Child & Adult Psychology Exam 2 Questions with Complete Solutions
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Child therapy
Institution
Child Therapy
Neurosis - Answer-when the id, the ego, and the superego all result in severe and prolonged conflict
Id - Answer-source of most fundamental biological drives, especially sexual/sensual and aggressive ones.
superego - Answer-the conscience
the counterbalance force of the id
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Child & Adult Psychology Exam 2
Questions with Complete Solutions
Neurosis - Answer-when the id, the ego, and the superego all result in severe and prolonged
conflict
Id - Answer-source of most fundamental biological drives, especially sexual/sensual and
aggressive ones.
superego - Answer-the conscience
the counterbalance force of the id
incorporates social and behavioral norms from our parents, family, and culture
ego - Answer-mediates the conflicting demands of the id and the superego, while also
recognizing and responding to external realities
structural model of personality - Answer-id, superego, and ego
Denial - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-being unable to recognize or acknowledge threatening
experiences
Repression - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-anxiety-provoking thoughts and memories
disappear into the unconscious ("motivated forgetting")
Regression - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-retreating to coping strategies characteristic of
earlier stages of development
Projection - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-attributing one's own negative motives and
impulses to others
,Reaction Formation - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-adopting thoughts and behaviors that are
the opposite of one's own
Discplacement - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-directing pent up impulses towards a safer
substitute rather than the target that aroused the impulses
Rationalization - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-providing socially appropriate but untrue
explanations for one's undesirable behavior
Intellectualization - Defense Mechanisms - Answer-dealing with upsetting experiences in an
overly logical manner, usually with reference to some non-emotional explanatory theory or
scientific principle
Compensation - Answer-coping with feelings of inferiority in one area by working to become
superior in another area
Sublimation - Answer-channeling the expression of unacceptable impulses into more socially
acceptable activities
Defense mechanisms - Answer-unconscious mental strategies designed to keep anxiety-
provoking material from reaching consciousness
Free association - Answer-saying whatever comes to mind, without censorship, to provide clues
to unconscious memories, impulses and fantasies
Psychoanalysis - Answer-a method of psychotherapy that seeks to help clients gain insight into,
and work through, unconscious thoughts and emotions presumed to cause psychological
problems
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Role of Therapist - Answer-Role of the Therapist:
- analytic incognito-neutral stance "blank wall"
- assist clients in exploring unconscious conflicts impulses and fantasies
- analyze behavior, dreams, transference, and resistance
,Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Goals of Therapy - Answer-assist clients in gaining emotional
insight -(conscious) into underlying causes of their problems and explore the implications of this
insight
- strengthen ego's control over the id and superego
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Techniques - Answer-analysis of everyday behavior
- dream interpretation (dream analysis)
- "the royal road to unconscious"
- free association (freely share your thoughts)
- transference (project your feelings about another onto the psychoanalyst)
Analysis of resistance
ex: avoidance, missing sessions
How to become licensed as a psychoanalyst - Answer-Pay = 371$
education requirements:
graduate study (M.A. or higher) AND psychoanalytic study
substantial equivalence for psychoanalytic study ( at least 1,350 clock hours of study)
Experience - 1,500 contact hours of supervised experience in the practice of psychoanalysis
(750 must be direct contact)
Pass exam: New York State Case Narrative Examination-submit two cases
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Distinct Differences - Answer-greater focus on positive
aspects of growth and personality
, emphasizes the nature, strength, and consequences early relationships with caregivers
(attatchment and bonding)
focus on improved self-awareness and insight of the unconscious that may be linked to past
relationships
less intensive in frequency of sessions
- fewer sessions overall
- nowadays, typically one session per week
- less intense training
Transference - Answer-a process in which a client's typical relationship patterns and defense
mechanisms appear in the therapy relationship
countertransference - Answer-when therapist's reactions towards clients are based on the
therapist's personal history and conflicts
can distort the therapeutic interaction on the basis of their own conflicts and defenses
psychic determinism - Answer-associations among memories, impressions, and experiences in
clients mind are not random but are determined by underlying unconscious processes
Resistance - Answer-a process in which clients behave in ways that interfere with the
psychoanalytic treatment process
Insight - Answer-a client's conscious awareness of the underlying causes of psychological
problems
Working Through - Answer-fully exploring the implications of insights gained in psychoanalysis
Transference Neurosis - Answer-the reenactment of the causes of the client's problems within
the therapy relationship
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