Question 1

In reviewing outcome studies of psychodynamic psychotherapies, Shedler (2010) concluded the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychodynamic therapies are not as effective as pharmacological interventions. 
B)  The benefits of psychodynamic therapies remain even after symptoms subside. 
C)  Psychodynamic therapies are just as effective as other treatments that are considered evidenced-based. 
D)  Both b and c. 
E)  Both a and b. 
A)  Psychodynamic therapies are not as effective as pharmacological interventions. 
B)  The benefits of psychodynamic therapies remain even after symptoms subside. 
C)  Psychodynamic therapies are just as effective as other treatments that are considered evidenced-based. 
D)  Both b and c. 
E)  Both a and b.

Question 2

The main purpose of psychoanalytic therapy is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Transfer all of our maladaptive behaviors to the therapist. 
B)  Identify our sexual cravings and desires. 
C)  Help us slowly become aware of unconscious impulses. 
D)  Realize the role that culture and socialization have on our development. 
E)  Develop better relationships with our families. 
A)  Transfer all of our maladaptive behaviors to the therapist. 
B)  Identify our sexual cravings and desires. 
C)  Help us slowly become aware of unconscious impulses. 
D)  Realize the role that culture and socialization have on our development. 
E)  Develop better relationships with our families.

Question 3

Which psychoanalytic approach focuses on the development of healthy narcissism within individuals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. 
B)  Attachment-informed psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 
C)  Object relations. 
D)  Drive theory. 
E)  Self psychology. 
A)  Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. 
B)  Attachment-informed psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 
C)  Object relations. 
D)  Drive theory. 
E)  Self psychology.

Question 4

The concept of "two-person psychology" in psychoanalysis suggests that the therapist is always:

Accepted Answer

A)  Objective. 
B)  Interacting appropriately. 
C)  Dependent upon the client for making the big bucks. 
D)  Compliant with the client's wishes. 
E)  Inescapably subjective. 
A)  Objective. 
B)  Interacting appropriately. 
C)  Dependent upon the client for making the big bucks. 
D)  Compliant with the client's wishes. 
E)  Inescapably subjective.

Question 5

Which attachment style(s) was/were NOT formulated by Mary Ainsworth and was/were INSTEAD identified by her student, Mary Main?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anxious-resistant insecure attachment. 
B)  Anxious-avoidant insecure attachment. 
C)  Disorganized/disoriented attachment. 
D)  Secure attachment. 
E)  Both b and c were identified by Mary Main. 
A)  Anxious-resistant insecure attachment. 
B)  Anxious-avoidant insecure attachment. 
C)  Disorganized/disoriented attachment. 
D)  Secure attachment. 
E)  Both b and c were identified by Mary Main.

Question 6

Freud's colleagues' response to his famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cold and rejecting. 
B)  Warm and engaging. 
C)  Supportive, yet skeptical. 
D)  Strongly positive. 
E)  Freud never presented or published this paper due to fears of rejection. 
A)  Cold and rejecting. 
B)  Warm and engaging. 
C)  Supportive, yet skeptical. 
D)  Strongly positive. 
E)  Freud never presented or published this paper due to fears of rejection.

Question 7

The zeitgeist and ortgeist surrounding Freud and his work might have most directly contributed to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud's emphasis on social dynamics over sexual dynamics. 
B)  Freud's interest in transference and countertransference. 
C)  Freud's embracing of spirituality. 
D)  Freud's near obsession with sex and sexuality. 
E)  Freud's split with Jung. 
A)  Freud's emphasis on social dynamics over sexual dynamics. 
B)  Freud's interest in transference and countertransference. 
C)  Freud's embracing of spirituality. 
D)  Freud's near obsession with sex and sexuality. 
E)  Freud's split with Jung.

Question 8

What did Freud originally view as the fundamental precondition for hysteria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early childhood physical abuse. 
B)  Infantile sexual experiences or early childhood sexual abuse. 
C)  Parental addiction to methamphetamines. 
D)  Penis envy. 
E)  An incomplete trial of psychoanalysis. 
A)  Early childhood physical abuse. 
B)  Infantile sexual experiences or early childhood sexual abuse. 
C)  Parental addiction to methamphetamines. 
D)  Penis envy. 
E)  An incomplete trial of psychoanalysis.

Question 9

Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of two-person psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The therapist no longer has the authority to make interpretations. 
B)  Interpretations are cast as an alternative viewpoint for the client to consciously consider. 
C)  The analyst becomes more emotionally involved with the client. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  The therapist no longer has the authority to make interpretations. 
B)  Interpretations are cast as an alternative viewpoint for the client to consciously consider. 
C)  The analyst becomes more emotionally involved with the client. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 10

This theorist formulated psychoanalytic ideas such as womb and breast envy:

Accepted Answer

A)  Karen Horney . 
B)  Sigmund Freud. 
C)  Laura Brown. 
D)  Mary Ainsworth. 
E)  Alfred Adler. 
A)  Karen Horney . 
B)  Sigmund Freud. 
C)  Laura Brown. 
D)  Mary Ainsworth. 
E)  Alfred Adler.

Question 11

While doing therapy, Emily (the therapist) begins having erotic dreams about her client. It's likely that these dreams are a sign of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Transference. 
B)  Resistance. 
C)  Fictional finalism. 
D)  Insight. 
E)  Countertransference. 
A)  Transference. 
B)  Resistance. 
C)  Fictional finalism. 
D)  Insight. 
E)  Countertransference.

Question 12

Anna Freud is to ego psychology as ________________ is to self psychology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Heinz Kohut. 
B)  Mary Ainsworth. 
C)  Sigmund Freud. 
D)  Erik Erikson. 
E)  Sandor Ferenczi. 
A)  Heinz Kohut. 
B)  Mary Ainsworth. 
C)  Sigmund Freud. 
D)  Erik Erikson. 
E)  Sandor Ferenczi.

Question 13

What might influence a child to develop a fixation or complex in a particular developmental stage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Biological maturation. 
B)  Overly indulgent or withholding parents. 
C)  Having a psychologist or psychoanalyst suggest the concept to him or her. 
D)  Strict, but balanced parenting. 
E)  Losing to a parent once or twice at a card game. 
A)  Biological maturation. 
B)  Overly indulgent or withholding parents. 
C)  Having a psychologist or psychoanalyst suggest the concept to him or her. 
D)  Strict, but balanced parenting. 
E)  Losing to a parent once or twice at a card game.

Question 14

Which of the following is clearly NOT related to Freud's topographic approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  The id, ego, and superego. 
B)  The ability of the mind to protect us from unconscious impulses. 
C)  Interactions between the preconscious and conscious. 
D)  The watchman analogy. 
E)  Regions of the psychoanalytic mind. 
A)  The id, ego, and superego. 
B)  The ability of the mind to protect us from unconscious impulses. 
C)  Interactions between the preconscious and conscious. 
D)  The watchman analogy. 
E)  Regions of the psychoanalytic mind.

Question 15

The underlying omnipresent psychological explanations for every emotion, thought, impulse, and behavior is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Dynamic determinism. 
B)  Subconscious awareness. 
C)  Freudian truth. 
D)  Psychic determinism. 
E)  Extrasensory perception. 
A)  Dynamic determinism. 
B)  Subconscious awareness. 
C)  Freudian truth. 
D)  Psychic determinism. 
E)  Extrasensory perception.

Question 16

A therapist finds herself feeling excessively and uncharacteristically irritated while listening to a client. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Projection. 
B)  Transference. 
C)  Aggression. 
D)  Overidentification. 
E)  Countertransference. 
A)  Projection. 
B)  Transference. 
C)  Aggression. 
D)  Overidentification. 
E)  Countertransference.

Question 17

A boy and a girl aged 11 are constantly bickering, and say that they hate each other. Yet you suspect that they actually like each other. Their behavior is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Denial. 
B)  Reaction formation. 
C)  Repression. 
D)  Sublimation. 
E)  Rationalization. 
A)  Denial. 
B)  Reaction formation. 
C)  Repression. 
D)  Sublimation. 
E)  Rationalization.

Question 18

Free association:

Accepted Answer

A)  Can be used with dreams. 
B)  Is also known as the basic rule. 
C)  Should be done under optimal conditions. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Can be used with dreams. 
B)  Is also known as the basic rule. 
C)  Should be done under optimal conditions. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 19

Which of the following is true about defense mechanisms?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are automatic. 
B)  They are unconscious. 
C)  They help clients view reality more accurately. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  They are automatic. 
B)  They are unconscious. 
C)  They help clients view reality more accurately. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 20

Freud's famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" originally focused on what group or sample population of clients?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men who wanted to be mothers, womb envy theory. 
B)  Women who wanted to be men, the Electra theory. 
C)  Adolescents who hated their parents. 
D)  Eighteen women and six men who had experienced childhood sexual abuse. 
E)  People who experienced hysterical psychic determinism. 
A)  Men who wanted to be mothers, womb envy theory. 
B)  Women who wanted to be men, the Electra theory. 
C)  Adolescents who hated their parents. 
D)  Eighteen women and six men who had experienced childhood sexual abuse. 
E)  People who experienced hysterical psychic determinism.

In reviewing outcome studies of psychodynamic psychotherapies, Shedler (2010) concluded the following:

The main purpose of psychoanalytic therapy is to:

Which psychoanalytic approach focuses on the development of healthy narcissism within individuals?

The concept of "two-person psychology" in psychoanalysis suggests that the therapist is always:

Which attachment style(s) was/were NOT formulated by Mary Ainsworth and was/were INSTEAD identified by her student, Mary Main?

Freud's colleagues' response to his famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" is best described as:

The zeitgeist and ortgeist surrounding Freud and his work might have most directly contributed to which of the following?

What did Freud originally view as the fundamental precondition for hysteria?

Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of two-person psychotherapy?

This theorist formulated psychoanalytic ideas such as womb and breast envy:

While doing therapy, Emily (the therapist) begins having erotic dreams about her client. It's likely that these dreams are a sign of:

Anna Freud is to ego psychology as ________________ is to self psychology.

What might influence a child to develop a fixation or complex in a particular developmental stage?

Which of the following is clearly NOT related to Freud's topographic approach?

The underlying omnipresent psychological explanations for every emotion, thought, impulse, and behavior is called:

A therapist finds herself feeling excessively and uncharacteristically irritated while listening to a client. This is an example of:

A boy and a girl aged 11 are constantly bickering, and say that they hate each other. Yet you suspect that they actually like each other. Their behavior is an example of:

Free association:

Which of the following is true about defense mechanisms?

Freud's famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" originally focused on what group or sample population of clients?

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Exam 2: Psychoanalytic Approaches

In reviewing outcome studies of psychodynamic psychotherapies, Shedler (2010) concluded the following:

The main purpose of psychoanalytic therapy is to:

Which psychoanalytic approach focuses on the development of healthy narcissism within individuals?

The concept of "two-person psychology" in psychoanalysis suggests that the therapist is always:

Which attachment style(s) was/were NOT formulated by Mary Ainsworth and was/were INSTEAD identified by her student, Mary Main?

Freud's colleagues' response to his famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" is best described as:

The zeitgeist and ortgeist surrounding Freud and his work might have most directly contributed to which of the following?

What did Freud originally view as the fundamental precondition for hysteria?

Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of two-person psychotherapy?

This theorist formulated psychoanalytic ideas such as womb and breast envy:

While doing therapy, Emily (the therapist) begins having erotic dreams about her client. It's likely that these dreams are a sign of:

Anna Freud is to ego psychology as ________________ is to self psychology.

What might influence a child to develop a fixation or complex in a particular developmental stage?

Which of the following is clearly NOT related to Freud's topographic approach?

The underlying omnipresent psychological explanations for every emotion, thought, impulse, and behavior is called:

A therapist finds herself feeling excessively and uncharacteristically irritated while listening to a client. This is an example of:

A boy and a girl aged 11 are constantly bickering, and say that they hate each other. Yet you suspect that they actually like each other. Their behavior is an example of:

Free association:

Which of the following is true about defense mechanisms?

Freud's famous paper "The Aetiology of Hysteria" originally focused on what group or sample population of clients?

Psychotherapy and Counseling Essentials: An Introduction

Individual Psychology and Adlerian Therapy

Existential Theory and Therapy

Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

Gestalt Theory and Therapy

Behavioral Theory and Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Therapy

Choice Theory and Reality Therapy

Feminist Theory and Therapy

Constructive Theory and Therapy

Family Systems Theory and Therapy

Developing Your Multicultural Orientation and Skills

Integrative and Evidence-Based New Generation Therapies

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