~~~ psychosocial QUIZ Flashcards
according to the two dimensional approach, those who have high anxiety and high avoidance would be classed as having what attachment pattern
A) secure
B) preoccupied ambivalent
C) dismissing avoidant
D) fearful avoidant
D) fearful avoidant
if one were to use the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) what can be inferred from the information that is gathered?
A) what people recall about their childhood experiences
B) whether the person has arrived at a coherent narrative regarding the childhood experiences
C) whether they have greater versus lesser attachment ambivalence
D) whether they have a positive-versus-negative model of the self
B) whether the person has arrived at a coherent narrative regarding the childhood experiences
what attachment pattern is marked by introversion
A) secure
B) anxious
C) ambivalent
D) avoidant
D) avoidant
what attachment pattern is marked by neuroticism
A) secure
B) anxious
C) ambivalent
D) avoidant
C) ambivalent
compared to other approaches, the psychosocial approach places greater emphasis on assessing
A) schemas one has about themself
B) the person’s orientation to relationships
C) personal achievements
D) emotional stability
B) the person’s orientation to relationships
As the ideas of Freud’s followers continued to evolve, they:
a. placed more emphasis on the superego and its functions.
b. placed increasing emphasis on relationships.
c. de-emphasized the mediating functions of the ego.
d. returned to Freud’s emphasis on inner conflict and resolutions.
b. placed increasing emphasis on relationships.
n object relations theories, the “object” refers to:
a. intrinsic goals.
b. the ego.
c. a person.
d. lifelong patterns.
c. a person.
Although the concept of object relations derives from Freud’s ideas, it is different in that objects relations emphasizes:
a. conscious rather than unconscious processes.
b. ego functioning rather than id functioning
c. unconscious rather than conscious processes.
d. id functioning rather than ego functioning.
b. ego functioning rather than id functioning
Object relations theories:
a. consider the formation of psychic bonds to be a fundamental function of the id.
b. emphasize that one’s pattern of relating to others is formed during adolescence.
c. assume that similar patterns of relating to others continue to occur throughout life.
d. have no connection to Freud’s concept of ego cathexis.
c. assume that similar patterns of relating to others continue to occur throughout life.
The period in which an infant is fused with its mother is called:
a. symbiosis.
b. interdependence.
c. attachment.
d. fusion.
a. symbiosis.
_________ refers to the process by which an infant becomes aware of its distinct existence.
a. Internalization
b. Differentiation
c. Accommodation
d. Separation-individuation
d. Separation-individuation
According to Mahler, a child will experience _________ when the movement away from symbiosis occurs too quickly.
a. insecure attachment
b. basic anxiety
c. separation anxiety
d. separation-individuation
c. separation anxiety
Many neoanalytic theories emphasized:
a. that there is no merit to traditional Freudian ideas.
b. the importance of the superego.
c. sexual functioning.
d. the importance of the ego.
d. the importance of the ego.
_________ believed that relationships create the structure of the self.
a. Kohut
b. Marcia
c. Erikson
d. Mahler
a. Kohut
To Kohut, selfobjects refers to:
a. someone who is opposite to the self.
b. someone important in satisfying the self’s needs.
c. someone who is threatening to the self.
d. impressions of oneself.
b. someone important in satisfying the self’s needs.
Mirroring that occurs later in life involves transference, which is:
a. using one’s relationship with a therapist to repair relationships.
b. using one’s orientation toward parents to relate to others.
c. a form of revenge based on anger at one’s parents.
d. none of the above
b. using one’s orientation toward parents to relate to others.
Unsuccessful mirroring results in:
a. satisfaction of the child’s narcissistic needs.
b. an initial, grandiose sense of self.
c. an inability to develop an adequate sense
of self.
d. all of the above
c. an inability to develop an adequate sense
of self.
bowlby used the term ______ to refer to an emotional connection with another person
a. attachment
b. symbiosis
c. synthesis
d. bonding
a. attachment
Attachment theory states that children build “working models” of:
a. the self.
b. others.
c. relationships in general.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Mary Ainsworth developed the strange situation, which:
a. is a means of assessing infant attachment.
b. puts a child in a room with crying children.
c, puts a child in a room with multiple strange adults.
d. all of the above
a. is a means of assessing infant attachment.
An infant who remains calm when its mother leaves and responds to her return in a
rejecting manner is displaying _________ attachment.
a. disoriented
b. resistant
c. avoidant
d. ambivalent
c. avoidant
Which of the following is true about mothers of children from different attachment
groups?
a. Often, it’s the timing of actions rather than the actions themselves that differ between groups.
b. Mothers of secure and avoidant babies spend similar amounts of time holding their
babies.
c. Mothers of secure babies respond quickly to their actions.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Mothers of securely attached infants and mothers of avoidant infants:
a. return their babies’ smiles at the same pace.
b. spend the same amount of total time holding their babies.
c. are more responsive than other mothers to their babies’ crying.
d. are emotionally involved with their babies.
b. spend the same amount of total time holding their babies.
Infant attachment coded at age 1 is highly predictive of responses to parents at age:
a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 16
a. 6
