PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY - Dream Analysis

Question 1

Who developed psychoanalysis?

Answer 1

Sigmund Freud.

Question 2

What is the goal of psychoanalysis?

Answer 2

To treat mental disorders by uncovering unconscious conflicts.

Question 3

What are the two main processes in psychoanalysis?

Answer 3

Insight and catharsis.

Question 4

What is insight in psychoanalysis?

Answer 4

Making unconscious thoughts and feelings conscious.

Question 5

What is catharsis in psychoanalysis?

Answer 5

Talking about negative emotions and memories to relieve distress.

Question 6

How does the unconscious mind relate to dream analysis?

Answer 6

It expresses itself through dreams.

Question 7

How do childhood experiences relate to dream analysis?

Answer 7

Traumatic childhood memories may surface in dreams.

Question 8

How does the tripartite personality relate to dreams?

Answer 8

Dreams reflect the id’s desires, especially when ego defences are low.

Question 9

What is Freud’s idea of dreams as wish fulfilment?

Answer 9

Dreams are the id acting out unconscious desires.

Question 10

Why are dreams symbolic?

Answer 10

To protect the conscious mind from anxiety by disguising real desires.

Question 11

What is manifest content?

Answer 11

The actual content of the dream.

Question 12

What is latent content?

Answer 12

The hidden meaning of the dream.

Question 13

What is dreamwork?

Answer 13

The process that transforms latent content into manifest content.

Question 14

What is condensation in dreamwork?

Answer 14

Compressing many ideas into one symbol.

Question 15

What is displacement in dreamwork?

Answer 15

Redirecting emotional significance to another object.

Question 16

What is representation in dreamwork?

Answer 16

Turning thoughts into visual images.

Question 17

What is symbolism in dreamwork?

Answer 17

Replacing a person/action/idea with a symbol.

Question 18

What is secondary elaboration?

Answer 18

Tying images together into a logical story.

Question 19

What is the role of the therapist in dream analysis?

Answer 19

To guide the patient in interpreting dreams and uncovering latent content.

Question 20

Who makes the final interpretation in dream analysis?

Answer 20

The patient, with input from the therapist.

Question 21

Why is talking about dreams helpful?

Answer 21

It can be cathartic and lead to insight and healing.

Question 22

What is a major criticism of dream analysis?

Answer 22

It lacks scientific evidence and is subjective.

Question 23

What is the issue with interpreting dreams?

Answer 23

They are open to interpretation and may not reflect real meanings.

Question 24

What was Dora’s dream about?

Answer 24

Her father waking her during a fire, her mother delaying for a jewel case.

Question 25

What did Freud interpret Dora’s dream to mean?

Answer 25

She felt her own 'jewel case' (virginity) was in danger, and her father failed to protect her.

Question 26

What was the Wolf Man’s dream?

Answer 26

Waking up to see white wolves in a tree.

Question 27

What did Freud believe the wolves represented?

Answer 27

His parents, and a repressed memory of seeing them have sex.

Question 28

What did Solms (2002) discover with PET scans?

Answer 28

Dreaming activates the forebrain and deactivates rational thought areas.

Question 29

How do Hopfield et al. (1983) support Freud?

Answer 29

Neural networks condense memories, similar to dream condensation.

Question 30

Why is dream analysis not widely available on the NHS?

Answer 30

It’s time-consuming and expensive.

Question 31

How can therapist-client relationships be problematic?

Answer 31

Therapists may hold too much power, creating dependence.

Question 32

What is false memory syndrome?

Answer 32

Believing a memory is real when it is not.

Question 33

What did Elizabeth Loftus warn about?

Answer 33

Therapists may unintentionally implant false memories.

Question 34

What is a drawback of focusing solely on childhood?

Answer 34

It may overlook present-day causes of distress.