Helping Relationships

Question 1

Sigmund Frued is the father of psychoanalysis, which is both a form of treatment and a very comprehensive personality theory. According to Frued’s theory, inborn drives (mainly sexual) help form personality. ________ and ________, who originally worked with Frued, created individual psychology and analytic psychology, respectively.

Answer 1

Alfred Adler; Carl Jung.

Question 2

Eric Berne’s transactional analysis (TA) posits three ego states: the Child, the Adult,and the Parent. These roughly correspond to Frued’s structural theory that includes

Answer 2

id,ego, and superego

Question 3

In transactional analysis, the ________ is the conscience, or ego state concerned with moral behavior, while in Fruedian theory it is the ________

Answer 3

Parent; supergo

Question 4

Frued felt that successful resolution of the Oedipus complex (Electra Complex in girls) led to the development of the superego. This is accomplished by

Answer 4

identification with the aggressor, the parent of the same sex.

Question 5

Fruedians refer to the ego as

Answer 5

The executive administrator of the personality and the reality principle.

Question 6

Frued’s theory speaks of Eros and Thanatos. A client who threatens a self-destructive act is being rules primarily by

Answer 6

Thanatos.

Question 7

The id is present at birth and never matures. It operates mainly out of awareness to satisfy instinctual needs according to the

Answer 7

pleasure principle.

Question 8

If you think of the mind as a seesaw, then the fulcrum or balancing apparatus would be the

Answer 8

ego

Question 9

a therapist who says to a patient, “Say whatever comes to mind,” is practicing

Answer 9

free association

Question 10

The super ego contains the ego ideal. The super ego strives for __________, rather than __________ like the id

Answer 10

perfection; pleasure.

Question 11

All of these theorist could be associated with the analytic movement except

Answer 11

Wolpe

Question 12

Most scholars would assert that Frued’s 1900 work entitled The Interpretation of Dreams was his most influential work. Dreams have ______ content and _______content

Answer 12

Manifest; latent.

Question 13

When a client projects feelings toward the therapist that he or she originally had towards a significant other, it’s called

Answer 13

transference.

Question 14

Talking about difficulties in order to purge emotions and feelings is a curative process knowns as

Answer 14

catharsis and/or abreaction.

Question 15

The most controversial aspect of Frued’s theory is

Answer 15

The Oedipus Complex (Electra complex in girls).

Question 16

The most important concept in Frued’s theory is

Answer 16

the unconscious mind.

Question 17

Unconscious processes which serve to minimize anxiety and protect the self from severe id or superego demands, are called

Answer 17

ego defense mechanisms

Question 18

According to most Fruedians, the most important defense mechanism is

Answer 18

repression.

Question 19

Suppression differs from repression in that

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repression is involuntary.

Question 20

An aggressive male who becomes a professional boxer because he is a sadist is displaying who ego defense?

Answer 20

sublimation.

Question 21

Mark is obsessed with stamping out pornography. he is unconsciously involved in this cause so that he can view the material. This is

Answer 21

reaction formation

Question 22

Ted has always felt inferior intellectually. He currently works out at the gym at least four hours daily and is taking massive doses of dangerous steroids to build his muscles. The ego defense mechanism in action here is

Answer 22

compensation.

Question 23

A client who has incorporated his father’s value’s into his thought patterns is a product of

Answer 23

introjection.

Question 24

The client’s tendency to inhibit or fight against the therapeutic process is known as

Answer 24

resistance.

Question 25

The purpose of interpretation in counseling is to

Answer 25

make the clients aware of the unconscious processes.

Question 26

Organ inferiority relates mainly to the work of

Answer 26

Alfred Adler’s individual psychology

Question 27

When a client becomes aware of a factor in his or her life that heretofore unknown, counselors refer to it as

Answer 27

insight.

Question 28

C. G. Jung, the founder of the analytics psychology, said men operate on logic or the _____ principle, while women are intuitive, operating on the ______ principle.

Answer 28

Logos; Eros.

Question 29

______________ id said to be evident when the counselor’s strong feelings or attachment to the client are strong enough to hinder the treatment process.

Answer 29

countertransference.

Question 30

Jung used drawings balanced around a center point to analyze himself, his clients, and dreams. he called them

Answer 30

mandalas

Question 31

_________ emphasized the drive for superiority.

Answer 31

Adler

Question 32

The statement, “Siblings interaction may have more impact than parent/child interaction” describes whose theory?

Answer 32

Alfred Alder’s

Question 33

In contrast with Frued, the neo-Freudians emphasized ______

Answer 33

social factors.