MRCPsych Paper B (Psychotherapy) – Questions And
Accurate Answers
Who coined term Foundation Matrix? Right Ans - Siegfried Foulkes
Historic Figure for Group Psychotherapy Right Ans - Moreno
Historical figure for Hypnosis Right Ans - Braid
Historical figure for Group Dynamics Right Ans - Lewin
Historical figure for DBT Right Ans - Marsha Linehan
Historical figure for Cognitive Therapy Right Ans - Aaron Beck
Historical Figure for CAT Right Ans - Anthony Ryle
Defence mechanisms associated with phobias (2) Right Ans - Repression
and Displacement
Historical Figure for Gestalt Therapy Right Ans - Perls
Historical figure for Therapeutic Communities Right Ans - Maxwell Jones
Historical Figure for Motivational Interviewing Right Ans - Miller
A symbolic image in the collective unconscious? Right Ans - Archetype
Credited with introducing behavioural activation Right Ans - Martell
Freud believed people discharged aggressive impulses via a process called
Right Ans - Catharsis
According to Freud, 'Eros' is a term for? Right Ans - Life Instinct
4 main values of therapeutic communities Right Ans - Democratisation,
Permissiveness, Communalism and Reality Confrontation
, Isolation, undoing and reaction formation are associated with which
condition? Right Ans - OCD
A new patient with a personality disorder is admitted to the ward and the
nursing team appear angry and helpless towards the patient. Dynamic term?
Right Ans - Countertransference
Anthony Ryle credited with development of which therapy? Right Ans -
CAT
Klein's depressive position characterised by? Right Ans - Ambivalence
Avoidance of situations believed to exacerbate underlying health problems is
common in which illness Right Ans - Hypochondriasis
Definition: an appropriate goal is abandoned if unacceptable to self or others
Right Ans - Snag
Definition: option for Action is conceived in the form of a polarised choice
Right Ans - Dilemma
Definition: negative assumption that generates an act and then confirms the
assumption? Right Ans - Trap
Best prediction of effectiveness of a psychodynamic Psychotherapy? Right
Ans - Therapeutic alliance
Better identification and reattribution of symptoms is a desirable cognitive
outcome in CBT for which illness? Right Ans - Hypochondriasis
NAT: a woman believes her boss is unhappy with her based on the fact he was
frowning as he walked through her office Right Ans - Personalising
NAT: a doctor complains that she hates her job and nothing is good about it.
Despite this she is well paid and gets good supports from seniors? Right
Ans - Dichotomous Reasoning
Accurate Answers
Who coined term Foundation Matrix? Right Ans - Siegfried Foulkes
Historic Figure for Group Psychotherapy Right Ans - Moreno
Historical figure for Hypnosis Right Ans - Braid
Historical figure for Group Dynamics Right Ans - Lewin
Historical figure for DBT Right Ans - Marsha Linehan
Historical figure for Cognitive Therapy Right Ans - Aaron Beck
Historical Figure for CAT Right Ans - Anthony Ryle
Defence mechanisms associated with phobias (2) Right Ans - Repression
and Displacement
Historical Figure for Gestalt Therapy Right Ans - Perls
Historical figure for Therapeutic Communities Right Ans - Maxwell Jones
Historical Figure for Motivational Interviewing Right Ans - Miller
A symbolic image in the collective unconscious? Right Ans - Archetype
Credited with introducing behavioural activation Right Ans - Martell
Freud believed people discharged aggressive impulses via a process called
Right Ans - Catharsis
According to Freud, 'Eros' is a term for? Right Ans - Life Instinct
4 main values of therapeutic communities Right Ans - Democratisation,
Permissiveness, Communalism and Reality Confrontation
, Isolation, undoing and reaction formation are associated with which
condition? Right Ans - OCD
A new patient with a personality disorder is admitted to the ward and the
nursing team appear angry and helpless towards the patient. Dynamic term?
Right Ans - Countertransference
Anthony Ryle credited with development of which therapy? Right Ans -
CAT
Klein's depressive position characterised by? Right Ans - Ambivalence
Avoidance of situations believed to exacerbate underlying health problems is
common in which illness Right Ans - Hypochondriasis
Definition: an appropriate goal is abandoned if unacceptable to self or others
Right Ans - Snag
Definition: option for Action is conceived in the form of a polarised choice
Right Ans - Dilemma
Definition: negative assumption that generates an act and then confirms the
assumption? Right Ans - Trap
Best prediction of effectiveness of a psychodynamic Psychotherapy? Right
Ans - Therapeutic alliance
Better identification and reattribution of symptoms is a desirable cognitive
outcome in CBT for which illness? Right Ans - Hypochondriasis
NAT: a woman believes her boss is unhappy with her based on the fact he was
frowning as he walked through her office Right Ans - Personalising
NAT: a doctor complains that she hates her job and nothing is good about it.
Despite this she is well paid and gets good supports from seniors? Right
Ans - Dichotomous Reasoning
