What did Adler add to the nature versus nurture debate?
a. He did not address the impact of context on mental and social functioning. Therefore, his contributions were solely in the area of genetics.
b. He did not address either genetics or context on mental and social functioning.
c. He was not interested in either genetics or the contexts of his clients lives. Rather, he indicated that adults were responsible for their own behaviors.
d. He did not emphasize the impact of genetics on mental and social functioning.
e. He helped to conduct research that firmly established the influence of genetics on psychological functioning.
Q. 2What did Adler say about perfectionism?
a. It is a symptom of disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder or body dysmorphic disorder.
b. Adler encouraged his clients to strive for perfection through selfless actions.
c. Adler helped his clients strive for perfection by using new skills.
d. General anxiety disorder, eating disorders, somatoform disorders, alcoholism, and drug addiction indicate that the sufferer has given up on perfection.
e. Adler said it takes courage to be imperfect.
Q. 3___________________ therapy often involves cooperative tasks in natural environments.
a. Adventure
b. Realistic
c. Humanistic
d. Existential
e. Group
Q. 4Which of the following are Adlerian educational principles that he and his followers advocated in the United States?
a. Strict rules and immediate, consistent discipline.
b. Focusing on basic cognitive achievement over other talents and skills.
c. Democratic rules, individual responsibility, encouragement, social awareness, and natural consequences rather than punishment.
d. Helping children less fortunate than themselves is important to young people's growth.
e. Motivation by rewarding positive behaviors.
Q. 5What was the focus of Adlers work with children?
a. He only worked with adults and did not address child-raising issues.
b. He emphasized orienting or reorienting the children toward successful and satisfying group activity.
c. He focused on developing cognitive skills so that the children could problem solve.
d. He focused on controlling id urges in children so that they are not so disruptive.
e. None of the above.
Q. 6What did Adler say about childrens behavior?
a. He believed that children's behavior, like adults', is purposive, and can be understood by its function in the family or classroom constellation.
b. He only worked with adults and did not address child-raising issues.
c. He believed that children behave randomly and are hard to control.
d. He agreed with Freud, that children act out of id impulses.
e. He suggested that childrens problems are very different from those of adults.
Q. 7What did Adler say about women?
a. Like Freud, Adler believed that women were inferior.
b. Adler believed that womens issues were essentially a private matter.
c. Much like modern feminist theorists, Adler believed that womens issues were not that they suffered from some primal penis envy, but from envy of the real power and privilege that men hold.
d. That women sought to couple with men who considered themselves inferior in order to advance their own status.
e. All womens issues stem from innate feelings of inadequacy.
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