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Hedgehog's dilemma - Quiz
Hedgehog s dilemma
  • 1. What is the Hedgehog's dilemma a metaphor for?
A) Economic strategies for survival
B) The biology of porcupine quills
C) Challenges of human intimacy
D) The life cycle of small mammals
  • 2. Why do the hedgehogs in the metaphor seek to huddle together?
A) To play with each other
B) To hunt for food together
C) To share heat during cold weather
D) To escape from predators
  • 3. What prevents the hedgehogs from staying close together?
A) The lack of food
B) Their aggressive temperaments
C) Their sharp spines
D) The noisy environment
  • 4. Who originally conceived the Hedgehog's dilemma metaphor?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Arthur Schopenhauer
C) Roy Baumeister
D) Jon Maner
  • 5. What psychological state does the dilemma often encourage?
A) Increased extroversion
B) A desire for fame
C) Self-imposed isolation
D) Total dependence on others
  • 6. According to Schopenhauer, what drives men together?
A) The emptiness and monotony of their lives
B) The desire to reproduce
C) The fear of wild animals
D) The need for competition
  • 7. What does Schopenhauer suggest is the 'mean distance' that allows humans to tolerate one another?
A) Living in different countries
B) Politeness and good manners
C) Complete physical separation
D) Aggressive confrontation
  • 8. What phrase is used in England to describe someone who does not keep their distance?
A) Mind your manners
B) Stay away
C) Keep his distance
D) Mind the gap
  • 9. Which famous psychologist adopted the tale into the realm of psychology?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) B.F. Skinner
C) William James
D) Carl Jung
  • 10. In which work did Freud quote the porcupine tale?
A) Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
B) The Interpretation of Dreams
C) Beyond the Pleasure Principle
D) Civilization and Its Discontents
  • 11. What did participants who experienced social exclusion do in the studies mentioned?
A) Seek out new social bonds
B) Become more aggressive
C) Withdraw into further isolation
D) Stop interacting with society
  • 12. According to Schopenhauer, who prefers to keep away from society?
A) Those with a great deal of internal warmth
B) Those who lack any internal warmth
C) Those who are forced to live alone
D) Those who are afraid of the cold
  • 13. What year did Freud visit the United States and mention wild porcupines?
A) 1921
B) 1909
C) 1851
D) 1915
  • 14. What risk do humans face when they try to be intimate, according to the text?
A) Physical illness
B) Loss of status
C) Financial ruin
D) Mutual harm
  • 15. Why is the dilemma described as having no avoidant reasons for the hedgehogs?
A) They do not know how to communicate
B) The weather is too unpredictable
C) They cannot change their sharp spines
D) They are too stupid to understand
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