, CHAPTER 1: CONFUCIANISM AND CHINESE PSYCHOLOGY
Multiple Choice Questions with Answers
1. Mencius believes that men are born with an innate sense of
a. Propriety
b. Filial piety
c. Moral righteousness
d. Loyalty
Answer: c
2. The Doctrine of the Mean is attributed to
a. Confucius
b. Zi Si
c. Mencius
d. Zhu Xi
Answer: b
3. The Mandate of Heaven was a traditional Chinese concept used to legitimize the
rule of
a. Fathers
b. Kings
c. Teachers
d. People
Answer: b
4. According to Wright, the ideal Confucian scholar possesses which the following
traits?
i. Submissiveness to authority
ii. Submissiveness to mores and norm
iii. Love of traditional learning
iv. Punctiliousness in treatment of others
a. i and ii
b. i, ii and iii
c. i, iii and iv
d. i, ii, iii and iv
Answer: d
5. The Confucian value of filial piety acts as an important source of
a. social identity
,b. personal identity
c. family identity
d. cultural identity
Answer: a
6. Which of the following is not the present probable threat to the Confucian
respect for hierarchy and authority?
a. Industrialization
b. Modernization
c. Globalization
d. Urbanization
Answer: d
7. In China, there has been a concomitant shift from
a. home‐centeredness to organization‐centeredness
b. organization‐centeredness to home‐centeredness
c. home‐centeredness to country‐centeredness
d. country‐centeredness to home‐centeredness
Answer: a
8. The seed of compassion is the basis of
a. ren (仁)
b. yi (義)
c. li (禮)
d. chi (智)
Answer: a
9. Confucianism is characterized as a
a. system of ritual practices
b. system of classical learning
c. system of social and ethical philosophy
d. system of hierarchical observations
Answer: c
10. According to Confucianism, because of the client’s worship of authority, he/she
tends to see the roles of the therapist as:
a. teacher, facilitator and organizer
b. director, teacher and helper
, c. teacher, helper and giver
d. facilitator, director and giver
Answer: a
11. The institutions of Confucianism are
a. society, family, school, and state
b. schools and temples of worship
c. attitudes of non‐contentiousness
d. realistic and non‐superstitious beliefs
Answer: a
12. The root of Confucian humanism lies in the virtue of
a. benevolence
b. loyalty
c. filial piety
d. righteousness
Answer: a
13. Chinese ideas of intelligence is related to the central Confucian concept of
a. yi (義)
b. zhi (智)
c. li (禮)
d. xin (信)
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