Question 1

When a patient is asked to engage in _____,the therapist presents the patient with a word,and the patient is to respond with the first word that comes to mind.

Accepted Answer

A) word association 
B) fixation 
C) projection 
D) free association

Question 2

Prior to Freud,

Accepted Answer

A) mental health professionals did not generally acknowledge mental activity occurring outside of conscious awareness. 
B) the idea of the unconscious was popular among psychiatrists. 
C) the influence of the unconscious was linked to depression and anxiety. 
D) Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow introduced the concept of the unconscious.

Question 3

Juan has formed a psychotherapy relationship with his clinical psychologist in which Juan unconsciously and unrealistically expects the psychologist to behave like Juan's mother.Juan's situation best illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A) reflection 
B) resistance 
C) transference 
D) allegiance effects

Question 4

Of the following approaches to psychotherapy,which most heavily relies on inferential methods?

Accepted Answer

A) Behavioral 
B) Cognitive-behavioral 
C) Exposure plus response prevention 
D) Psychodynamic

Question 5

Freud's psychodynamic psychotherapy has been reinvented in many forms,including all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) Erikson's ego psychology. 
B) Klein's object relations. 
C) Jung's associative psychology. 
D) Kohut's self-psychology.

Question 6

According to psychodynamic psychotherapists,what is the "blank slate" role of the therapist and why is it important?

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Question 7

According to psychodynamic theory,the _____ is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

_____ occurs when a patient unconsciously and unrealistically expects his psychologist to behave like important people from his past.

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Question 9

Which of the following statements about free association is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) It is used by psychodynamic psychotherapists as an effort to access the unconscious. 
B) It involves asking clients to say whatever comes to mind. 
C) It asks clients to say the first word that comes to mind after the therapist speaks a word. 
D) It requires clients to not censor themselves at all.

Question 10

According to the psychodynamic approach,the actual plot of a dream as the dreamer remembers it is the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) manifest content 
B) latent content 
C) dream work 
D) projection

Question 11

According to psychodynamic psychotherapists,what is resistance and why is it important?

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Question 12

What contemporary form of psychodynamic therapy assumes that depression happens in the context of relationships,so improving a patient's relationships with others will facilitate improvement of symptoms in the patient?

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Exam 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy