Psychoanalytic Therapy

Question 1

Attributing to others the qualities or traits that are unacceptable to your own ego is best described as:

Answer 1

projection

Question 2

The young adult who adopts his parent’s outdated political beliefs to avoid unpleasant feelings of anxiety is an example of:

Answer 2

introjection

Question 3

The technique whereby the analyst explains the meaning of certain behavior is known as:

Answer 3

interpretation

Question 4

If a person becomes fixated in the oral stage of development, later personality problems may include:

Answer 4

all of these:
rejecting other’s love
fear of intimate relationships
mistrust of others

Question 5

All of the following are true about the superego except:

Answer 5

it governs, controls, and regulates the personality

Question 6

The main function of the ego is:

Answer 6

mediate between the instincts & the surrounding environment

Question 7

All of the following are true about a therapist’s countertransference reactions except:

Answer 7

they should be avoided

Question 8

Reality Anxiety:

Answer 8

fear of danger from the external world that is proportionate to the degree of the real threat

Question 9

Neurotic Anxiety:

Answer 9

fear that instincts will get out of hand and cause the individual to do something that they will be punished for (Id). An example is an individual that is afraid he or she will not be able to control his or her instincts and will behave inappropriately.

Question 10

Moral Anxiety:

Answer 10

fear of one’s own conscience (Superego)

Question 11

What is displacement?

Answer 11

Individual directs energy or impulses from a threatening object/person to a safer object/person.

Question 12

What is the order of Freud’s psychosexual stages?

Answer 12

Oral 
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Question 13

What is the oral stage?

Answer 13

Age: (0-1)

Infants need basic nurturing or greediness may develop

Question 14

What is the anal stage?

Answer 14

Age: (1-3)
1. Formation of personality where learning independence, accepting personal power, and learning to express negative feelings are the developmental tasks 2. Parental discipline patters and attitudes have a strong impact 3. Feelings of hostility, destructiveness, anger, rage, and hatred are associated with this stage

Question 15

What is the phallic stage?

Answer 15

Age: (3-6)
The child has conflict with the unconscious incestuous desires that he/she develops for the parent of the opposite sex, which are repressed. Resolution of sexual conflicts and sex-role identity is a critical function of this stage .

Question 16

What is the latency stage?

Answer 16

Age: (6-12)

1. Sexual interests replaced by new interests 2. Socialization for the child as child forms relationships with others

Question 17

What is the genital stage?

Answer 17

Age: (12-death)
Adolescents deal with sexual energy by investing it in various socially acceptable activities as old phallic stage themes arise

Question 18

Resistance includes…

Answer 18

1. Everything that prevents a client from producing unconscious material
2. It is what needs to be analyzed and interpreted 3. It is an inevitable part of psychoanalytic therapy 4. It is viewed as an unwillingness to freely share with the analyst certain thoughts and feelings.

Question 19

Countertransference:

Answer 19

Refers to the irrational reactions therapist have toward their clients. This happens when there is inappropriate affect, therapists respond in irrational ways, or therapists looses objectivity in the relationship because of personal conflicts that are triggered

Question 20

Dream analysis

Answer 20

Allows for uncovering the unconscious because defenses are down during sleep where some motivations are disguised by symbolism because they are unacceptable to the person and also provide understanding of client’s current functioning