Deck 5: The New Wave in the Psychoanalytic Tradition

Question 1

When did the first influential wave of psychoanalysis occur?

A) at the first half of the 20th century
B) at the latter part of the 20th century
C) currently, in the early part of the 21st century
D) in the 1990s.

Answer 1

at the first half of the 20th century

Question 2

What was one of the purposes for the use of psychoanalytic clinics that emerged in the 1900s?

A) to investigate mental illness patterns in the United States
B) to train professionals interested in psychoanalysis
C) to compete with behavioral therapies
D) to work together with behaviorists

Answer 2

to train professionals interested in psychoanalysis

Question 3

Psychoanalysis generated money through which one of the following ways?

A) selling T-shirts and coffee cups with the psychoanalytic logo on the merchandise
B) charging the use of facilities that housed psychoanalytic clinics
C) charging a fee for psychoanalytic lectures
D) psychoanalysts would write in magazines

Answer 3

charging a fee for psychoanalytic lectures

Question 4

How appealing was psychoanalysis in the early 1920s?

A) Psychoanalytic clinics were always crowded with clients.
B) Criminologists were turning to psychoanalysis to understand the personality of criminals.
C) Magazines titled "Psychoanalysis" were sold.
D) Behaviorists were becoming unpopular.

Question 5

How did fiction writers like Dostoevsky and Zweig incorporate psychoanalytic themes in their work?

A) They sold their work to clients seeking psychoanalytic therapy.
B) They wrote propaganda that reflected psychoanalytic themes.
C) Their work reflected conflict-ridden, intimate behavior and motivations from the main characters.
D) They criticized psychoanalytic themes in their work.

Question 6

What ideology did not fit into the psychoanalytic theme of the power of unconscious processes?

A) capitalism
B) communism
C) Nazism
D) theology

Question 7

Who called psychoanalysis a "Jewish science"?

A) capitalists
B) communists
C) socialists
D) Nazis

Question 8

Which country officially banned psychoanalysis as a theory and as a treatment method?

A) United States
B) France
C) Soviet Union
D) Germany

Question 9

What new field focused on how the ego interacts with the social environment?

A) ego psychology
B) liberal psychology
C) Erickson's theory
D) inferiority complex

Question 10

What concept did ego psychology introduce as a legitimate area of study?

A) self
B) motivations
C) consciousness
D) rationality

Question 11

At what age did Anna Freud started reading her father's works?

A) 11-years-old
B) 15-years-old
C) 16-years-old
D) 25-years-old

Question 12

Developing special skills in order to understand children's problems and symptoms was voiced by whom?

A) Anna Freud
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Alfred Adler
D) Erik Erikson

Question 13

According to Anna Freud, the function of the ego is to do what?

A) to work for a compromise between the id and superego.
B) to protect the person from anxiety, shame, guilt, and other anxiety-arousing issues.
C) to bring to the conscious level the anxieties that the individual is experiencing so that he or she can deal with these issues.
D) to renounce the utility of rationality.

Question 14

Not remembering, thinking, or talking about a traumatic incident that happened to oneself a long time ago represents what kind of defense mechanism?

A) denial
B) isolation
C) repression
D) projection

Question 15

Every time Alex gets nervous, she ends up sucking her thumb and feels better. Alex is using which defense mechanism?

A) self-harm
B) sublimation
C) projection
D) regression

Question 16

What defense mechanism involves bringing external events or other people's experiences and behaviors to one's own mental processes and actions?

A) introjection
B) projection
C) compensation
D) undoing

Question 17

George hates his supervisor at work. When he is home, he yells at his children. This behavior exemplifies which defense mechanism?

A) reaction formation
B) displacement
C) repression
D) projection

Question 18

Trey has been caught several times in his past for watching girls change clothes. As an adult, Trey has managed to have a successful career as a photographer for Playboy magazine. What defense mechanism is this an example of?

A) rationalization
B) introjection
C) sublimation
D) reaction formation

Question 19

Katie who dislikes other mothers acts kindly towards them. This is an example of what type of defense mechanism?

A) isolation
B) projection
C) regression
D) reaction formation

Question 20

According to Erik Erikson, what part of personality faces age-related developmental changes?

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

Question 21

According to Erik Erikson, what is a healthy adaptation?

A) It is a positive, healthy outcome of a conflict in a developmental stage.
B) It is the developmental stage one is currently going through.
C) It is the required solution for an identity crisis.
D) It is the last developmental stage in Erikson's theory.

Question 22

What is the inner state of tension due to a person's inability to see and accept one's self with confidence and certainty?

A) neurosis
B) guilt
C) identity crisis
D) pathology

Question 23

What is the conflict between the developing ego and the changing world called?

A) guilt
B) basic anxiety
C) neurosis
D) identity crisis

Question 24

Which personality psychologist emphasized the importance of continuing experiences and adjustments in an individual's life?

A) Anna Freud
B) Erik Erikson
C) Karen Horney
D) Harry Stack Sullivan

Question 25

What is the conflict involved in the first stage of Erikson's theory?

A) intimacy versus isolation
B) industry versus inferiority
C) initiative versus guilt
D) basic trust versus mistrust

Question 26

What is the positive outcome called for Erikson's industry versus inferiority stage of development?

A) hope
B) competence
C) fidelity
D) will

Question 27

According to Erikson, during adolescence, one goes through what kind of conflict?

A) autonomy versus shame and doubt
B) industry versus inferiority
C) ego identity and role confusion
D) generativity versus stagnation

Question 28

What is the positive outcome for Erikson's stage of generativity versus stagnation?

A) care
B) wisdom
C) love
D) fidelity

Question 29

At the age of 3-5-years-old, Erikson stated that the ego is involved in which of the following conflict?

A) autonomy versus shame and doubt
B) initiative versus guilt
C) industry versus inferiority
D) basic trust versus mistrust

Question 30

Stan resolved the conflict between ego identity and role confusion. According to Erikson, what has Stan achieved?

A) fidelity
B) competence
C) purpose
D) will

Question 31

Kevin feels very isolated and has trouble making friends. According to Erikson, if Kevin does not resolve this conflict, what will he not be able to achieve?

A) wisdom
B) care
C) fidelity
D) purpose

Question 32

According to Erikson's analysis of Mohandas Gandhi, what was a perfect condition to develop a healthy ego?

A) self-concept
B) sense of purpose
C) need to belong
D) nonviolence

Question 33

According to Erikson, how many virtues are there?

A) 5
B) 9
C) 2
D) 8

Question 34

According to Erikson, a healthy personality is one who possesses

A) the eight virtues that represent the positive outcomes of each stage of development.
B) the five virtues that represent each of the stages in Freudian's developmental stages.
C) the virtues that helps one focus on the here and now.
D) the identities one has adopted since birth.

Question 35

According to Erickson, what is the goal of psychotherapy?

A) to assist the person from being fixated at a certain stage of development
B) to encourage the growth of whatever virtue or virtues the person is missing
C) to lead to the development of certain lifestyles
D) to face basic anxieties

Question 36

People's identity is likely to undergo changes as they experience social transition in their lives. Who said this?

A) Anna Freud
B) Erik Erikson
C) Karen Horney
D) Harry Stack Sullivan

Question 37

Which of the following is not one of the virtues according to Erikson?

A) hope
B) purpose
C) competence
D) patience

Question 38

Who recognized the power of unconscious conflicts and their roots in infancy and childhood?

A) Anna Freud
B) Erik Erikson
C) Karen Horney
D) Erich Fromm

Question 39

What Freudian view did Karen Horney reject?

A) that the main source of female unconscious conflicts is the woman's sense of inferiority
B) that there are only five stages of personality development
C) that the id is only after instant gratification
D) that successful resolution of the developmental stages sets up the person's adult personality

Question 40

According to Karen Horney, why should men feel inferior to women?

A) because men have a greater magnitude of neurosis than women
B) because women resolve the crisis in the developmental stages faster than men
C) because men, unlike women, have the inability to bear children
D) because men cannot resolve the basic anxieties they experience during childhood

Question 41

What is neurosis according to Karen Horney?

A) It is the lack of coping strategies to handle daily stressors.
B) It is a general maladjustment between an individual and a traumatic event or development.
C) It is the inability to resolve the developmental crisis in every stage of development and produce a positive outcome.
D) It is the sexual tension characteristic of developmental stages.

Question 42

What describes Horney's concept of an individual's feelings of loneliness and hopelessness?

A) sexuality
B) masochism
C) basic anxiety
D) inferiority complex

Question 43

What is an individual's emotional response to intimidating situations, according to Horney?

A) fear
B) envy
C) sadness
D) counterhostility

Question 44

Which of the following is not a basic need in Horney's theory?

A) affection
B) power
C) achievement
D) love

Question 45

Elia had just broken up with her boyfriend of 1 year. She is heartbroken and feels lonely. According to Horney, which of the following would be considered a healthy solution to her circumstance?

A) seek new acquaintances
B) experience depression
C) seek activities to do
D) aggress towards others

Question 46

Who introduced the concept of "significant other"?

A) Karen Horney
B) Erik Erikson
C) Erich Fromm
D) Harry Stack Sullivan

Question 47

Which of the following enrich psychoanalysis by focusing on interpersonal relationships?

A) Erik Erikson
B) Harry Stack Sullivan
C) Helen Deutsch
D) Erich Fromm

Question 48

What did Sullivan agree with Anna Freud about?

A) the concept of defenses in reducing anxieties
B) the developmental stages of growth during the childhood years
C) the concept of personal unconsciousness
D) the impact of loneliness in a person's personality

Question 49

What is the "bad-me"?

A) A child's awareness of an aspect of self that brings materialistic rewards.
B) A child's awareness of self as disapproved by adults.
C) A child's awareness of certain features about self he or she does not want to be considered as part of their life.
D) A child's awareness of neurosis and how he or she handles it.

Question 50

Which one is the center for the development of later anxiety, according to Sullivan?

A) not-me
B) bad-me
C) good-me
D) whole-me

Question 51

What is the "good-me"?

A) A child's awareness of an aspect of self that brings rewards from parents or other adults.
B) A child's awareness of certain features about self he or she does not want to be considered as part of their life.
C) A child's awareness of neurosis and how he or she handles it.
D) A child's awareness of self as disapproved by adults.

Question 52

Which of the psychologists listed below believed that children perceive their bodies as a collection of poorly coordinated pieces?

A) Karen Horney
B) Harry Stack Sullivan
C) Jacques Lacan
D) Helen Deutsch

Question 53

Who proposed that significant others have a hand in the formation of one's identity?

A) Harry Stack Sullivan
B) Jacques Lacan
C) Helen Deutsch
D Erik Erikson

Question 54

According to Jacques Lacan, what leads to the formation of anxiety?

A) when the child feels he has mastery of his body but realizes the power the parents have over him
B) when significant others fail to provide feedback to the child about himself
C) when a child is aware of self as disapproved by adults
D) when one's life is dictated by others.

Question 55

Who was known for her two-volume book titled "The Psychology of Women"?

A) Anna Freud
B) Karen Horney
C) Erica Fromm
D) Helen Deutsch

Question 56

How did Helen Deutsch describe women's ego?

A) Women's ego is steadfast and resistant to trauma.
B) Women's ego is affected by the unconscious desire to overcome psychological deficiencies associated with their realization that they are to be a wife and mother.
C) Women's ego conforms in order to avoid anxiety.
D) Women's ego inflicts pain.

Question 57

Which of the following books did Erich Fromm write?

A) The Psychology of Women
B) The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense
C) Escape from Freedom
D) Neurobiology

Question 58

What is a complex pattern of behavior and thoughts based on the individual's faithful acceptance of the power of authority, order, and subordination?

A) masochism
B) self-enslavement
C) authoritarian personality
D) not-me

Question 59

Who believed that capitalism forces people to embrace consumerism and makes them long for material success?

A) Erich Fromm
B) Harry Stack Sullivan
C) Helen Deutsch
D) Erik Erikson

Question 60

What personality trait is related to mystical thinking and prejudice against particular individuals and social groups?

A) masochism
B) neurotic personality
C) authoritarian personality
D) ego defensive personality

Question 61

This personality trait is associated with a punitive parenting style. Which one is it from the list below?

A) masochism
B) authoritarian personality
C) ego defensive personality
D) neurotic personality

Question 62

The new wave of psychoanalysis offered what kind of therapy?

A) One that addresses a patient's psychological problems and treats them.
B) One that focuses on the fixations and unresolved conflicts during childhood years.
C) One that helps identify the defense mechanisms that prevent the successful resolution of conflicts.
D) One that identifies one's self-concept and related weaknesses to oneself.

Question 63

The new wave of psychoanalysis, besides looking into the individual's life, includes what other factor in its understanding of the person's personality?

A) culture and society
B) dreams
C) written journals and other archival documents
D) sexuality

Question 64

What is scientific determinism?

A) Mental events are determined by past events.
B) Behavior is caused by factors beyond our understanding.
C) Gradual self-understanding is difficult to achieve.
D) Scientific methods are the only ways to understand development of the self.

Question 65

What is the major goal of the new wave of psychoanalysis as a therapeutic method?

A) to identify the symptoms of an individuals' biologically based pathology
B) to treat psychopathology with a series of newly developed forms of therapies
C) to restore lost balance or reduce the suffering caused by inner conflicts
D) to unlearn the reward and punishing factors associated with one's behaviors

Question 66

What is the field of study that examines psychological factors in politics as well as an individual's political behavior?

A) political science
B) political psychology
C) scientific determinism
D) psychoanalysis

Question 67

Who contributed to the development of the Thematic Apperception Test?

A) Erich Fromm
B) Erik Erikson
C) Henry Murray
D) Harry Stack Sullivan

Question 68

What is the main idea behind the TAT?

A) The test taker responds by drawing a similar picture.
B) The test taker identifies the theme in the picture.
C) The test taker predicts what happens next in the picture.
D) The test taker's story interpretation of the picture reflects specific psychological needs.

Question 69

Stories or interpretations projected onto an objective stimulus like a picture are called what?

A) figures
B) themas
C) pointers
D) schemas

Question 70

What discipline links psychoanalysis and the neurosciences?

A) neuropsychoanalysis
B) psychoanalytic neurobiology
C) biological psychology
D) psychoanalytic neurospectrum

Question 71

Narcissistic tendencies are related to what part of the lobes?

A) temporal
B) right parietal
C) left parietal
D) frontal

Question 72

Patients who have disrupted cognitive processes and diminished ability to tolerate powerful negative emotions have damage to what lobe of the brain?

A) right frontal lobe
B) left parietal lobe
C) right parietal lobe
D) left temporal lobe

Question 73

Studies have shown that specific damages to what part of the brain show excessive attention to words that refer to paralysis despite the patients denying that they are themselves disabled?

A) parietal lobe
B) cortex
C) limbic system
D) hippocampus

Question 74

Studies have shown that unusual investigative searching behavior by mice occurred after stimulation of what part of the brain?

A) hypothalamus
B) cortex
C) midbrain
D) cerebellum

Question 75

The textbook reported that application of psychoanalysis to individual behavior has even extended to

A) studies about sexuality as playing a minimal role in causing mental disorders.
B) studies about catharsis as an effective method of releasing anger.
C) studies about eating behavior as shown in stimulation of the hypothalamus.
D) studies about unconsciousness residing in some parts of the brain.

Question 76

Who founded psychodrama?

A) Anna Freud
B) Henry Murray
C) Jacques Lacan
D) Jacob Moreno

Question 77

What is the method that requires participants to explore their own internal conflicts through acting out their emotions in front of one another, not through a private discussion with a therapist, called?

A) psychoanalysis
B) neuropsychoanalysis
C) psychodrama
D) needs therapy

Question 78

Which of the following below is one advantage for using psychodrama?

A) It releases negative emotions.
B) It is cheaper in cost.
C) It is in line with the benefits of group therapy.
D) It is less stuffy than a private discussion with a therapist.

Question 79

Which of the following below describes the atmosphere afforded by using psychodrama?

A) It is stimulating and permissive.
B) It is structured like a private session with a therapist.
C) It has to be in an open area.
D) It takes place for a long time interval.

Question 80

Psychoanalysis was applicable to all areas of human behavior and not just mental illness.