Psychodynamic psychotherapy refers broadly to the approach created by _____ and including all subsequent adaptations or expansions of it. correct answers B. Sigmund Freud
The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is correct answers A. to make the unconscious conscious.
Prior to Freud, c...
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Correct Answers.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy refers broadly to the approach created by _____ and including all
subsequent adaptations or expansions of it. correct answers B. Sigmund Freud
The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is correct answers A. to make the
unconscious conscious.
Prior to Freud, correct answers A. mental health professionals did not generally acknowledge
mental activity occurring outside of conscious awareness.
The term _____ succinctly captures the primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy. correct
answers B. insight
Of the following approaches to psychotherapy, which most heavily relies on inferential methods?
correct answers D. Psychodynamic
Which of the following statements about free association is NOT true? correct answers C. It asks
clients to say the first word that comes to mind after the therapist speaks a word.
Free association is to _____ as word association is to _____. correct answers A. Sigmund Freud,
Carl Jung
Dr. James "forgets" to unlock the front door to his office on a Saturday when his only patient is
Millie, a loud, disagreeable woman who often yells during therapy sessions. According to the
psychodynamic school of thought, Dr. James has committed a _____. correct answers A.
Freudian slip
When a patient is asked to engage in _____, the patient's task is to verbalize any thought that
comes to mind, no matter how nonsensical, inappropriate, illogical, or unimportant it may seem.
correct answers D. free association
When a patient is asked to engage in _____, the therapist presents the patient with a word, and
the patient is to respond with the first word that comes to mind. correct answers A. word
association
According to the psychodynamic approach, the actual plot of a dream as the dreamer remembers
it is the _____. correct answers A. manifest content
According to the psychodynamic approach, the process by which the latent content of a dream is
converted into manifest content is called _____. correct answers D. dream work
, Clarissa dreams she is a platypus flopping about on a never-ending sandy beach while the bright
sun slowly bakes her to a crisp. Dr. Siggie, her psychologist, explains that the never-ending
beach represents her inability to emotionally escape from an abusive relationship, and the sun
represents the abuser. What is the manifest content in this scenario? correct answers C. Clarissa
as a platypus flopping about on a beach
Ron is a psychotherapy client who senses that certain unconscious material will soon be exposed.
This makes him anxious, so he abruptly changes the subject and then misses his next
appointment. Ron's psychodynamic psychotherapist is likely to understand Ron's actions as
_____. correct answers B. resistance
When clients sense that certain unconscious thoughts and feelings are being laid bare too
extensively or too quickly, they create distractions or obstacles that impede the exploration of
those thoughts and feelings. correct answers B. resistance
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that generates all
pleasure-seeking, selfish, indulgent, animalistic impulses. correct answers C. id
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that generates defense
mechanisms. correct answers A. ego
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that establishes rules,
restrictions, and prohibitions. correct answers B. superego
Which of the following best defines a defense mechanism? correct answers A. An attempt to
manage conflict between the id and superego
Displacement is a defense mechanism characterized by correct answers B. redirecting the
unconscious wish toward a safer target.
Reaction formation is a defense mechanism characterized by correct answers A. doing the
opposite of the unconscious wish.
_____ is the defense mechanism in which the ego projects an id impulse onto other people
around us. correct answers C. Projection
Of all defense mechanisms, _____ is typically considered to be the most mature or healthy by
psychodynamic psychotherapists. correct answers C. sublimination
Juan has formed a psychotherapy relationship with his clinical psychologist in which Juan
unconsciously and unrealistically expects the psychologist to behave like Juan's mother. Juan's
situation best illustrates correct answers C. transference
_____ occurs when a patient forms a relationship with a therapist in which he unconsciously and
unrealistically expects the therapist to behave like important people in his life correct answers
Transference
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