Deck 22: Case Studies 45-49

Question 1

How could Jason's homosexuality be explained from a Freudian perspective?

Answer 1

Jason's homosexuality is due to identification with the opposite sex parent during the phallic stage, according to Freud.

Question 2

Why does Myra feel that cleaning the house is her responsibility?How would Jungian theory explain Myra adopting this traditional role?

Answer 2

Jung could suggest that Myra is being influenced by the anima archetype.

Question 3

How could Fromm's theory describe Myra's mechanism of interpersonal relatedness? What character type best describes Myra, according to his theory?

Answer 3

Fromm would describe Myra's interpersonal mechanism as the withdrawal-destructiveness interaction.She places a distance between herself and others by demonstrating her superiority and by pushing others away when they get too close.Myra probably falls into the hoarding orientation as is demonstrated by her thriftiness.

Question 4

Explain whether Myra would score high or low on each of McCrae and Costa's Big Five dimensions.Provide evidence for your answer.

Question 5

How could Jungian theory explain Peter's urge to quit his job and stay home with his family? How could Jung explain Peter's urge to continue working outside the home and earn money for his family?

Question 6

How could radical behaviorism explain Peter's behavior? How could reinforcement or punishment have influenced Peter's wanting to be the breadwinner? Peter's wanting to quit his job?

Question 7

According to Bowlby and Ainsworth, what type of adult attachment style does Jason have? Explain.

Question 8

Use May's concept of alienation to explain Peter's confusion about what it means to be a man and father and about his current employment situation.

Question 9

How could Horney's theory explain the difference in Jason's idealized versus real image of himself?

Question 10

How could Horney's theory explain the discrepancy between Myra's idealized versus real image of herself?

Question 11

Which of Horney's needs motivate Myra? Which of Horney's neurotic trends does Myra demonstrate? Provide evidence for your answer.

Question 12

How could radical behaviorism explain Myra's cleaning behavior? Find examples of reinforcement or punishment that might have influenced Myra's cleaning behavior.

Question 13

How could Freudian theory explain Peter's behavior of wanting to be the breadwinner?

Question 14

How could Bandura's social cognitive theory explain Myra's traditionally feminine cleaning behavior?

Question 15

How is Jung's concept of self-realization similar to Rogers's and Maslow's concept of self-actualization? Is Peter showing signs of self-actualization according to Rogers? According to Maslow? Explain.

Question 16

How could Kelly's personal construct theory explain Peter's behavior?

Question 17

How would Sullivan's interpersonal personality theory explain Jason's lack of close relationships, especially with his wife and children?

Question 18

How could Jung's concept of self-realization apply to this example?

Question 19

Which personality type does Myra display according to Freudian theory? Provide evidence for your answer.What caused it?

Question 20

What was Jason's goal in life, according to Adler's theory? Did he experience feelings of inferiority that influenced his life? Provide examples.How did he strive for success? Explain.

Question 21

Use Erikson's psychosocial stages of development (especially the fourth through the eighth) to analyze Roger's life.

Question 22

How could Fromm's theory explain Roger's traveling and his visiting his children and grandchildren?

Question 23

How could Kelly's theory explain the inconsistency between Jason's being homosexual and also wanting to be perceived as a "real man"?*

Question 24

According to Bowlby and Ainsworth, what type of childhood attachment style did Patrick develop? Explain.

Question 25

Point out examples of Rogers's conditions of worth in Jason's life.

Question 26

According to Maslow, which needs in the hierarchy were met for Jason? Which were not?

Question 27

Which dynamisms had to have been fused in order for Roger to establish a mature love relationship with his wife, Jackie, according to Sullivan?

Question 28

Find an example of Bandura's fortuitous events that influenced Jason's behavior.How was his behavior influenced?

Question 29

Point out examples of Skinner's behaviorism throughout Jason's life.Describe the reinforcers and punishments, and the specific behaviors they encouraged or discouraged, respectively.

Question 30

Find examples of Skinner's radical behaviorism in the case study.How did reinforcement or punishment influence Patrick's behavior? Specify the reinforcers and/or punishments.

Question 31

Which of Fromm's existential needs are met for Patrick? Explain.

Question 32

Which of Erikson's stages did Patrick successfully complete? Which were not completed successfully? Explain.

Question 33

How could Rotter's concept of locus of control explain Patrick's insecurity about earning various positions (e.g., college internship, partnership in law firm) through his performance (e.g., grades, quality of work) or through his father's influence?

Question 34

What type of adult attachment style does Roger have, according to Bowlby and Ainsworth? Explain.

Question 35

Find an example of Rogers's conditions of worth in the case study.

Question 36

Roger had a different view than his colleagues did about how much work he should do after he was tenured and promoted to full professor.How could Kelly's theory explain this difference in views?

Question 37

Find an example of how Roger's perceived self is different than his organismic self, according to Carl Rogers's person centered theory.

Question 38

Which of Maslow's needs were fulfilled for Patrick? Which were not? Did the fulfillment of these needs change at any time in Patrick's life? Could Patrick be perceived as self-actualized according to Maslow's theory? Explain.

Question 39

Use Rotter's concept of expectancy to explain Jason's repeated choices to join the military.

Question 40

According to Adler's theory, did Patrick experience feelings of inferiority? Provide evidence for your answer.How did these feelings influence his behavior?

Question 41

May described four types of love.Which type of love best illustrates Roger's relationship with Jackie?

Question 42

Using Cattell's concept of a dynamic lattice, describe the subsidiation chain involved in Roger studying English in college and graduate school.What are the ergs, sems, and attitudes involved?