Humanities exam (part 2)

Question 1

reasons ppl enter psycho. analytic therapy:

Answer 1

1. unexplainable psycho-somatic symptoms.
2. troubling character/behaviour
3. Recurring or disturbing relationship problems.
4. persistent sense of mental paralysis
5. desire for better self-understanding

Question 2

Freuds thoughts on dealing with psycho.analy. disorders

Answer 2

• psychoanalysts deal with mental conditions, rather than mental illness in the medical sense.
• such conditions develop from a combination of dispositions, life experiences, ad strategies for dealing with reality.

Question 3

what are the 3 clinical conditions in the general diagnostic scheme

Answer 3

1. neurosis
2. psychosis
3. perversion

Question 4

what are the 3 kinds of neurosis in the general diagnostic scheme

Answer 4

1. Hysteria (conversion)
2. Anxiety (GAD)
3. Obsessions (OCD)

Question 5

Freud 3 types of anxiety

Answer 5

1. Generalized anxiety (free-floating)
2. Focused anxiety (Phobias, inhibitions)
3. Hysterical anxiety (anxiety attacks)

Question 6

Define OCD

Answer 6

• manifest in uncontrollable, repetitive thoughts or actions.

Question 7

Freud was skeptical abt his ability to cure:

Answer 7

1. depression ( limited capacity for meaningful communications)
2. Paranoia (deep suspicion toward self-revelation and interpretation)
3. Narcissism (incapable of questioning or changing themselves)

Question 8

what was Freuds Final Method (starting in 1895)

Answer 8

1. Free association
2. Interpretation of dreams
3. Analyses of transference
4. working through resistances

Question 9

Explain/define Free association:

Answer 9

• expressions of ideas, emotions, memories free from self-censorship and ego control.
• anything that ‘comes to mind’ even if it seems insignificant or nonsensical, its prob meaningful.

Question 10

explain/define Transference:

Answer 10

• Transference of emotional (+ or -) attitude from one person to another.
• Unconscious repetition of feelings, expectations, attitudes and/or bias derived from the patients other relationship
• analysts task: use the transference to understand the patients relationships

Question 11

explain/define Counter Transference:

Answer 11

• analysts have emotional responses and unconscious biases or attitudes that undermine treatment.

Question 12

explain working through:

Answer 12

• process of overcoming the patients conscious and unconscious resistances
• often takes the form of denial, avoidance, or rationalization.

Question 13

explain/define ambivalence:

Answer 13

• state of having contradictory feelings towards the same person/relationship
• ex: love hate relationship

Question 14

Explain/define Narcissism:

Answer 14

• sense of original “self-love”
• Narcissistic personality disorders involves the experience of a persistent, erotic focus on oneself.
• their typically entitled, unable to love anyone but themselves, and expect unconditional love from others.