Question 1

Self-actualized people typically have a strong need to be with other people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What are peak experiences? Discuss the kinds of people who experience them.

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Question 3

Maslow suggested that we could learn most about personality by studying unhealthy populations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

At the first four levels of the need hierarchy, people are motivated by __________.

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A)   fear
B)   hunger
C)   deficiency
D)   approval

Question 5

Maslow recommended that psychology should study people who

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A)   represent a broad diversity of personality types.
B)   are self-actualized.
C)   agree to provide answers to questionnaires, as well as being rated by trained observers.
D)   represent a variety of psychiatric diagnoses.

Question 6

Maslow preferred to speak of "human diminution or stunting" instead of "psychological illness."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Maslow, all self-actualized people have peak experiences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Maslow studied sex in humans

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A)   as a physiological need only.
B)   as a belongingness and love need only.
C)   as both a physiological and a belongingness and love need.
D)   in a laboratory.

Question 9

The term "positive psychology" refers to

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A)   a current emphasis in psychology on subjective experience and psychological health.
B)   a philosophical position that emphasizes scientific observation.
C)   all the empirically verified findings within psychology.
D)   political activism in favor of increased funding for psychological research.

Question 10

Self-actualized people have human faults, like the rest of us.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Maslow, the self-actualized person thinks intuitively, like an artist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not a characteristic of self-actualized people?

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A)   enculturation
B)   spontaneity
C)   creativity
D)   need for privacy

Question 13

List and explain the levels of Maslow's need hierarchy. Give an example of each.

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory ...

Question 14

Explain what Maslow meant by desacralization and what he suggested should be done about it.

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Maslow used the term "desacralization" t...

Question 15

What was Maslow's attitude toward religion?

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A)   Religion has no place in the modern world.
B)   Religious dogma is a useful guide to self-actualization.
C)   Religious prophets have experienced what Maslow calls "peak experiences," which are valuable insights to be communicated to others.
D)   Religion was not discussed in his theory.

Question 16

At the highest level of the need hierarchy, people are

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A)   no longer motivated by deficiencies.
B)   quite similar to other self-actualized persons.
C)   incapable of feeling bored.
D)   perfect.

Question 17

In order of their emergence, the needs in Maslow's hierarchy are

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A)   physiological, safety, esteem, love, self-actualization.
B)   physiological, esteem, safety, love, self-actualization.
C)   physiological, safety, love, esteem, self-actualization.
D)   safety, physiological, love, esteem, self-actualization.

Question 18

According to Maslow, once a need has been met

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A)   it never again is the predominant need.
B)   it may again become dominant, if no longer met in the future.
C)   a person becomes fixated, and remains at that stage.
D)   a person moves down to the next lower level.

Question 19

Regarding sex, Maslow thought that it was

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A)   only a physiological need.
B)   an important "love and belongingness" need, as well as a physiological need.
C)   not a source of deficiency motivation in the twentieth century.
D)   not interesting for a theory concerned with self-actualization.

Question 20

Compare intrinsic motivation and positive psychology with Maslow's theoretical concepts.

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