Deck 7: Psychodynamic Models

Question 1

Who is usually credited as the first object relations theorist?

A)Melanie Klein
B)Anna Freud
C)James Framo
D)Robin Skynner

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to Ackerman,family dysfunction reflects:

A)a failure of role complementarity.
B)learned maladaptive or problematic behavior.
C)a struggle for power.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

An empirically valid theory:

A)confirms predictions.
B)requires experimental proof.
C)is subject to narrative analysis.
D)always contradicts clinical.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following models of family interaction is based largely on the psychoanalytic model?

A)Psychodynamic
B)Communication
C)Structural
D)Behavioral

Question 5

Sullivan emphasized all but one of the following as emerging from early mother-child relationships. Which one does not belong?

A)Bad me
B)Not me
C)Real me
D)Good me

Question 6

In Ackerman's approach:

A)both office interviews and home visits were employed.
B)office visits are common but home visits were avoided.
C)all therapeutic work with the family occurs in the home.
D)both office interviews and home visits are avoided by seeing families in a hospital setting.

Question 7

Object relations therapy is a:

A)form of experiential family therapy
B)subset of behavior therapy developed by Bandura.
C)form of psychoanalysis therapy developed in Britain
D)major contribution of Nathan Ackerman.

Question 8

Defending against anxiety by externalizing unwanted parts of oneself onto others is called:

A)introjection.
B)projection
C)rationalization.
D)projective identification

Question 9

Object relations theory evolved from the study of:

A)objective analyses of other persons.
B)object constancy.
C)early mother-infant relationships
D)father/mother/siblings bonding

Question 10

Which of the following would not be considered to be a part of the British Middle School:

A)Winnicott.
B)Fairbairn.
C)Balint.
D)Framo.

Question 11

The initial formulations regarding attachment theory were developed by:

A)Ainsworth.
B)Kohut.
C)Bowlby
D)Adler.

Question 12

In the famous case of Little Hans,in which the child feared leaving his house for fear of being bitten by a horse:

A)Freud treated the whole family.
B)the treatment was carried out by the father,under Freud's guidance.
C)Bowen worked with the boy and his father together.
D)Bowen never saw Hans,but worked with his parents.

Question 13

Ackerman used the term _______________ to describe several disabilities within a family which depend on each other for expression or control.

A)family ego mass
B)triangulation
C)interlocking pathology
D)marital schism

Question 14

When a child internalizes the image of his mother into a good object and a bad object,he is engaging in:

A)projective identification
B)splitting.
C)identifying.
D)differentiating.

Question 15

Object relations theorists believe the infant's need for ______________ influences the development of the self.

A)positive reinforcements
B)tenderness
C)attachment
D)nutrients

Question 16

By "tickling the defenses" Ackerman meant:

A)forcing members to expose their defensiveness.
B)catching members off guard and exposing their self-justifying rationalizations.
C)stripping members of all their defenses against anxiety.
D)stripping members of all their defenses against anxiety.

Question 17

Which integrative theory has emerged as dominant in the field of family therapy?

A)Psychoanalysis
B)Structural theory
C)Cognitive theory
D)No theory has emerged

Question 18

Two leading family therapists,Don Jackson and Murray Bowen,trained under American psychiatrist:

A)Gregory Bateson.
B)Nathan Ackerman.
C)Harry Stack Sullivan
D)Alfred Adler.

Question 19

According to the textbook,the trend in family therapy today is toward:

A)psychoanalytic approaches.
B)eclecticism.
C)psychodynamic interpretations
D)evidence-based practice.

Question 20

A "good" theory should be:

A)verifiable.
B)parsimonious.
C)empirically valid.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 21

The Scharffs consider their treatment to be successful by the degree to which the family:

A)reports fewer hostile exchanges
B)masters developmental stresses
C)avoids coalitions
D)avoids alliances.

Question 22

Framo's outlook on family functioning is based on which theory?

A)Intergenerational theory
B)Multigenerational theory
C)Object constancy theory
D)Object relations theory

Question 23

The family therapy approach that comes closest to classical psychoanalytic theory is that offered by:

A)Kohut.
B)Ackerman.
C)Scharff.
D)Framo.

Question 24

_____________________ Imprints or memories from the past,usually based on unresolved relationships with one's parents,that continue to impose themselves on current relationships,particularly with a spouse or one's children.

Question 25

Framo may be considered to have built his theories on the earlier formulations of:

A)Fairbairn and Rogers.
B)Rogers and Dicks.
C)Fairbairn and Dicks
D)Ackerman and Bowen.

Question 26

Framo utilizes all but one of the following in his family therapy:

A)individual sessions with each spouse separately.
B)couple groups.
C)the occasional use of a female co-therapist.
D)conjoint sessions

Question 27

A spouse who projects undesired aspects of oneself onto a partner and then fights these characteristics in that mate is engaging in:

A)projective identification
B)projective techniques
C)sculpting.
D)projective reintegration

Question 28

The focus of object relations theory is:

A)monadic.
B)dyadic.
C)triadic.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 29

Relational psychoanalysis involves:

A)the mutual impact of external,interpersonal,or social relations,internal relations among persons,varied self-states,and object relations.
B)the impact of narcissistic transferences.
C)the mutual impact of internal,personal object relations as they affect other people
D)the mutual impact of drives on internal and external objects.

Question 30

Object Relations Family Therapy emphasizes the basic human need for:

A)sexual gratification.
B)the release of aggression
C)experiences.
D)attachment.

Question 31

_____________________ According to object relations theory,a primitive process by which an infant makes contradictory aspects of a mother or other nurturing figure less threatening by dividing the external person into a good object and a bad object and internalizing the split perception

Question 32

For which of the following is interpretation an essential part of the therapy?

A)White
B)Anderson
C)de Shazer
D)Scharff

Question 33

A holding environment refers to:

A)a caring and nurturing environment that supports "good enough" development.
B)physical contact with a therapist
C)parental neglect.
D)a waiting area in a psychiatric hospital

Question 34

In Kohut's system,selfobjects refer to:

A)childhood play objects.
B)transitional objects in childhood.
C)self-sustaining psychic function that takes place within a self in its relationship to others that supports the self in its development.
D)the development of the self into an object.

Question 35

During a session,an intersubjective psychoanalyst will listen to couples to discern their:

A)self-object transferences.
B)drives
C)shifting affect and emerging self states.
D)object relations.

Question 36

Kohut viewed narcissism as:

A)a pathological condition of self-absorption.
B)a normal stage of development.
C)disappearing after adolescence.
D)concern for the welfare of others.

Question 37

Therapist interpretations are an integral part of:

A)experiential family therapy.
B)contextual therapy.
C)object relations family therapy​
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 38

In intersubjective psychoanalysis,the theoretical location within which unconscious activity occurs is called:

A)the inter-relational matrix.
B)the intersubjective dyad.
C)the self-object.
D)the intersubjective field

Question 39

_____________________ According to psychoanalytic theory,the analyst's unconscious emotional responses to a patient that are reminiscent of feelings he or she experienced with a person in the past.

Question 40

The Scharffs consider their treatment to be successful by the degree to which the family:

A)reports fewer hostile exchanges
B)masters developmental stresses
C)avoids coalitions
D)avoids alliances

Question 41

Compare and contrast object relations,self,intersubjective and relational psychoanalysis.

Question 42

Discuss attachment theory and how our (emotionally)intimate adult relationships are affected by our early attachment patterns

Question 43

What role did Freud play in the development of family therapy?

Question 44

Discuss Nathan Ackerman's role in the development of family therapy

Question 45

Discuss the place of theory and the criteria of good theory.

Question 46

_____________________ A setting where clients feel protected and safe because the therapist permissively accepts any free associations or spontaneous interactions.This context allows clients to access repressed or forgotten material needed for assessment.