Lesson 4.2.1.6

4.2.1.6 Humanistic psychology Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which level sits at the top?

    • Esteem
    • Self-actualisation
    • Love and belonging
    • Safety
  2. What term did Carl Rogers use for total acceptance of a person without conditions?

    • Unconditional positive regard
    • Conditions of worth
    • Self-actualisation
    • Client congruence
  3. In Carl Rogers's theory, congruence occurs when there is alignment between which two factors?

    • Conscious and unconscious
    • Conditions and worth
    • Id and superego
    • Self and ideal
  4. Which level of needs forms the base of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

    • Safety needs
    • Belongingness needs
    • Self-actualisation needs
    • Physiological needs
  5. Unlike deterministic approaches, humanistic psychology explicitly assumes that humans possess:

    • Unconscious drives
    • Conditioned reflexes
    • Genetic determinism
    • Free will
  6. Which psychologist is most closely associated with the humanistic approach alongside Maslow?

    • Sigmund Freud
    • Albert Bandura
    • B. F. Skinner
    • Carl Rogers
  7. Maslow proposed that a person's need for food and water is classed as which type of need?

    • Self-actualisation
    • Physiological
    • Esteem
    • Safety
  8. A student's parents only praise her when she gets top grades. According to Rogers, what is this an example of?

    • Unconditional positive regard
    • Displacement
    • Conditions of worth
    • Self-actualisation
  9. A teacher accepts a student regardless of their behaviour. Which Rogers concept is illustrated?

    • Unconditional positive regard
    • Self-actualisation
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Conditions of worth
  10. A musician who has all basic needs met writes music purely to fulfil her potential. In Maslow's terms, she is most clearly seeking:

    • Safety
    • Physiological satisfaction
    • Love and belonging
    • Self-actualisation
  11. Which level of needs sits at the base of Maslow's hierarchy?

    • Physiological needs
    • Self-actualisation needs
    • Belongingness needs
    • Safety needs
  12. What term describes a large gap between a person's self-concept and ideal self?

    • Conditions of worth
    • Congruence
    • Incongruence
    • Self-actualisation
  13. Which of the following is one of Rogers's three core therapeutic conditions?

    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Conditions of worth
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Unconditional positive regard
  14. Which key concept distinguishes the humanistic approach from deterministic psychological approaches?

    • Unconscious drives
    • Genetics
    • Free will
    • Conditioning
  15. Why is the humanistic concept of self-actualisation criticised scientifically?

    • Overly deterministic
    • Too reductionist
    • Ignores free will
    • Hard to operationalise
  16. Which position on the free will versus determinism debate is taken by humanists?

    • Hard determinism
    • Soft determinism
    • Free will
    • Biological determinism
  17. Which issue arises from humanistic psychology's reliance on subjective self-reports?

    • Biological reductionism
    • Machine reductionism
    • High gender bias
    • Low scientific validity
  18. According to Maslow, what sits at the peak of the hierarchy of needs?

    • Physiological needs
    • Self-esteem
    • Safety needs
    • Self-actualisation
  19. What arises when parents set boundaries on their love and acceptance of a child?

    • Conditions of worth
    • Unconditional positive regard
    • Defence mechanisms
    • Vicarious reinforcement
  20. Unlike psychodynamic theorists, humanistic psychologists believe human behaviour is driven by what?

    • Biological instincts
    • Psychosexual stages
    • Conscious free will
    • Unconscious drives

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