Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Authoritarian personality is associated with a punitive parenting style, characterized by strict discipline, high expectations, and often a lack of warmth or nurturing.

Question 2

The new wave of psychoanalysis offered what kind of therapy?

Accepted Answer

The new wave of psychoanalysis, often referred to as modern or contemporary psychoanalysis, focuses on addressing and treating a patient's psychological problems, integrating various therapeutic techniques beyond traditional Freudian methods.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The new wave of psychoanalysis expands the understanding of an individual's personality by incorporating the influence of culture and society, recognizing that these external factors significantly shape personal development and psychological processes.

Question 4

What is scientific determinism?

Accepted Answer

Scientific determinism posits that every state or event, including human cognition and action, is the consequence of preceding states or events in accordance with the natural laws. This includes the idea that mental events are determined by past events, reflecting a deterministic view of the universe where cause and effect govern all phenomena, including human behavior and thought processes.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The major goal of the new wave of psychoanalysis as a therapeutic method is to restore lost balance or reduce the suffering caused by inner conflicts. This approach focuses on resolving the internal psychological conflicts that contribute to an individual's mental distress, rather than solely on symptoms, behavior modification, or biological aspects of disorders.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Political psychology is the field that studies the psychological factors influencing political behavior and the impact of politics on individual psychological functioning.

Question 7

Who contributed to the development of the Thematic Apperception Test?

Accepted Answer

Henry Murray, along with Christiana Morgan, developed the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) in the 1930s. The TAT is a projective psychological test used to reveal a person's social drives or needs by their interpretation of a series of pictures of emotionally ambiguous situations.

Question 8

What is the main idea behind the TAT?

Accepted Answer

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is designed to reveal the underlying motives, concerns, and the way individuals see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people. The test taker's interpretation of the pictures is thought to reflect their own psychological needs, fears, hopes, and ways of seeing the world.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Themas are stories or interpretations projected onto an objective stimulus, such as a picture, reflecting an individual's underlying themes or patterns of thought.

Question 10

What discipline links psychoanalysis and the neurosciences?

Accepted Answer

Neuropsychoanalysis is the discipline that links psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, aiming to bridge the gap between these fields by integrating psychoanalytic theories with neurological studies.

Question 11

Narcissistic tendencies are related to what part of the lobes?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

The midbrain is responsible for controlling investigative searching behavior in mice.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis focuses on the unconscious mind and its influence on behavior. Sexuality is a major focus of psychoanalysis, and Freud believed that it played a significant role in the development of mental disorders.

Question 16

Who founded psychodrama?

Accepted Answer

Jacob Moreno is credited with founding psychodrama, an action method often used in psychotherapy where individuals enact or role-play events from their lives.

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

Psychodrama is a therapeutic technique where participants explore their internal conflicts and emotions through acting them out in front of others, rather than discussing them privately with a therapist.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Psychodrama allows participants to express and release pent-up emotions through role-playing and dramatization, which can be therapeutic.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Psychodrama creates a stimulating and permissive atmosphere, allowing participants to express themselves freely and explore different aspects of their personalities and experiences in a supportive environment. It is not necessarily structured like a private therapy session, does not have to be in an open area, and the time interval can vary.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis, as developed by Sigmund Freud and later expanded by others, was intended to be a comprehensive theory for understanding the human mind, behaviors, and experiences, not limited to the treatment of mental illness. It has been applied to various fields including literature, art, and cultural studies.

Quiz 5: The New Wave in the Psychoanalytic Tradition