Deck 2: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an assessment to a psychoanalyst would typically use?

A) The Thematic Apperception Test
B) The Draw a Person Test
C) The Unconscious Urges Test
D) The Rorschach

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Freud believed ____________ was at the core of all maladaptive behavior.

A) Anger
B) Repression
C) Anxiety
D) Sadness

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of Erik Erikson?

A) Erikson's last name had been Salomonsen and Homburger before he changed it.
B) He received a medical degree from Harvard
C) He was conceived as a result of an extramarital affair
D) He left the University of California because he refused to sign a loyalty oath

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true of Carl Jung?

A) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer
B) He was distraught for six years after being estranged from Freud
C) He spent most of his youth without friends, playing alone
D) He attended seminary

Question 5

Which concept was not developed by Winnecott?

A) The good enough mother
B) Holding environment
C) Transitional experience
D) Self-esteem

Question 6

Who among the following was an ego psychologist?

A) Carl Jung
B) Heinz Kohut
C) Anna Freud
D) Donald Winnecott

Question 7

The latent content of the dream is what is actually happening within the dream-the storyline.

Question 8

During which of Erikson's stages of personality development does the need to start asserting control and power over the environment begin?

A) Early childhood
B) Preschool
C) School age
D) Adolescence

Question 9

What is the major contribution of the psychoanalytic school of thought?

A) The unconscious
B) Psychosexual stages
C) Archetypes
D) Defense mechanisms

Question 10

Freud believed that neurosis was caused by____________.

A) Sexual conflict
B) Unexpressed thoughts and feelings
C) Fear
D) Anger

Question 11

Object relation theory was developed from examining extended family relationships.

Question 12

According to Kohut, some children who do not get what they want engage in _____________.

A) Regression
B) Depression
C) Narcissistic rage
D) Neurotic anxiety

Question 13

In which culture is insight not highly valued?

A) African American
B) European American
C) Asian American
D) Latino

Question 14

During which psychosexual stage do children experience the Oedipal or Electra complex?

A) Phallic phase
B) Genital phase
C) Anal phase
D) Latency phase

Question 15

Jung felt that people were bisexual in nature.

Question 16

Freud believed that no one could be a mature genital character without going through successful psychoanalysis.

Question 17

Who among the following did NOT break ties with Freud because of disagreement over psychological theory?

A) Alfred Adler
B) Joseph Breuer
C) Carl Jung
D) Otto Rank

Question 18

A man who denies his homosexuality engages in hate crimes against homosexuals. He is using which defense mechanism?

A) Reaction formation
B) Intellectualization
C) Projections
D) Rationalization

Question 19

Freud reported having sexual feelings for his mother.

Question 20

What was Freud's reason for practicing primarily psychiatry?

A) There was a significant need for better psychiatric care in his community.
B) There were limited opportunities for medical practice and research for Jewish physicians therefore he made the change to support his family.
C) He preferred the practice of psychiatry over medicine.
D) He wanted to develop a new way of understanding psychiatry.

Question 21

Discuss the concept of the "good enough mother".

Question 22

Describe the characteristics that Freud believed a psychoanalyst should have.

Question 23

List the psychosexual phases of development.

Question 24

Discuss Freud's level of consciousness.

Question 25

Compare and contrast introverts and extroverts.

Question 26

What is the role of transference in psychoanalysis?

Question 27

What is an archetype?

Question 28

Relational psychoanalysts argue that desires and urges can be separated from the relational contexts in which they arise.

Question 29

List and discuss three ego defense mechanisms put forth by Anna Freud.

Question 30

Anna Freud was Erik Erikson's analyst.

Question 31

What is the role of the client in psychoanalysis?

Question 32

What is object relations theory?

Question 33

Discuss anima and animus.

Question 34

Outline the four phases of attachment put forth by John Bowlby.

Question 35

What characteristics does brief psychodynamic therapy have in common with psychoanalytic therapy?

Question 36

John Bowlby is considered to be the father of attachment theory.

Question 37

Jung's collected works are contained in over 100 volumes.

Question 38

Discuss Ainsworth's patterns of attachments.

Question 39

In contrast to psychoanalytic therapy, most forms of brief psychodynamic therapy require the therapist to use an active and directive role in formulating a treatment plan.

Question 40

Explain Jung's concept of collective unconscious.