Psychodynamic Therapy Program Review

Question 1

Freud’s structural theory posits the personality with 3 structures: The___ consists of a person’s instincts, which serve as the source of psychic energy. The ego mediates conflicts between the____ and reality or the superego.
The superego develops at about age____and represents an internalization of society’s values and standards. Freud’s developmental theory proposes that an individual’s personality is formed during five____stages of development. During each stage, the id’s_____is centered in a different part of the body.

Answer 1

Id; Id; 4 or 5 years old; psychosexual; libido(sexual energy)

Question 2

As defined by Freud, anxiety alerts the____to internal or external danger related to a conflict between the id and the superego or reality or to an actual threat in the external environment. To ward off danger, the ego may resort to one of its defense mechanisms, such as____, which involves avoiding anxiety-arousing instinct by expressing its opposite. Psychoanalysis entails a combination of confrontation, clarification,______, and working through. Recent modifications to the Freudian approach consider the therapist’s____ to be an important source of information about a patient as long as it is recognized and managed appropriately.

Answer 2

ego; reaction formation; interpretation;countertransference

Question 3

Adler emphasized the role of_____factors in personality development and adopted a _____approach that views behavior as being motivated largely by future goals. According to Adler, a person’s___reflects the ways he/she chooses to compensate for feelings of inferiority and to achieve superiority.

Answer 3

social; teleological; Style of life

Question 4

Jung proposed that personality is the result of both conscious and unconscious processes. The latter is made up of the____unconscious, which contains material that was once conscious but is now repressed or forgotten, and the _____unconscious, which contains memories that have been passed down from one generation to the next. The self, the persona, and the shadow are____that are part of the latter and that have particular importance for personality development.

Answer 4

Personal; Collective;archetypes

Question 5

The object relations theorists consider___to be a basic inborn drive. In terms of development, Mahler’s theory emphasizes the_____process which begins at about 4 or 5 months of age, and she attributes many forms of psychopathology to problems during this phase. According to Kernberg, Borderline Personality Disorder is due to inadequate resolution of ___of objects and object relations into “good” and “bad” components.

Answer 5

object-seeking; Separation-individuation; splitting