Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

9. Maslow believed that the process of self-actualization is to some extent under
   the control of one’s will. He asserted that human beings have a great capacity
   for
   a. expressing the curiosity drive
   b. frustrating themselves
   c. autonomy
   d. letting the id control their lives


10. The Rorschach test is a test in which it is assumed that what the subject says he
    or she perceives the blots to be are in fact reflections of unconscious motives.
    Accordingly, the Rorschach is
    a. an objective test
    b. a machine-scored test
    c. an invalid test
    d. a projective test

ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TEST

1-d 2-a 3-c 4-b 5-b 6-c 7-a 8-d 9-c 10-d

ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FALSE PREVIEW QUIZ

1. True.


2. True.


3. False. According to Freud, there are three, not four, parts to the human personality: (1)
   the id, (2) the ego, and (3) the superego.


4. False. An inferiority complex is a group of related ideas that may or may not be realis-
   tic about the self.


5. True.

KEY TERMS

210 PSYCHOLOGY

affected by feelings–emotionally stable

ambiguous stimuli

ambivert

apperception

archetypes

autonomy

bipolar trait

choleric

clinical scales

collective unconscious

compensation

conscience

denial of reality

depression