Symbiosis
B. Psychological Birth
C. Differentiation
D. NOTA
Margaret Mahler
Psychological Birth
- Occurs in the first 3 years of life
- child develops a sense of identity as a result of
becoming a separate individual from the primary
caregiver
a. Normal Autism – primary narcissism in which the
infant is unaware of others
b. Normal Symbiosis – infant and mother are one and
there is mutual cuing
c. Separation Individuation – psychologically
separated from mother
Heinz Kohut
- Human relatedness is the core of human personality
and not drives
- Caregivers gratify both physical and psychological
needs of infants
- Caregivers/Parents/Adults = Selfobjects
Self
- center of the individual’s psychological universe
- Infants are naturally narcissistic
- The self develops from two needs:
a. Need to exhibit the grandiose self
b. Need to acquire an idealized image of both parents
39. What are the three stages of separation
anxiety according to John Bowlby?
A. Detachment, despair, apathy
B. Detachment, anxiety, despair
C. Protest, anxiety, detachment
D. Protest, despair, detachment
John Bowlby
Attachment Theory
- Childhood attachments are crucial to later
development
- Infants go through a sequence when separated from
their caregivers
Stages of Separation Anxiety:
a. Protest - cry, resist soothing, and search
b. Despair – become quiet and sad
c. Detachment – unique to humans, emotionally
detach from others
40. Baby Donald stays calm when his mother
leaves. He appears to be unaffected and accepts
the presence of the strangers around him. He
continues to play and seems to ignore his mother
when she returns. His attachment style is?
A. Anxious-avoidant
B. Cold
C. Anxious-resistant
D. Secure
Mary Ainsworth
Strange Situation Technique
- Method of determine an infant’s attachment style
- Infants interacts with a stranger when mother is absent
(critical behavior occurs when the mother returns)
Attachment Style Ratings
1. Secure – infant is happy and enthusiastic when
mother returns
2. Anxious-resistant – infant is ambivalent in that they
seek contact with the mother but rejects attempts to be
soothed
3. Anxious-avoidant - infants are calm when the mother
leaves and ignore her when she returns
41. This is the most important stage of human
development according to the Interpersonal
Theory.
A. Adolescence
B. Childhood
C. Early adolescence
D. Pre-adolescence
Interpersonal Theory
Harry Stack Sullivan
~ had an intimate
friendship with a boy
during his childhood
(Clarence Bellinger)
~conducted intensive
studies of schizophrenia
~Part of the Zodiac
Group
~ uncomfortable with his
sexuality
42. According to the Interpersonal Theory,
what is the most basic interpersonal human
need?
A. Friendship
B. Tenderness
C. Security
D. Intimacy
INTERPERSONAL THEORY
- Personality is an energy system
TENSION ENERGY
- Potentiality for action TRANSFORMATIONS
that may or may not be - Transform tensions
experienced in into behavior with the
awareness aim of satisfying needs
and reducing anxiety
NEEDS - Take the form of actual
behaviors, emotions
ANXIETY
and thoughts
NEEDS ANXIETY
• Tension from biological • Disjunctive, diffused and
imbalance between a person vague
and the physiochemical • No consistent actions to
environment relieve it
• Episodic • Transferred from parent
Tenderness – most basic (mother) to infant through
interpersonal need empathy
2 Types of Needs: • Chief disruptive force
A. General Needs - overall blocking development of
well-being (e.g. oxygen, healthy interpersonal
food, tenderness) relations
B. Zonal Needs – arise form • Like a ‘blow to the head’
a particular area of the • Blocks satisfaction of needs
body (e.g. oral, manual Euphoria - complete lack of
activity) tension
43. This is an isolating dynamism that requires
no other person to satisfy?
A. Aggression
B. Malevolence
C. Lust
D. Self-system
DYNAMISMS
- Energy transformations that are organized into behavior
patterns that characterizes a person
A. Dynamisms related to specific zones of the body
B. Dynamisms related to tensions
1. Disjunctive 2. Isolating 3. Conjunctive
Dynamisms Dynamisms Dynamisms
- Destructive - Behavior - Beneficial
patterns of patterns that are behavior patterns
behavior unrelated to - Intimacy grows
- Malevolence interpersonal out of need for
(evil and relations tenderness
hatred) - Lust (autoerotic - Involves two
- asocial/ behavior) people of equal
antisocial behavior hinders intimacy status
SELF – SYSTEM
- Conjunctive dynamism
- Most complex dynamism
- Consistent pattern of behavior that maintains
interpersonal security by protecting from anxiety
- Detect behaviors that increase or decrease anxiety (built-
in warning device)
Security Operations:
• Dissociation – impulses, needs and desires that a person
refuses to allow into awareness
• Selective Inattention – refusal to see those things that
we do not wish to see
- Block out experiences that are not consistent with our self
system
44. According to Sullivan, superstitious beliefs
and traditions are?
A. Syntaxic transformations
B. Prototaxic illusions
C. Eidetic personifications
D. Parataxic distortions
LEVELS OF COGNITION
A. PROTOTAXIC LEVEL
- Earliest and most primitive experiences of an infant
- Experiences that cannot be communicated to others
B. PARATAXIC LEVEL
- Person assumes a cause-and-effect relationship between
two events that occur coincidentally
- Communicated in a distorted fashion
Parataxic Distortions – illogical belief that an event
causes another event that immediately follows it
C. SYNTAXIC LEVEL
- Experiences that are consensually validated and
symbolically communicated
- Use of language
45. Viz and Wanda have been dating for a while
now. They like being intimate and showing their
affection towards each other. They are also very
sure that their sexual attraction is mutual. What
stage of development are they in according to
Sullivan?
A. Early Adulthood
B. Late Adolescence
C. Late Adulthood
D. Early Adolescence
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Significant Interpersonal Important
Stage Other Process Learnings
Protect security
Childhood through Syntaxic
Parents
(2–6) imaginary language
playmates
Competition,
Juvenile Era Playmates of Living in the
Compromise,
( 6 – 8 ½) equal status world of peers
Cooperation
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Significant Interpersonal Important
Stage Other Process Learnings
Admiration
Preadolescence
Single chum Intimacy and respect
( 8 ½ – 13 )
from peers
Balance of lust,
Early Intimacy and
intimacy and
Adolescence Several chum lust toward
security
( 13 – 15 ) different people
operations
Discovery of
Late Fusion of
the self and the
Adolescence Lover intimacy and
world outside
( 15 +) lust
of self
46. Ernesto has lost all meaning in life after the
deaths of his family members due to flash floods
brought on by Typhoon Rosita. Later on he
developed depression and other psychological
problems. Which of the following theories would
explain the development of psychopathology in
his case?
A. Psychoanalytic Theory
B. Individual Psychology
C. Humanistic/Existential Theories
D. Behaviorism
Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Erich Fromm
~ had neurotic parents
~troubled by the suicide
of a woman that led to his
introduction to
psychoanalysis
~Lived through World
War I
~Influenced by Freud and
Marx
~Had relations with older
women
47. Humans have been isolated and separated
from our prehistoric union with nature. We
are able to be rational at the cost of our
instincts. This is what Fromm calls as?
A. Transcendence
B. Human Dilemma
C. Neurosis
D. Evolution
48. For Fromm, what are the four basic elements
of genuine love?
A. Passion, intimacy, commitment and friendship
B. Care, knowledge, respect and responsibility
C. Lust, friendship, understanding and protection
D. Financial stability, attraction, lust and
chemistry
HUMAN DILEMMA
- Humans have become separated from nature and are aware of
their isolation
- Acquired ability to reason in exchange for instincts
EXISTENTIAL NEEDS
1. RELATEDNESS
- Union with others through:
a. Submission -attach selves to dominant people
b. Power
Symbiotic Relationship - when a submissive person and a
domineering person are together
- block growth and psychological health
c. Love – only route to unite with the world and achieve
individuality
-Union with somebody while maintaining individuality
- care, responsibility, respect and knowledge
2. TRANSCENDENCE
- Urge to rise above a passive and accidental existence and into
the realm of purposefulness and freedom
- Either through creation or destruction
Malignant Aggression – kill for reasons other than survival
3. ROOTEDNESS
- Need to establish roots and feel at home in the world
Fixation – reluctance to move beyond the protection of one’s
mother
4. SENSE OF IDENTITY
- Capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity
5. FRAME OF ORIENTATION
- Road map to navigate the world
- Requires a final goal or destination (object of devotion)
49. A road map that helps us make our way
through the world.
A. Rootedness
B. Sense of Identity
C. Frame of Orientation
D. Sense of Direction
Non-
Productive
Productive
Submission/
RELATEDNESS Love
domination
TRANSCENDENCE Creativity Destructiveness
ROOTEDNESS Wholeness Fixation
SENSE OF Adjustment/
Individuality
IDENTITY Conforming
FRAME OF
Rational goal Irrational goal
ORIENTATION
50. Pop culture and social media have
promulgated the idea that we have to act and
behave a certain way in order to gain attention
and approval. We are commodities in the sense
that our worth is equivalent to how well we can
‘sell’ ourselves on the internet. This is in line
with what character orientation?
A. Receptive character
B. Marketing character
C. Exploitative character
D. Hoarding character
CHARACTER ORIENTATIONS
- Relatively permanent way of relating to people and things
- Acquired through assimilation and through socialization
NONPRODUCTIVE ORIENTATIONS:
1. RECEPTIVE 2. EXPLOITATIVE
CHARACTER CHARACTER
• All good lies outside of the • All good lies outside of the
self self
• Relate to the world through • Relate to the world by
receiving things aggressively taking what
Negative: passive, submissive, they desire
lack confidence Negative: egocentric,
Positive: loyal, trusting, conceited
accepting Positive: confident, charming
NONPRODUCTIVE ORIENTATIONS:
3. HOARDING 4. MARKETING
CHARACTER CHARACTER
• Save and keep what they • Outgrowth of modern
have obtained commerce
• Does not let go of anything • See selves as commodities
and live in the past that are constantly in
Negative: rigid, obstinate and demand
lacks of creativity Negative: aimless,
Positive: orderly, clean and opportunistic, inconsistent
punctual Positive: open - minded
PRODUCTIVE ORIENTATIONS
- working, loving and reasoning
- Work to express self, love life and being alive (biophilia),
and think about others and the world
51. To this day, you still think about the time you
ate the last slice of pizza for your sibling and you
constantly feel guilty about it. Fromm would call
this?
A. Moral hypochondriasis
B. Malignant aggression
C. Residual Guilt
D. Syndrome of Decay
Post- Freudian Theory
Erik Erikson
~ had great difficulty in
establishing his identity
~ did not know his father
~ failed to care for son
who had Down
Syndrome
~ changed his name from
Homburger to Erikson
52. If you are a follower of Erik Erikson, you
would say that this is the most crucial stage in a
person’s life.
A. Infancy, because it is when trust and purpose
are established
B. Young Adulthood, because it involves seeking
intimacy with others
C. Old Age, because one can either be satisfied or
be regretful with the life that he/she has lived.
D. Adolescence, because of the development of a
clear identity
53. Among the following, which core pathology
is incorrectly paired with the psychosexual
stage/mode?
A. Disdain; Trust vs. mistrust
B. Role repudiation: Identity vs. identity
confusion
C. Competence: Intimacy vs. isolation
D. Inhibition: Industry vs. inferiority
E. All of the above
POST-FREUDIAN THEORY
EGO
- Positive force that creates a self-identity
- Center of personality that helps us adapt to conflicts
- Person’s ability to unify experiences and actions in an
adaptive manner
3 Aspects:
A. Body Ego – seeing our physical body as different from
others
B. Ego Ideal – image we have of ourselves in comparison to
ideals
C. Ego Identity – image we have of ourselves in the social
roles we play
EPIGENETIC PRINCIPLE
- Step – by –step development where one stage emerges from and
is built upon the previous stage
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Psychosocial Psychosexual Basic Core Significant
Crisis Mode Strength Pathology Relations
Oral –
Trust vs. Mothering
respiratory:
Mistrust Hope Withdrawal one /
sensory -
(Infancy) Caregiver
kinesthetic
Autonomy vs.
Shame and
Anal – urethral
Doubt Will Compulsion Parents
- muscular
(Early
Childhood)
Initiative vs. Infantile
Guilt genital – Purpose Inhibition Family
(Play Age) locomotor
Psychosocial Psychosexual Basic Core Significant
Crisis Mode Strength Pathology Relations
Industry vs.
School,
Inferiority Latency Competence Inertia
Neighbors
(School Age)
Identity vs.
Identity Role
Puberty Fidelity Peers
confusion Repudiation
(Adolescence)
Intimacy vs.
Sexual
Isolation
Genitality Love Exclusivity partners,
(Young
friends
Adulthood)
Psychosocial Psychosexual Basic Core Significant
Crisis Mode Strength Pathology Relations
Generativity vs.
Labor and
Stagnation Procreativity Care Rejectivity
household
(Adulthood)
Integrity vs.
Generalization
Despair Wisdom Disdain All humanity
of modes
(Old Age)
54. What is the third force in psychology?
A. Behaviorism and Learning Theories
B. Humanistic/Existential Theories
C. Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic
Theories
D. Trait and Cognitive Theories
54. What is the third force in psychology?
A. Behaviorism and Learning Theories (2nd)
B. Humanistic/Existential Theories (3rd)
C. Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic
Theories (1st)
D. Trait and Cognitive Theories
HUMANISTIC – EXISTENTIAL
THEORIES
Holistic –Dynamic
Theory
Abraham Maslow
~ felt hatred and
animosity for mother
~ committed atheist
~ introduced to
psychology through
Titchener
~married his first cousin
~worked with Harlow
and Thorndike
55. Among the following critique of Maslow’s theory,
which is most likely FALSE?
A. His theory and his hierarchy of needs are not consistent
with common sense and do not follow a logical
progression.
B. There is little evidence to support his claims that
people can achieve self-actualization. The tests and tools
that are used to measure it can be susceptible to faking
and may be unreliable.
C. Researchers are unable to support or falsify his
concepts since his theory lacks operational definitions.
D. His methods for psychotherapy are not suited for
chronic neurosis or when a patient has deep seated
hostility.
HOLISTIC – DYNAMIC THEORY
Assumptions:
1. Approach to motivation is holistic
2. Motivation is usually complex
3. People are continually motivated by one need or
another
4. People everywhere are motivated by some basic
need
5. Needs can be arranged in a hierarchy
ESTEEM
SAFETY
PHYSIOLOGICAL
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
- food, water, oxygen
- Most prepotent of all
- Only needs that can be completely/overly satisfied
- Recurring
SAFETY NEEDS
- Physical security, stability, protection and freedom
- Cannot be overly satisfied
Basic anxiety – adults feel unsafe due to irrational fears
that they retain from childhood
LOVE AND BELONGINGNESS NEEDS
- Friendship, intimacy, belong to a community
- Children require love to grow psychologically
ESTEEM NEEDS
- Self-respect, confidence and competence
Two levels:
1. Reputation – external
2. Self – esteem – internal
SELF – ACTUALIZATION NEEDS
- self-fulfillment, realization of all potentials and desire to
become creative
- not everyone satisfies self-actualization needs
- Develops once B-values (truth, beauty etc.) are embraced
AESTHETIC NEEDS
- Need for beauty, orderliness and aesthetically pleasing
experiences
COGNITIVE NEEDS
- Desire to know and understand
NEUROTIC NEEDS
- Nonproductive and lead to stagnation and an unhealthy
lifestyle
56. Which of the following is an expressive
behavior?
A. Writing a poem for a partner
B. Laughing at a joke
C. Cooking a delicious meal
D. Punching an attacker in the face
EXPRESSIVE
COPING
BEHAVIOR
BEHAVIOR
- End in itself and
- Conscious, effortful,
serves no other
and learned
purpose
- Determined by
- Usually unconscious
external environment
and takes place
- Motivated by a deficit
naturally
need
- no goal or aim but to
- Has a goal or an aim
express
e.g. get food, find
e.g. slouching, blushing,
shelter, make friends
smiling, art, play
57. Adolescents and young adults look up to
idols, content creators, musicians and actors.
This kind of prestige and recognition
originates externally. What kind of esteem
need is described?
A. Self-esteem
B. Approval
C. Reputation
D. Confidence
58. When a person is deprived of self-
actualization needs, it leads to?
A. Metamotivation
B. Peak experiences
C. Coping behaviors
D. Metapathology
Person – Centered
Theory
Carl Rogers
~ intended to become
a farmer, then a
minister
~ started with
psychotherapy before
formulating a
personality theory
PERSON – CENTERED THEORY
2 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS:
A. FORMATIVE TENDENCY
- tendency for all matter, both organic and
inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex
forms
B. ACTUALIZING TENDENCY
- tendency within all humans (and other animals and
plants) to move toward completion
or fulfillment of potentials
- maintenance and enhancement
Self-actualization – tendency to actualize the self as
perceived in awareness
SELF – CONCEPT IDEAL SELF
Aspects of one’s being One’s view of self as
and experiences that one wishes to be
are perceived in Contains all those
awareness (though not attributes, usually
always accurately) positive, that people
Once formed, change aspire to possess
becomes difficult.
Experiences SELF – CONCEPT
inconsistent with the
self-concept are either
denied or accepted in IDEAL SELF
distorted forms.
INCONGRUENCE
LEVELS OF AWARENESS
3 CONDITIONS :
1. COUNSELOR CONGRUENCE
- organismic experience are matched by awareness
and by the ability to openly express feelings
2. UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
- accepts client without conditions or qualifications
3. EMPATHETIC LISTENING
- sense the feeling of a client without prejudice,
projection , or evaluation
61. How many levels of awareness did Carl
Rogers postulate?
A. None
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
62. Ella has always received unconditional love from her family.
They love her despite her flaws and mistakes. Ella slowly comes
to appreciate herself until she eventually comes to accept who
she is as a person. Family problems begin to happen and Ella
notices that recently, her family only acknowledges her when
she gives them material things. What is most likely to happen?
A. Her acceptance and love for herself will begin to disappear
since it grew out of the unconditional love of her family.
B. She will begin to seek the approval and affection of her
family members since she fears that they will no longer love her.
C. Her regard for herself will remain intact since it is not
dependent on her family’s perception of her
D. She will cut herself off from her family since they have
become toxic people.
63. Which of the conditions below apply to
client-centered therapy?
A. Congruence and empathy are both necessary
and sufficient
B. Only unconditional positive regard is
necessary and sufficient
C. Unconditional positive regard and empathy
are both necessary but insufficient.
D. Congruence is not necessary and is
insufficient.
64. He is the pioneer of existential psychology
in the United States.
A. Victor Frankl
B. Erich Fromm
C. Phineas Gage
D. Rollo May
65. What is the difference between humanistic and
existential theories of psychology?
A. There are little to no difference between the two.
B. Humanistic theories were influenced mostly by
European theorists and philosophers while existential
theories originated from the American continents.
C. Existential theories are deterministic while
humanistic theories are more teleological.
D. Humanistic theories believe that humans are
innately good while existential theories emphasize
freedom and responsibility.
Existential Psychology
Rollo May
~ strong interest in art
and literature
~ greatly admired
Alfred Adler
~ had tuberculosis
~ moved by Soren
Kierkegaard (existential
philosopher)
EXISTENTIALISM
1. EXISTENCE OVER ESSENCE
EXISTENCE
Existence means to emerge or to become
Existence suggests process
Existence is associated with growth and change
ESSENCE
Essence implies a static immutable substance
Essence refers to a product
Essence signifies stagnation and finality
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2. EXISTENTIALISM OPPOSES THE SPLIT
BETWEEN SUBJECT AND OBJECT
People are both subjective and objective
5. EXISTENTIALISM IS ANTITHEORTICAL
Theories dehumanize people and render them as
objects
66. ‘Playboys/girls’ who are promiscuous men
or women often treat their partners as objects
for pleasure. What mode of Dasein are these
people in?
A. Umwelt
B. Mitwelt
C. Eigenwelt
D. Uberwelt
DASEIN
Basic unity of person and environment
To exist in the world (being-in-the-world)
3 simultaneous modes:
A. Umwelt
World of objects, nature and natural law
Biological drives (hunger and sleep)
B. Mitwelt
World of people
Interpersonal relationships
C. Eigenwelt
One’s relationship with the self
67. You chose to take psychology as your major.
You chose to be with that person and not the other.
You chose to buy this and that. What is it that
accompanies your actions according to Existential
psychology that gives meaning to your
experiences?
A. Freedom
B. Intentionality
C. Will
D. Destiny
INTENTIONALITY
Structure that gives meaning to experiences and
allows people to make decisions about the future
Action implies intentionality and vice versa
Sometimes unconscious
CARE, LOVE AND WILL
CARE – source of love wherein one recognizes the
humanity of another person
LOVE – delighting in the presence of another and
affirming that person’s value and development
WILL – capacity to organize one’s self so that
movement may take place
68. This is the kind of love between Captain
America and the Winter Soldier, Archie and
Jughead, Chewbacca and Han Solo, Naruto and
Sasuke, and Taylor S. and Selena G.
A. Eros
B. Agape
C. Philia
D. Phobia
FORMS OF LOVE
SEX
- Biological function that can be satisfied through any
activity that relieve sexual tension
EROS
- Psychological desire to seek procreation through an
enduring union with a loved one.
PHILIA
- Intimate nonsexual/platonic friendships between
people
AGAPE
- Concern for the welfare of others beyond any
personal gain
TRAIT THEORIES
Psychology of the
Individual
Gordon Allport
~ Had a memorable
meeting with Freud
about a boy that didn’t
like dirt
~ From a generation
of physicians
~ heavy smoker
Allport’s Definition of
Personality
PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS
generalized neuropsychic structure with the
capacity to render many stimuli functionally
equivalent, and to initiate and guide behavior
Habits Habits
INTROVERSION SUPEREGO
PSYCHOTICISM EXTRAVERSION
STABILITY
EXTRAVERSION
NEUROTICISM
(2) REPRESENTATION
• Behavior patterns must be symbolically represented in
memory
(4) MOTIVATION
• Must be motivated to perform behavior
TRIADIC RECIPROCAL CAUSATION
- Human behavior is a result of an interaction among
three variables; Behavior, Environment and Person
P E
86. You meant to enroll in the Political Science program
but there was a mix up in the forms that resulted in you
ending up in Psychology (you would eventually be
known for creating your own personality theory). One
day during class, a new person sits next to you. You
don’t talk to each other until a few years later (she/he
eventually becomes your spouse) Bandura would call
these phenomenon as?
A. Destiny and Luck
B. Fortuitous events and Chance encounters
C. Peak experiences and unpredictable encounters
D. Inevitable events and prototaxic distortions
CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
An unintended meeting of persons unfamiliar to each other
e.g. meeting one’s spouse/best friend
FORTUITOUS EVENTS
Environmental experience that is unexpected and unintended
HUMAN AGENCY
- People are self-regulating, proactive, self-reflective and
self-organizing
- Process of exploring, manipulating and influencing the
environment in order to attain desired outcomes
Core features: intentionality, forethought, self-reactiveness
and self-reflectiveness
SELF-EFFICACY
People’s beliefs in their capability to exercise some measure
of control over their and own functioning and over
environmental events
PROXY AGENCY
Indirect control over those social conditions that affect
everyday living
COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
People’s shared beliefs in their collective power to produce
desired results
87. Usually when politicians are condemned
due to atrocities that occur during their term,
they try to reason out saying “It isn’t as bad as
what the previous administration did!” This is
an example of?
A. Diffusion of responsibility
B. Moral justification
C. Palliative comparisons
D. Euphemistic labelling
DISENGAGEMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROL
1. REDEFINING BEHAVIOR
- Justify reprehensible behavior through cognitive
restructuring
A. Moral Justification – Behavior is made to appear
defensible or noble
B. Palliative Comparisons – comparing behavior to greater
atrocities committed by others
C. Euphemistic Labels – giving misleading names to actions
2. DISREGARD OR DISTORT THE CONSEQUENCES
- Minimize, disregard/ignore, distort/ misconstrue
consequences
3. DEHUMANIZE OR BLAME THE VICTIMS
4. DISPLACE OR DIFFUSE RESPONSIBILITY
88. Sometimes we are confronted with realities
that are the opposite of the beliefs that we hold.
Our ability to adapt to these changes and
modify and revise our perspective of the world
is what Kelly calls?
A. Personal Constructs
B. Range of Convenience
C. Constructive Alternativism
D. Construction corollary
PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS
George Kelly
• Basic Postulate
- A person’s processes are psychologically channelized
by ways in which events are anticipated
• Constructive Alternativism
- Present interpretations of the universe subject to
revision or replacement
- Facts can be looked at from different perspectives
• Personal Constructs
- Ways of construing the world that shape an
individual’s behavior
- People always attempt to validate their constructs
89. Tony has been very protective of Pepper from
the beginning. He always tries his best to make
sure that she is able to follow her dreams and
ambitions. Pepper does not feel overwhelmed by
this since despite Tony’s overprotectiveness, he
still encourages her independence. What part of
Tony’s personal construct is being manifested?
A. Fragmentation corollary
B. Modulation corollary
C. Choice corollary
D. Dichotomy corollary
SUPPORTING COROLLARIES
2 Kinds of Indigenization:
Indigenization from without – applying western
theoretical models and methodologies in the local setting
Indigenization from within – utilizing indigenous research
methods and models to studying Filipino behavior
SIKOLOHIYANG PILIPINO
Sikolohiya sa Pilipinas (Psychology in the
Philippines)
- General form of psychology in the Philippine context
Sikolohiya ng mga Pilipino (Psychology of the
Filipinos)
- Theorizing about the nature of the Filipinos from a
local or foreign perspective
Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino Psychology)
- Psychology born out of the experience, thought, and
orientation of the Filipinos, based on the full use of
Filipino culture and language
90. The Philippines is frequently devastated by
calamities and sociopolitical issues. Part of being a
responsible member of the Filipino community is
to at least have an awareness of what is occurring
in one’s surroundings. In Sikolohiyang Pilipino,
what is this value?
A. Kapwa
B. Kamalayan
C. Ulirat
D. Pagka-gising
91. Which of the following is not a confrontative
surface value?
A. Hiya
B. Utang na Loob
C. Pakikisama
D. All of the above
KAPWA MODEL’S VALUE STRUCTURE
PASMA - Sweaty palms due to heat and cold occurring together in the body
AGIMAT/
- Objects that act as charms or talismans that serve various
ANTING-
functions such as protection from evil or lucky charms
ANTING
95. It is common in the low lands for family
members of a successful board passer to post a
tarpaulin to express their congratulations and
happiness for the person. What are they
feeling?
A. Ligaya
B. Saya
C. Puri
D. Dangal
INTERNALITY/EXTERNALITY
By Zeus Salazar
Internality Externality
HONOR Dangal Puri
HAPPINESS Ligaya Saya
CONTROL Timpi Pigil
FEEL Damdam Dama
96. He is considered to be the father or the
pioneer of Sikolohiyang Pilipino?
A. Jaime Bulatao
B. Alfredo Lagmay
C. Virgilio Enriquez
D. Jose Rizal
97. This interaction pattern is not part of the
Hindi-Ibang tao category.
A. Pakikisangkot
B. Pakikipagkaisa
C. Pakikisalamuha
D. NOTA
INTERACTION PATTERNS
Pakikitungo Civility
Pakikisalamuha Interaction
IBANG – TAO Pakikilahok Participation
Pakikibagay Conforming
Pakikisama Adjusting
Pakikipagpalagayang Mutual
-loob trust/rapport
HINDI IBANG
Pakikisangkot Active involvement
– TAO
Full trust, being
Pakikipagkaisa
one with
98. This is defined as the science of theorizing
about the psychological nature of the Filipinos,
whether from a local or a foreign perspective.
A. Sikolohiya ng mga Pilipino
B. Sikolohiyang Pilipino
C. Sikolohiya sa Pilipinas
D. Sikolohiya at mga Pilipino
99. What is the core construct and pivotal
interpersonal value of Sikolohiyang Pilipino?
A. Pakikipagkaisa and kagandahang-loob
B. Kapwa and pakikisama
C. Bayanihan and pakikipagkaisa
D. Kapwa and pakikiramdam
KAPWA MODEL’S VALUE STRUCTURE