Deck 4: Psychodynamic Relational Practice

Question 1

Psychodynamic perspectives:

A) emphasizes the importance of feelings/conflicts in creating and resolving problems
B) are valued as a rich fund of ideas for practice
C) have had a strong influence on how social work is practiced
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Psychodynamic perspectives are a crucial historical starting point for understanding social work theory:

A) due to their current importance in postmodernist thought
B) due to their influence on the scientific method
C) because these ideas were influential while social work was being established
D) because of the impact of Freud on Western society

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Psychoanalytic theory includes three historic theoretical aspects:

A) structural theory, developmental theory, and treatment theory
B) developmental theory, ego theory, and attachment theory
C) treatment theory, self theory, and object relations theory
D) none of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Psychodynamic ideas allow for:

A) good connections with other professions
B) improving linkages across national boundaries
C) understanding the development of social work
D) all the above

Question 5

Psychodynamic practice prefers clients with problems who can express themselves well and take part in discussion and self-examination

Question 6

Psychodynamic practice tends to exclude

A) women and minorities
B) findings from client's journals
C) social and sociological explanations and social interventions
D) none of the above

Question 7

Psychodynamic theory is limited by:

A) the cultural assumptions related to the development of the theory
B) white, middle-class perspective as the 'norm'
C) attitudes toward homosexuality
D) all of the above

Question 8

The central assumption of psychodynamic theory is that:

A) brief intervention therapy via clinical sessions is preferred
B) looking at future aspirations is a major part of the therapeutic process
C) present behavior arises from past experience and, in particular, relationships
D) none of the above

Question 9

Revealing hidden thoughts and feeling by tradition psychoanalytic therapy gives people ____ into their repressed feelings.

A) insight
B) intuition
C) influence
D) none of the above

Question 10

Psychodynamic therapy has significantly influenced:

A) social work's stance on evidence-based practice
B) social work's permissive, open, listening style of relationship
C) social work's attitude toward agency-based practice
D) social work's approach to working with intergenerational relationships

Question 11

The term 'psychodynamic':

A) is broader than 'psychoanalysis'
B) is a more narrow term than 'psychoanalysis'
C) refers to the controlling function of the ego
D) none of the above

Question 12

A focus on the psychological can result in:

A) victim blaming and affirm cultural, racial, and gender stereotypes
B) not offering social explanations for client problems
C) assuming that early experiences are deterministic
D) all of the above

Question 13

Classic psychoanalysis treatment theory required therapists to be:

A) highly educated
B) 'blank screens'
C) objects of counter-transference
D) open to sharing their insights with the patient

Question 14

Transference refers to:

A) sharing of ideas in conversation between therapist and patient
B) transfers of guilt about not being responsible
C) the effect of past experience that is transferred onto present behavior patterns
D) none of the above

Question 15

Psychoanalytic theory has influenced social work:

A) very little before the 1900s in the USA and the 1920s in the UK
B) very much from the 1920s/1930s until the 1960s culminating in psychosocial practice
C) since the 1960s when it has been one of many contested theories
D) all of the above

Question 16

Biopsychosocial factors are not the focus of assessment in relational practice:

Question 17

Principles of relational theory drawn from psychodynamic ideas do not include:

A) ideas connecting behavior with feelings and relationships
B) people not always conscious of the effects of past experience on current situation
C) professional relationships evoking feelings and behavioral reactions that connect with past experience
D) patterns of social oppression

Question 18

The reason that psychodynamic theories are weak in dealing with oppressed groups is that:

A) they were not designed for use with persons having deep-seated problems
B) these theories are a manifestation of the ruling class
C) they presume an existing social order to which individuals adapt
D) none of the above

Question 19

The use of insight in psychodynamic theory may lead to:

A) practitioners stopping once insight is gained but before practical action is taken
B) prolonged dreams and nightmares
C) stronger ability to take practical action because of a better understanding of what is required
D) none of the above

Question 20

Although there are practical problems in using psychodynamic theory, there are advantages to understanding its ideas: