Clinical- Psychodynamic

Question 1

____ are used by the ego to ward off anxiety resulting from conflicts between id impulses and the demands of the superego or reality

Answer 1

Defense mechanisms

Question 2

channeling an id impulse into a more acceptable artistic or intellectual activity

Answer 2

sublimation

Question 3

restating clients remarks in clearer terms

Answer 3

clarification

Question 4

helps client see behavior in a new way

Answer 4

confrontation

Question 5

used to bring unconscious material to conscious awareness

Answer 5

interpretation

Question 6

preceded by catharsis and insight and involves an assimilation of new insights into the personality

Answer 6

Working through

Question 7

unconscious process in which client projects an earlier relationship onto the therapist

Answer 7

transference

Question 8

therapists projection of unconscious feelings onto the client

Answer 8

countertransference

Question 9

Klein, Fairbairn, Mahler, and Kernberg

Answer 9

Object relations theorists

Question 10

This person developed a stage theory of early development that emphasizes the importance of the separation-individuation process (outcome is the achievement of a separate identity; problems may lead to maladaptive behavior in adulthood)

Answer 10

Mahler

Question 11

Proposes that gender differences can be traced to difference in mother-son and mother-daughter parenting practices. As a result, male identify is defined in terms of separation, while female is based more on relations with others.

Answer 11

Feminist revision of object relations theory

Question 12

Adopt a phenomenological approach that views each person as unique

• recognize the influence of the past but focus on the here and now
• assume people have an innate capacity for growth or self-actualization
• stress importance of developing awareness of one’s own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• reject traditional assessment techniques and diagnostic labels

Answer 12

Humanistic Therapies

Question 13

this type of humanistic therapy assumes that people have an innate self-actualizing tendency that serves as major motivator

Answer 13

Roger’s Client centered therapy

Question 14

____ becomes disorganized when the person experiences incongruence between self and experience as a result of conditional positive regard

Answer 14

Self concept

Question 15

____causes anxiety in client-centered approach

Answer 15

incongruence

Question 16

Primary goal is to achieve congruence so the person can become more self-actualized

Answer 16

client-centered therapy

Question 17

3 facilitative components of client-centered therapy

Answer 17

unconditional positive regard; genuinness; accurate empathic understanding

Question 18

in client centured genuinness, therapist must be _____

Answer 18

authentic, with no facade.

Question 19

Person associated with Gestalt Therapy

Answer 19

Fritz Perls

Question 20

This therapy assumes people have the capacity to self-regulate, or assume responsibility for fulfilling their own physical and psychological needs

Answer 20

gestalt therapy

Question 21

This therapy considers the primary motivator of human behavior to be an innate striving for equilibrium (homeostasis)

Answer 21

gestalt

Question 22

the point of contact between person and environment is called the _____.

Answer 22

contact boundary

Question 23

______is a growth disturbance that develops when a boundary disturbance interferes with the ability to maintain a state of equilibrium

Answer 23

maladaptive behavior

Question 24

occurs when a person psychologically swallows whole concepts; when they accept concepts, facts, standards, from the environment without understanding or assimilating them. These people have trouble distinguishing between “me” and “not me” and are often overly compliant.

Answer 24

Introjection

Question 25

Involves disowning aspects of the self by assigning them to other people

Answer 25

Projection

Question 26

doing to oneself what one wants to do to others. I.e. turning anger toward a person inward onto the self

Answer 26

Retroflection

Question 27

absence of a boundary between the self and the environment. It causes intolerance of any differences between the self and others and often underlies feelings of guilt and resentment

Answer 27

confluence

Question 28

Person associated with logotherapy and other existential therapies

Answer 28

Frankl

Question 29

person associated with reality therapy

Answer 29

William Glasser

Question 30

therapy based on choice theory which assumes that people are responsible for the choices they make and focuses on how people make choices that affect the course of their lives.

Answer 30

Reality therapy

Question 31

5 basic innate needs that serve as motivators according to Glasser in reality therapy

Answer 31

survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, fun

Question 32

person associated with personal construct therapy

Answer 32

george kelly

Question 33

this therapy focuses on how the client experiences the world. it assumes that people choose the ways they deal with the world and there are always alternative ways of doing so

Answer 33

personal construct therapy

Question 34

bipolar dimensions of meaning

Answer 34

personal constructs

Question 35

adopted a teleological approach

Answer 35

Adler

Question 36

This approach regards behavior as being largly motivated by a person’s future goals, rather than determined by past events

Answer 36

Adler’s teleological approach

Question 37

inferiority feelings, striving for superiority, style of life, and social interest are key concepts of this approach

Answer 37

adler’s individual psychology

Question 38

the specific way a person chooses to compensate for inferiority and achieve superiority determine this

Answer 38

style of life

Question 39

healthy vs _____ style of life

Answer 39

mistaken

Question 40

this style is marked by goals that reflect optimism, confidence, and concern about the welfare of others

Answer 40

healthy style of life

Question 41

this style is marked by goals reflecting self-centeredness, competitiveness, and striving for personal power

Answer 41

mistaken style of life

Question 42

uses lifestyle investigation

Answer 42

adlerian therapists

Question 43

He believed that behavior is determined not only by past events but by future goals and aspirations

Answer 43

Jung (Jung’s analytical therapy)

Question 44

Jung believed unconscious is made up of the _____ and ______ unconscious

Answer 44

personal and collective

Question 45

primordial images (included in the collective unconscious) which cause people to experience and understand certain phenomena in a universal way

Answer 45

archetypes

Question 46

According to gestalt, personality consists of ____ and ____

Answer 46

self and self image