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1
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(T/F) The child ego state includes thinking, feeling, and behaving as one did as a child.

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True

2
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Social character is a way of looking at leadership

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as being created within a social community.

3
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(T/F) The interactive social character emphasizes stability, organizational loyalty, and autonomy.

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False

4
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(T/F) Childhood and adolescent experiences are reflected in paternalistic patterns of leadership and management.

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True

5
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(T/F) According to the psychodynamic approach, it is quite important for leaders to understand personality types.

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True

6
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Select all options: According to the psychodynamic approach…

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Insight into one’s own personality is beneficial

Learned patterns of family dynamics influence leadership.

7
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(T/F) A parent-child comment by the leader is likely to cause a parent-to-parent comment from the subordinate.

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False

8
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(T/F) A strength of the psychodynamic approach is that it discourages manipulative techniques in leadership.

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True

9
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(T/F) An underlying assumption f the psychodynamic approach is that a person’s behavior results from the entire emotional residue of prior experience.

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True

10
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What are the key elements when considering personality types?

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Active or proactive
Guided by reason
Understands his/her own situation

11
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(T/F) Transactional analysis only focuses on the individual.

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False

12
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Which is the most productive of Freud’s personality types?

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Narcissist
Erotic
Obsessive
(All)

13
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(T/F) Psychodynamic theory focuses heavily on the personal awareness of the leader.

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True

14
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According to Berne’s theory, the leader who acts like a parent is likely to get which state in reaction?

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Child

15
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(T/F) The psychodynamic approach has its roots in the work of Freud and Jung.

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True

16
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Why is the psychodynamic approach criticized?

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Focuses primarily on personalities of leaders and followers
Based on the psychology of the abnormal
It does not lend itself to traditional training

17
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Important concepts in transactional analysis include all of the following, except…

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corrective transactions.

18
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(T/F) In the parent ego state, thoughts, feelings and behaviors are a result of current happenings.

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False

19
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(T/F) A subordinate who acts in a dependent manner expects the leader to act from his or her child ego state.

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False

20
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According to Maccoby, how has followership changed in recent times?

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Parental models of authority have decreased in importance.

21
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(T/F) The adapted child is a person who acts and feels like an uninhibited and unsocialized child.

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False