Deck 2: Psychoanalysis

Question 1

According to Freud, events that can be remembered with some effort, but not immediately, arise from the

A)collective unconscious.
B)conscious.
C)preconscious.
D)unconscious.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Thanatos refers not only to an instinct for death, but also to

A)aggressive drives.
B)actualizing drives.
C)sexual drives.
D)unconscious drives.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Picked on constantly at school, Bruce would come home and throw his cat against the wall, thus ____________ his anger.Pick the appropriate psychoanalytic term.

A)tantruming
B)displacing
C)intellectualizing
D)repressing

Answer 3

B

Question 4

If Bernice can't remember being sexually abused as a child, she may be using the defense mechanism called

A)projection.
B)reaction formation.
C)rationalization
D)repression.

Question 5

During his first day of kindergarten, Basil curls up into a ball, cries, and sucks his thumb, illustrating

A)denial.
B)reaction formation.
C)regression.
D)repression.

Question 6

When Barbara follows her parents' example in being kind to her baby sister, the following is being formed:

A)ego.
B)ego ideal .
C)id.
D)superego.

Question 7

Interpretation of dream material allows the psychoanalyst to

A)bring unconscious material into conscious awareness.
B)bring unconscious material into the preconscious.
C)explore the unconscious.
D)explore the preconscious.

Question 8

The stage of development in which children develop the most bodily control is the

A)anal stage.
B)genital stage.
C)oral stage.
D)phallic stage.

Question 9

At birth the infant is all

A)false self.
B)id.
C)superego.
D)all of the above.

Question 10

Anticathexis refers to the

A)ego's control over the id.
B)ego's control over the superego.
C)superego's control over the ego.
D)superego's control over the false self.

Question 11

The focus of sexual energy toward others rather than oneself occurs in the

A)anal stage.
B)latency stage.
C)oral stage.
D)genital stage.

Question 12

According to Freud, forgotten memories that are frightening are likely to be found in the

A)conscious.
B)preconscious.
C)unconscious.
D)countertransference.

Question 13

Carla explains patiently to her boy friend why they should continue to see each other despite his continual angry protest about her dating other men.Her feelings for him are becoming weaker, yet she tells him that she believes in the philosophy of free loveillustrating

A)identification.
B)intellectualization.
C)reaction formation.
D)regression.

Question 14

Bill, a 7 year-old boy, wears a football jacket with the logo of his favorite football team to school every day, and feels bigger and stronger because of this.Bill is illustrating the defense mechanism of

A)identification.
B)intellectualization.
C)regression.
D)repression.

Question 15

According to Freud, Ben, who is angry at his brother and is afraid that he might push him into a busy highway, is demonstrating

A)generalized anxiety.
B)moral anxiety.
C)neurotic anxiety.
D)reality anxiety.

Question 16

The significance of the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages is that they

A)are important to all psychoanalysts.
B)occur in no specific sequence.
C)refer to specific psychological disorders.
D)represent the importance of biological drives in determining personality.

Question 17

Freud's first work in psychiatry was with patients suffering from

A)anxiety disorders.
B)borderline disorders.
C)hysterical disorders.
D)narcissistic disorders.

Question 18

Freud's university training was in

A)medicine.
B)philosophy.
C)English.
D)theology.

Question 19

Which of the following is identified with the id?

A)identity
B)conscious
C)preconscious
D)unconscious

Question 20

The earliest stage of development is the

A)anal stage.
B)genital stage.
C)phallic stage.
D)oral stage.

Question 21

According to Donald Winnicott, an object that can help children make the transition from a subjective view of self to being a person in the world, is

A)a bottle.
B)a sibling.
C)a teddy bear.
D)a therapist.

Question 22

According to Donald Winnicott, when children act as they are expected to by others, rather than act as they want, then they may develop

A)a false self.
B)a true self.
C)an inferiority complex.
D)separation anxiety.

Question 23

As defined by Otto Kernberg, splitting refers to

A)keeping early memories outside of consciousness.
B)keeping incompatible feelings separate from each other.
C)the gradual separation of the personality into two parts.
D)the sudden emergence of traumatic memories into consciousness.

Question 24

Erikson's stage of trust vs.mistrust corresponds with one of Freud's stages?

A)anal stage
B)genital stage
C)oral stage
D)phallic stage

Question 25

Donald Winnicott believes that in early infancy, infants must have their needs met by their mother, but later they must be helped by their mother to develop independence.This concept is called

A)good-enough mothering.
B)hatching.
C)authenticity.
D)separation

Question 26

Object relations theorists focus on how individuals

A)deal with id impulses.
B)handle id-ego conflict.
C)separate from their mothers and become independent persons.
D)develop the bipolar self.

Question 27

According to Erik Erikson the development of trust in an individual begins in Freud's

A)anal stage.
B)genital stage.
C)oral stage.
D)phallic stage.

Question 28

The tension between not getting what you want and believing that your parents are wonderful is associated with the work of

A)Anna Freud.
B)Donald Winnicott.
C)Heinz Kohut.
D)Sigmund Freud.

Question 29

Vivian, due to her mother's excellent child-raising, gradually becomes a self sufficient, independent person.This observation is most likely to be made by which of these schools of psychoanalysis?

A)drive theory
B)ego psychology
C)object relations
D)self psychology

Question 30

The concepts of id, ego, and superego were LEAST important for

A)Anna Freud.
B)Donald Winnicott.
C)Heinz Kohut.
D)Sigmund Freud.

Question 31

A key stage for Erik Erikson that takes place in adolescence is

A)identity versus role confusion.
B)industry versus despair.
C)integrity versus guilt.
D)intimacy versus isolation.

Question 32

Barry, 8-years-old, acts in age appropriate ways, not as his mother demands.According to Donald Winnicott, he is developing his

A)false self.
B)true self.
C)superiority complex.
D)super ego.

Question 33

Which one of the following is considered an ego psychologist?

A)Donald Winnicott.
B)Erik Erikson
C)Carl Jung
D)Sigmund Freud

Question 34

According to Heinz Kohut, the motivating organizer of development is

A)splitting.
B)the collective unconscious.
C)the superego.
D)narcissism.

Question 35

The concept of two-person psychology is most likely to be associated with

A)drive theory.
B)ego psychology.
C)object relations.
D)relational psychoanalysis.

Question 36

Object relations theorists focus on psychological problems that occur in the individual __________ adolescence.

A)prior to
B)at the same time as
C)after
D)because of

Question 37

The tension between not getting what you want and believing that your parents are wonderful is called

A)splitting.
B)the bipolar self.
C)the selfobject.
D)transmuting internalizations.

Question 38

Anna Freud's concept of developmental lines refers to the gradual development of the

A)ego.
B)genital stage.
C)id.
D)superego.

Question 39

For Kohut, mirroring supports

A)the development of the superego.
B)the grandiose self.
C)the identity stage.
D)the separation and individuation process.

Question 40

A focus on intersubjectivity, the concept that both psychoanalyst and patient influence each other, is most closely identified with

A)drive theory.
B)ego psychology.
C)object relations.
D)relational psychoanalysis.

Question 41

Otto Kernberg's term, transference psychosis, refers to the patient's behavior toward the therapist that reflects

A)behavior towards the therapist that includes unclear speech and description of hallucinations.
B)behavior towards friends and family that includes unclear speech and description of hallucinations.
C)the destructive relationship the patient had with parents.
D)free associations that are incoherent and non-productive.

Question 42

In psychoanalysis, forgetting appointments is an example of

A)free association.
B)regression.
C)resistance.
D)separation.

Question 43

In psychoanalysis, the symbolic content of a dream refers to its

A)archetypal content interpretations about archetypes.
B)latent content, symbolic and unconscious motives in the dream.
C)manifest content, the dreams as the dreamer sees it.
D)existential content.

Question 44

When being empathic, Heinz Kohut focuses on his patient's

A)concern about relationship's with friends or family.
B)early difficulties with self and others.
C)experiences in the session.
D)separation from the family.

Question 45

Identifying irrational feelings in the psychoanalytic therapist as they relate to the patient is associated with the concept of

A)countertransference.
B)denial.
C)the superego.
D)transference.

Question 46

In psychoanalysis constructivism has had a major influence on a

A)one person psychology.
B)two person psychology.
C)three person psychology.
D)five person psychology.

Question 47

Charlene, having been ignored by her father when she was a small child, also feels angry at her psychoanalyst, whom she believes is ignoring her.This is an example of

A)countertransference.
B)repression.
C)interpretation.
D)transference.

Question 48

Treatment manuals are used in the application of _________ to psychoanalytic therapy.

A)ego psychology
B)Freudian drive theory
C)Luborsky's Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method
D)object relations psychology

Question 49

Focus on conflictual relationship in short term psychodynamic therapy has been the work of

A)Anna Freud.
B)Kohut.
C)Luborsky.
D)Sigmund Freud.

Question 50

Relationship Episodes are likely to be used in psychodynamic therapy when _______________ is applied.

A)Freud's drive theory
B)ego psychology
C)Luborsky's Core Conflictual Relationships Theme method
D)self psychology

Question 51

"It seems to me that you want to be in a relationship where ..." is a statement that is most likely to be made by a psychodynamic therapist using

A)Freud's drive theory.
B)ego psychology.
C)Luborsky's Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method.
D)self psychology.

Question 52

Recent research shows

A)that psychoanalysis is more effective than cognitive therapy
B)that reality therapy and psychoanalysis can be used well together.
C)evidence for the effectiven ess of long term psychoanalytic therapy.
D)explanations for the impact of splitting on psychotherapeutic change.

Question 53

In a long term study of psychoanalysis, Wallerstein reported that an important reason for therapeutic change in psychoanalysis was

A)insight brought about by therapist interpretation of unconscious material
B)insight brought about by therapist interpretation of counter transference issues
C)the release of repressed material into consciousness
D)willingness to change to please the therapist

Question 54

Adapting in positive ways to the external world, is a therapeutic goal associated with

A)ego psychology.
B)Freudian drive theory.
C)object relations.
D)self psychology.

Question 55

Which of these forms of therapy is likely to be most expensive for the patient

A)behavior therapy.
B)cognitive therapy.
C)psychoanalysis.
D)psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Question 56

Attachment theory studies concepts that are most similar to concepts in

A)ego psychology.
B)Freudian drive theory.
C)object relations.
D)self psychology.

Question 57

Focusing on the developing interaction between mother and child is an indication that the therapist is using the point of view derived from

A)Freudian drive theory.
B)object relations.
C)self psychology.
D)relational psychoanalysis.

Question 58

For psychoanalysts of all types, a significant therapeutic goal for patients is

A)free association.
B)resolving conflicts within themselves.
C)understanding the separation and individuation process.
D)understanding splitting.

Question 59

Psychoanalysis can help patients get better by helping them to

A)resolve unconscious conflicts within themselves.
B)change their beliefs to change behavior.
C)learn about their regression.
D)understand their id.

Question 60

Traditional psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy are similar in that they both

A)explore the impact of early childhood development.
B)have meetings 4 times a week with the patient.
C)rely on free association as a primary technique.
D)use a couch.

Question 61

As an example of recent work in multicultural issues as they affect psychoanalysts, researchers have studied

A)the effect of the shadow archetype on psychoanalysis.
B)inferiority and superiority in self-esteem across cultures.
C)how skin color can effect the transference relationship.
D)meaningfulness in life as it applies to different cultures.

Question 62

Chodorow and some other critics of the psychoanalytic treatment of women's development suggest that object relations theorists should focus on

A)child-mother relationships.
B)child-parent relationships.
C)penis envy.
D)womb envy.

Question 63

Psychoanalysis can be criticized because of

A)a tendency to make broad generalizations about women.
B)its recent failure to reach out to diverse populations.
C)its failure to attend to early childhood development.
D)its tendency to ignore group approaches to therapy.

Question 64

After six years of three times a week psychoanalytical therapy, Ellen becomes silent and less cooperative with her analyst than she had been before.Her analyst would most likely focus on her

A)ego.
B)grandiose self.
C)regression.
D)resistance.

Question 65

The psychoanalytic theorist who was most interested in multicultural issues was

A)Donald Winnicott.
B)Erik Erikson.
C)Heinz Kohut.
D)Sigmund Freud.

Question 66

Harvey got angry at his psychoanalyst for no apparent reason.This is most likely and example of

A)empathy.
B)countertransference.
C)transference.
D)interpretation.

Question 67

The theory that has been subject to the most criticism for its treatment of the psychological development of women has been

A)behavior therapy.
B)gestalt therapy.
C)Jungian therapy.
D)psychoanalytic therapy.

Question 68

In psychoanalytic group therapy, some group leaders emphasize making interpretive comments about

A)efforts by group members to achieve target behaviors.
B)empathic relationships within the group.
C)resistances and transference.
D)the group as a family system.

Question 69

Examining how a patient's dream relates to a current problem would be called _______________ in psychoanalysis.

A)countertransference
B)transference
C)interpretation
D)a relational response

Question 70

Attachment theory is the study of the child ____________bond.

A)peer
B)mother
C)therapist
D)sibling

Question 71

A major goal of psychoanalysis is

A)behavioral change.
B)improved marital relationships.
C)parental reconciliation.
D)self understanding.

Question 72

Brief psychoanalytic therapy is typically this length.

A)1-5 sessions
B)12-40 sessions
C)35-125 sessions
D)75-225 sessions.