Theories of Counseling and the Helping Relationship Flashcards
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Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, which is both a form of treatment and a very comprehensive personality theory. According to Freud’s theory, inborn drives (mainly sexual) help form the personality. _______ and _______, who originally worked with Freud, created individual psychology and analytic
psychology, respectively.
a. Carl Jung; Alfred Adler.
b. Alfred Adler; Carl Jung.
c. Joseph Breuer; A. A. Brill.
d. Alfred Adler; Rollo May.
b. Alfred Adler; Carl Jung.
Eric Berne’s transactional analysis (TA) posits three ego states: the Child, the Adult, and the Parent. These roughly correspond
to Freud’s structural theory that includes
a. oral, anal, phallic.
b. unconscious, preconscious, and conscious.
c. a and b.
d. id, ego, and superego.
d. id, ego, and superego.
In transactional analysis, the _______ is the conscience, or ego
state concerned with moral behavior, while in Freudian theory it
is the _______.
a. Adult; unconscious.
b. Parent; ego.
c. Parent; superego.
d. Parent; id.
c. Parent; superego.
Freud felt that successful resolution of the Oedipus complex led to the development of the superego. This is accomplished by
a. identification with the aggressor, the parent of the same
sex.
b. analysis during the childhood years.
c. identifi cation with the parent of the opposite sex, the aggressor.
d. transference.
a. identification with the aggressor, the parent of the same
sex.
Freudians refer to the ego as
a. the executive administrator of the personality and the reality principle. b. the guardian angel of the mind. c. the pleasure principle. d. the seat of libido.
a. the executive administrator of the personality and the reality
principle.
Freud’s theory speaks of Eros and Thanatos. A client who threatens
a self-destructive act is being ruled primarily by
a. Eros.
b. Eros and the id.
c. Thanatos.
d. both Eros and Thanatos.
c. Thanatos.
The id is present at birth and never matures. It operates mainly out of awareness to satisfy instinctual needs according to the
a. reality principle.
b. notion of transference.
c. Eros principle.
d. pleasure principle.
d. pleasure principle.
If you think of the mind as a seesaw, then the fulcrum or balancing
apparatus would be the
a. id, which has no concept of rationality or time.
b. ego.
c. superego, which judges behavior as right or wrong.
d. BASIC-ID.
b. ego.
A therapist who says to a patient, “Say whatever comes to mind,”
is practicing
a. directive counseling.
b. TA.
c. paraphrasing.
d. free association.
d. free association.
The superego contains the ego ideal. The superego strives for
_______, rather than _______ like the id.
a. perfection; pleasure.
b. pleasure; perfection.
c. morals; ethics.
d. logic; reality.
a. perfection; pleasure.
All of these theorists could be associated with the analytic movement
except
a. Freud.
b. Jung.
c. Adler.
d. Wolpe.
d. Wolpe.
Most scholars would assert that Freud’s 1900 work entitled The
Interpretation of Dreams was his most infl uential work. Dreams
have
a. manifest and latent content.
b. preconscious and unconscious factors.
c. id and ego.
d. superego and id.
a. manifest and latent content.
When a client projects feelings toward the therapist that he or
she originally had toward a signifi cant other, it is called
a. free association.
b. insight.
c. transference.
d. resistance.
c. transference.
Which case is not associated with the psychodynamic movement?
a. Little Hans.
b. Little Albert.
c. Anna O.
d. Schreber.
b. Little Albert.
In contrast with classical psychoanalysis, psychodynamic counseling
or therapy
a. utilizes fewer sessions per week.
b. does not utilize the couch.
c. is performed face to face.
d. all of the above.
d. all of the above.
Talking about difficulties in order to purge emotions and feelings
is a curative process known as
a. catharsis and/or abreaction.
b. resistance.
c. accurate empathy.
d. refl ection of emotional content.
a. catharsis and/or abreaction.
Id, ego, superego is to structural theory as _______ is to topographical
theory.
a. Child, Adult, Parent.
b. abreaction, catharsis, introspection.
c. ego ideal.
d. unconscious, preconscious, conscious.
d. unconscious, preconscious, conscious.
The most controversial aspect of Freud’s theory is
a. catharsis.
b. the Oedipus complex.
c. the notion of the preconscious mind.
d. the interpretation of dreams.
b. the Oedipus complex.
Evidence for the unconscious mind comes from all of these except
a. hypnosis.
b. slips of the tongue and humor.
c. dreams.
d. subjective units of distress scale.
d. subjective units of distress scale.
In a counseling session, a counselor asked a patient to recall what
transpired three months ago to trigger her depression. There
was silence for about two and one-half minutes. The client then
began to remember. This exchange most likely illustrates the
function of the
a. preconscious mind.
b. ego ideal.
c. conscious mind.
d. unconscious mind.
a. preconscious mind.
Unconscious processes, which serve to minimize anxiety and
protect the self from severe id or superego demands, are called
a. slips of the tongue.
b. ego defense mechanisms.
c. id defense processes.
d. latent dream material.
b. ego defense mechanisms.
Most therapists agree that ego defense mechanisms deny or distort
reality. Rationalization, compensation, repression, projection, reaction formation, identification, introjection, denial, and
displacement are ego defense mechanisms. According to the
Freudians, the most important defense mechanism is
a. repression.
b. reaction formation
c. denial.
d. sublimation
a. repression.
Suppression differs from repression in that
a. suppression is stronger.
b. repression only occurs in children.
c. repression is automatic or involuntary.
d. all of the above.
c. repression is automatic or involuntary.
An aggressive male who becomes a professional boxer because
he is sadistic is displaying
a. suppression.
b. rationalization.
c. sublimation.
d. displacement.
c. sublimation.