Deck 5: Psychodynamic Theories

Question 1

The defense mechanism of avoiding anxiety by reverting to an earlier stage of development is

A) Decompensation
B) Projection
C) Sublimation
D) Regression

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The theories summarized in this chapter deal with the behavior of the individual.
What implications do these theories have in understanding human social behaviors and use of social systems theory?

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

In Psychoanalytic theory, the primary impetus for behavior arises from instinctual, sexual, and drives.

A) Aggressive
B) Unconscious
C) Purposeful
D) Defensive

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The innate altruism of humans to help others and improve society was posited by Adler as

A) Fictional finalism
B) Style of life
C) Social Interest
D) Animus

Question 5

Fromm proposed a typology of personality that also reflected the influence of the family as well as the economic determinants of culture that shape both the person and the family. The six types of personality are: receptive orientation, exploitative orientation, hoarding orientation, marketing orientation, necrophilous orientation, and productive orientation. Select two of these types and explain how the current economic situation influences today's family.

Question 6

In Freud's psychosexual development model, the phallic stage is sometimes termed the

A) Oral stage
B) Anal stage
C) Latency stage
D) Oedipal stage

Question 7

Many of the neurotic patterns noted by Horney can be found in current diagnostic criteria for what are called personality disorders. Describe the three patterns and relate each of them to currently recognized personality disorders.

Question 8

According to Jung, the individual develops a mask to protect the psyche from injury due to interactions with the world. This mask is known as

A) The persona
B) The shadow
C) The conscious
D) The collective unconscious

Question 9

Select a community and a community issue. Apply Adler's concept of social interest to the identified issue. How does this concept impact social work practice in your selected community issue?

Question 10

Fromm theorized that although individuals crave freedom, anxiety causes the individual to retreat from freedom. Which of the following is not one of the primary ways Fromm suggest we escape the anxiety caused by freedom?

A) Authoritarianism
B) Defensiveness
C) Destructiveness
D) Automaton Conformity

Question 11

According to Horney, the more an individual strives to be perfect, the more the individual becomes alienated from their actual self. This is the theory of

A) Reactive disorder
B) Individual psychology
C) Ideal Self
D) Neurotic striving

Question 12

The pleasure principle states that organisms seek pleasure and

A) Distraction
B) Genuineness
C) The avoidance of pain
D) Tranquility

Question 13

What is the historical importance of psychoanalytic theory to social work?

Question 14

The individual theories addressed in this chapter are

A) Focal theories
B) Middle range theories
C) Grand theories
D) General perspectives

Question 15

The primary application of Attachment Theory is generally used in social work practice with

A) Child welfare
B) Medical social work
C) Employee assistant programs
D) Housing programs

Question 16

The term 'individual psychology' resembles the systems theory emphasis on

A) Feedback
B) Holism
C) Suprasystem
D) Interface

Question 17

In Psychoanalytic theory, the absence of well-being is recognized as

A) Dynamic
B) Anxiety
C) Failure
D) External influence

Question 18

Psychodynamic theories focus on assumptions about the individual and the internal determinants of behavior, which social systems theory stems from assumptions about

A) Order and the external determinants of human behavior
B) Patterns and the social determinants of human behavior
C) Hierarchy and the power determinants of human behavior
D) Suprasystem and the subsystem interactions of human behavior

Question 19

A way of conceptualizing interpersonal relations and extending psychoanalytic thinking into the interpersonal realm is

A) Individual psychology
B) Analytical psychology
C) Object relations
D) Neurotic striving

Question 20

According to Freud, the component of the psyche which is likened to conscience is

A) Id
B) Ego
C) Superego
D) Preconscious