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1. Name:___________________ Theoriesof Personality Quiz# 2 Adler
1. Adlerbelievesthatdynamicforce motivatingall humanactivityis
a. organ dialect
b. a feelingof superiority
c. the strivingfor superiorityor success
d. inferiorphysical endowment
2. The tendencytowardcompletion,Adlerbelieved,
a. was a resultof birthorder
b. was innate but neededtobe developed
c. was learnedduringpreadolescence
d. resultedfromthe masculineprotest
3. Adlerbelievedthatpeople striveforsuperiority
a. in order to compensate for feelingsofinferiority
b. inorderto survive ina competitivesociety
c. as a meansof attainingsexual satisfaction
d. inimitationof parentsandotherauthorityfigures
4. Accordingto Adler,the behaviorof psychologicallyhealthyindividual is
a. unmotivated
b. motivatedmostly by conscious goals and drives
c. motivatedmostlybyunconsciousgoalsanddrives
d. motivatedbyexaggeratedfeelingsof inferiority
5. From an Adlerianperspective,
a. all behaviorisinconsistent
b. psychological conflictleads to inconsistentbehavior
c. inconsistentbehaviorservesmultiple purposes
d. inconsistentbehaviorservesasingle purpose
6. Adlerbelievedthatbehavior&personalityare shapedby
a. earlychildhoodexperiences
b. organ inferiorities
c. subjective perceptions
d. sexual andaggressive impulses
e.birthorder
7. Adlersaidthat all humansare “blessed”atbirthwith
a. well-developedsocial interest

2. b. inferiorbodies
c. superiorintellect
d. the needtobecome superiortootherpeople
8. Accordingto Adler,social interestisstrongestinpeoplewhostrive for
a. success
b. personal gain
c. superiority
d. inferiority
9. Adlerheldthatchildrenwhoreceivedlove andaffectionfromtheirparentstypicallydevelop
a. strong social interest
b. a pamperedstyle of life
c. a neglectedstyle of life
d. a varietyof safeguardingtendencies
e.a parasiticstyle of life
10. Adler’snotionof movingbackwardissimilartoFreud’snotionof
a. sublimation
b. fixation
c. progression
d. repression
e. regression
11. Adlerbelievedthatthe typical secondbornchild
a. developsmoderate competitiveness
b. becomesextremelycompetitive
c. becomeseasilydiscouraged
d. isfearful of authority
12. Adlerbelievedthatdreams
a. are expressionsof infantile wishes
b. provide cluesfor solvingfuture problems
c. are prophetic
d. can be easilyunderstoodbythe dreamer
13. Whichof the followingstatementsbestexpressesAdler’sconceptof humanity?
a. The environmentbasicallydeterminespersonality
b. People are bynature good
c. Early childhoodexperiencesare the single mostimportantfactorinshapingpersonality

3. d. People’sinterpretationsof experiencesare more importantthanthe experiencesthemselves
N/A14. Unlike otherpsychiatristsof histime,Adlertreated
a. large numbersof schizophrenics
b. mentallyretardedchildren
c. patientswithoutmedical insurance
d. large numbersof middle-and-lower-classpatients
N/A15. One of Adler’sstrongestbeliefswasin
a. the equality of the twosexe
b. hisJewishfaith
c. hisProtestantfaith
d. the communistdoctrine
Essay: Distinguishbetweenstrivingforsuperiorityandstrivingforsuccess.