Question 1

While Sigmund Freud had a more biologically-based libido theory, Melanie Klein morphed it into a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  separation/individuation-based theory. 
B)  object-relations analysis. 
C)  developmental theory. 
D)  technologically-based theory of analysis.

Question 2

Horney described personality as comprised of four selves. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despised real self 
B)  Rejected imagined self 
C)  Idealized self 
D)  Positive real self

Question 3

Sigmund Freud emphasized individual unconscious processes, whereas Anna Freud emphasized

Accepted Answer

A)  interpersonal relationships. 
B)  psychosocial stages. 
C)  warm bonding. 
D)  biological reductionism.

Question 4

Margaret Mahler borrowed a term from biology to describe the interdependent relationship between a mother and a nursing baby, that term is

Accepted Answer

A)  symbiosis. 
B)  substitution. 
C)  projection. 
D)  object relation.

Question 5

Horney believed that the core neurotic conflict occurs when inexpressible hostility and basic anxiety cause alienation between

Accepted Answer

A)  the child's real self and idealized self. 
B)  the child's strong self and weak self. 
C)  the child's cranky self and egotistical self. 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

In contrast to Freud's "penis envy" theory, Horney came up with the theory of , which was the male's envy of pregnancy, childbirth, motherhood, breasts, and the act of suckling.

Accepted Answer

A)  vagina envy 
B)  pregnancy envy 
C)  nipple envy 
D)  womb envy

Question 7

Freud referred to as the "cornerstone" of psychoanalysis.

Accepted Answer

A)  repression 
B)  regression 
C)  the unconscious 
D)  denial

Question 8

Which of these is NOT a defense or coping mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Regression 
B)  Reversal 
C)  Gratification 
D)  Isolation

Question 9

When psychoanalyzing children, Anna Freud believed

Accepted Answer

A)  that child analysis could NOT be carried out using only the usual tools of free association and dream analysis. 
B)  that it was impossible to psychoanalyze children successfully. 
C)  that using only free association was the key. 
D)  None of the above

Question 10

The "mother" of object relations theory and the inventor of play therapy is

Accepted Answer

A)  Kohut. 
B)  Klein. 
C)  Anna Freud. 
D)  Mahler.

Question 11

Object Relations Theory was co-founded by which of these people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud 
B)  Anna Freud and Margaret Mahler 
C)  Melanie Klein and Margaret Mahler 
D)  Anna Freud and Melanie Klein

Question 12

Defense mechanisms are also known as

Accepted Answer

A)  dreamwork. 
B)  coping strategies. 
C)  manifest content. 
D)  countertransference.

Question 13

When someone shows love and hate for the same object or person, they are said to be

Accepted Answer

A)  ambivalent. 
B)  isolated. 
C)  intellectualized. 
D)  sadistic.

Question 14

How did Anna Freud's theory in regards to working with children differ from her fathers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anna believed that the therapist should be a blank screen. 
B)  Anna believed that there should be special modifications and adjustments. 
C)  Anna believed that the analysts should present themselves as useful and protective, so that once therapy began the bond would be strong enough to sustain it. 
D)  Both B and C

Question 15

According to Horney, the objective sum total of everything a person really is at any given moment, irrespective of judgments by others or by one's self is

Accepted Answer

A)  idealized image of self. 
B)  ideal self. 
C)  authentic self. 
D)  actual self.

Question 16

Which researcher saw weaning as a pivotal interpersonal milestone?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anna Freud 
B)  Melanie Klein 
C)  Margaret Mahler 
D)  Erik Erikson

Question 17

Freud saw formation as a late-childhood development, resulting from the resolution of oedipal conflict, while Klein believed it appeared much earlier.

Accepted Answer

A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  superego 
D)  alter ego

Question 18

Who contrasted with Klein in emphasizing the positive bonding that occurs between mother and newborns?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anna Freud 
B)  Heinz Kohut 
C)  Erik Erikson 
D)  Margaret Mahler

Question 19

Kohut emphasized the warm bonding that occurs between mothers and newborns, whereas Klein proposed that a baby's mind is filled with internalized images of

Accepted Answer

A)  death and destruction. 
B)  sadism and humiliation. 
C)  cannibalism and killing. 
D)  All of the above

Question 20

Incorporating another person's values, opinions, ideas, and skills as a whole is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  denial. 
B)  identification. 
C)  turning against self. 
D)  reaction-formation.

Exam 7: The Relational Self of Object-Relations Theories