Question 1

_____,according to psychodynamic psychotherapists,is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history.

Accepted Answer

Countertransference is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history. Transference refers to the client's projection of feelings and attitudes from past relationships onto the therapist, while interpretation involves the therapist's explanation or understanding of the client's thoughts and behavior. Fixation refers to being stuck at a certain stage of psychosexual development according to Freudian theory.

Question 2

The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to _____ psychotherapists.

Accepted Answer

The "blank screen" role refers to the psychotherapist's intentional withholding of personal information and reactions in order to create a safe space for the client to project their own unconscious thoughts and feelings onto the therapist. This approach is most commonly associated with psychodynamic therapy, which emphasizes the exploration of the client's unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences. Cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic psychotherapists typically take a more interactive and directive approach in therapy sessions.

Question 3

_____ is a contemporary variation of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Accepted Answer

Interpersonal therapy is a contemporary variation of psychodynamic psychotherapy as it focuses on improving relationships and communication patterns. Motivational interviewing, on the other hand, is a form of therapy that is more focused on exploring and resolving ambivalence towards behavior change. Therefore, choice B is not the correct answer. Choice C is partially correct but not the best choice as it includes a non-relevant option.

Question 4

Compared to long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy,brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

Accepted Answer

Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy is focused on addressing a specific clinical problem or set of problems, whereas long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy often involves exploring a wider range of issues over a longer period of time.

Answer: B 
 Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy is typically used with clients who have less severe pathology, while long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy may be more appropriate for clients with more complex or severe issues.

Answer: A 
 Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy tends to focus on resolving specific problems in the present, whereas long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy may delve more deeply into the client's past experiences and how these shape their current experiences.

Question 5

Relative to its prominence in the early and mid-1900s,psychodynamic psychotherapy is currently

Accepted Answer

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is currently less prominent compared to its prominence in the early and mid-1900s. Other forms of therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, have become more popular in recent years.

Question 6

According to psychodynamic psychotherapists,fixation at the oral stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life,fixation at the anal stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life,and fixation at the phallic stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life.

Accepted Answer

According to psychodynamic psychotherapists, fixation at the oral stage can result in problems related to dependency later in life, fixation at the anal stage can result in problems related to control later in life, and fixation at the phallic stage can result in problems related to self-worth later in life. Therefore, the best choice is C – which lists the problems in the correct order.

Question 7

Juan has formed a psychotherapy relationship with his clinical psychologist in which Juan unconsciously and unrealistically expects the psychologist to behave like Juan's mother.Juan's situation best illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

Juan's behavior suggests that he is transferring feelings and expectations from his mother to his therapist, which is referred to as transference in psychotherapy.

Question 8

Which psychosexual stage is associated with the development of control?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

What contemporary form of psychodynamic therapy assumes that depression happens in the context of relationships,so improving a patient's relationships with others will facilitate improvement of symptoms in the patient?

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Question 10

In _____,the therapist's primary task is to identify the "script" that the client appears to be unknowingly following,which is likely to be based on previous important relationships,and to refuse to enact that script in the therapeutic relationship.

Accepted Answer

The description matches the approach of time-limited dynamic therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unconscious patterns or scripts that are causing problems in the client's current life. The therapist seeks to create a corrective emotional experience by not following the client's old patterns of behavior and instead modeling healthy relationship dynamics.

Question 11

_____ occurs when a patient forms a relationship with a therapist in which he unconsciously and unrealistically expects the therapist to behave like important people in his life.

Accepted Answer

This is a defining characteristic of transference, where the patient transfers feelings and expectations from important people in their life onto the therapist. Reflection refers to the therapist reflecting back the patient's thoughts and feelings, allegiance effects refer to biases in treatment due to the therapist's identification with a particular treatment approach or theoretical orientation, and countertransference refers to the therapist's own emotional reactions to the patient that can impact the therapeutic relationship.

Question 12

_____ occurs when a patient unconsciously and unrealistically expects his psychologist to behave like important people from his past.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages in the correct order?

Accepted Answer

Freud's psychosexual stages are in the following order: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Choice A lists the stages in the correct order.

Question 14

After a psychodynamic therapist makes an interpretation to a client,it can take many sessions for the client to incorporate that interpretation into his or her thinking and behavior.That post-interpretation period is often called _____.

Accepted Answer

The post-interpretation period in psychodynamic therapy is often referred to as the working-through process. This is the period in which the client slowly incorporates the interpretation into their thinking and behavior, and it can take many sessions to fully work through the issue. The other choices, such as the blank-screen and transference, are concepts or techniques used in psychodynamic therapy, but they do not refer specifically to the post-interpretation period. Fixation is a concept in Freudian psychology that refers to becoming "stuck" in a particular stage of psychosexual development, and is not directly related to the topic of the question.

Question 15

In _____,the therapist presents the patient with a list of words.After hearing each word,the patient is to respond with the first word that comes to mind.

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Question 16

Some empirical evidence does exist for particular components of psychodynamic psychotherapy,including

Accepted Answer

Both interpretation of transference and countertransference reactions are components of psychodynamic psychotherapy that have empirical support.

Question 17

Which psychosexual stage is associated with the development of trust (or distrust)?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

What is the primary goal of psychodynamic therapy?

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Question 19

In which defense mechanism does the ego superimpose an id impulse onto other people around us,allowing us to convince ourselves that the unacceptable impulse belongs to someone else,not ourselves?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Name one component of psychodynamic psychotherapy that has some empirical evidence to support its practice.

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Quiz 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

_____,according to psychodynamic psychotherapists,is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history.

The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to _____ psychotherapists.

_____ is a contemporary variation of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Compared to long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy,brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

Relative to its prominence in the early and mid-1900s,psychodynamic psychotherapy is currently

According to psychodynamic psychotherapists,fixation at the oral stage can result in problems related to ___ later in life,fixation at the anal stage can result in problems related to _ later in life,and fixation at the phallic stage can result in problems related to ___ later in life.

Juan has formed a psychotherapy relationship with his clinical psychologist in which Juan unconsciously and unrealistically expects the psychologist to behave like Juan's mother.Juan's situation best illustrates _____.

Which psychosexual stage is associated with the development of control?

What contemporary form of psychodynamic therapy assumes that depression happens in the context of relationships,so improving a patient's relationships with others will facilitate improvement of symptoms in the patient?

In _____,the therapist's primary task is to identify the "script" that the client appears to be unknowingly following,which is likely to be based on previous important relationships,and to refuse to enact that script in the therapeutic relationship.

_____ occurs when a patient forms a relationship with a therapist in which he unconsciously and unrealistically expects the therapist to behave like important people in his life.

_____ occurs when a patient unconsciously and unrealistically expects his psychologist to behave like important people from his past.

Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages in the correct order?

After a psychodynamic therapist makes an interpretation to a client,it can take many sessions for the client to incorporate that interpretation into his or her thinking and behavior.That post-interpretation period is often called _____.

In _____,the therapist presents the patient with a list of words.After hearing each word,the patient is to respond with the first word that comes to mind.

Some empirical evidence does exist for particular components of psychodynamic psychotherapy,including

Which psychosexual stage is associated with the development of trust (or distrust)?

What is the primary goal of psychodynamic therapy?

In which defense mechanism does the ego superimpose an id impulse onto other people around us,allowing us to convince ourselves that the unacceptable impulse belongs to someone else,not ourselves?

Name one component of psychodynamic psychotherapy that has some empirical evidence to support its practice.