Lesson 12: Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards
(T/F) The child ego state includes thinking, feeling, and behaving as one did as a child.
True
Social character is a way of looking at leadership
as being created within a social community.
(T/F) The interactive social character emphasizes stability, organizational loyalty, and autonomy.
False
(T/F) Childhood and adolescent experiences are reflected in paternalistic patterns of leadership and management.
True
(T/F) According to the psychodynamic approach, it is quite important for leaders to understand personality types.
True
Select all options: According to the psychodynamic approach…
Insight into one’s own personality is beneficial
Learned patterns of family dynamics influence leadership.
(T/F) A parent-child comment by the leader is likely to cause a parent-to-parent comment from the subordinate.
False
(T/F) A strength of the psychodynamic approach is that it discourages manipulative techniques in leadership.
True
(T/F) An underlying assumption f the psychodynamic approach is that a person’s behavior results from the entire emotional residue of prior experience.
True
What are the key elements when considering personality types?
Active or proactive
Guided by reason
Understands his/her own situation
(T/F) Transactional analysis only focuses on the individual.
False
Which is the most productive of Freud’s personality types?
Narcissist
Erotic
Obsessive
(All)
(T/F) Psychodynamic theory focuses heavily on the personal awareness of the leader.
True
According to Berne’s theory, the leader who acts like a parent is likely to get which state in reaction?
Child
(T/F) The psychodynamic approach has its roots in the work of Freud and Jung.
True
Why is the psychodynamic approach criticized?
Focuses primarily on personalities of leaders and followers
Based on the psychology of the abnormal
It does not lend itself to traditional training
Important concepts in transactional analysis include all of the following, except…
corrective transactions.
(T/F) In the parent ego state, thoughts, feelings and behaviors are a result of current happenings.
False
(T/F) A subordinate who acts in a dependent manner expects the leader to act from his or her child ego state.
False
According to Maccoby, how has followership changed in recent times?
Parental models of authority have decreased in importance.
(T/F) The adapted child is a person who acts and feels like an uninhibited and unsocialized child.
False
