(1)chapter 12 clinical psy, CLP 3302) Clinical Psychology-Chapter -12-Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Resistance (Accessing the Unconscious)
-Anxiety of unconscious thoughts and feelings being laid bare too extensively or quickly -Creation of distractions or obstacles that impede exploration of thoughts and feelings
Dreams (accessing unconscious) *Interpretations --?--- rather than factual *Dreams the "---?---" to unconscious material
-Communicate unconscious material -Dream work uses symbols to express wishes. *Interpretations inferential rather than factual *Dreams the "royal road" to unconscious material
How to Accessing the Unconscious
-Free Association -Freudian Slips -Dreams -Resistance -Defense Mechanisms
Defense Mechanisms(Accessing the Unconscious) -
-Identifying unconscious defense mechanisms and bringing them into the clients' awareness -Three forces of Freud's structural model of the mind: Id, Ego, Superego
What is insight? -t or F : Awareness of unconscious processes to control them deliberately, rather than being controlled by them
-Insight—looking inside oneself and noticing something previously unseen. -T
Freudian "Slips"
-No such thing as a random mistake, accident, or slip -Getting something wrong or forgetting something reveals unconscious wishes -Could be both verbal and behavioral
what were the terms psychoanalysis was replaced by others at various points of evolution
-Psychoanalytic psychotherapy -Neo-Freudian therapy -Psychodynamic psychotherapy
-Unconscious exerts powerful influence on ---?---and --?---- lives ---?---processes underlie all forms of psychopathology
-Unconscious exerts powerful influence on day-to-day and minute-to-minute lives. -Unconscious processes underlie all forms of psychopathology
free association (psychoanalysis)
-a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing -the patient speaks freely about memories, dreams, feelings -Clients say whatever comes to mind without any censoring themselves -Different from word association
Reaction formation is a defense mechanism characterized by ______. -redirecting the unconscious wish toward a safer target -denying the entire conflict surrounding the unconscious wish such that the individual never becomes aware of it -attributing the unconscious wish to others rather than to the self -doing the opposite of the unconscious wish
-doing the opposite of the unconscious wish
Displacement is a defense mechanism characterized by ______. -doing the opposite of the unconscious wish -denying the entire conflict surrounding the unconscious wish such that the individual never becomes aware of it -redirecting the unconscious wish toward a safer target -attributing the unconscious wish to others rather than to the self
-redirecting the unconscious wish toward a safer target
Which of the following best defines a defense mechanism?
A. An attempt to manage conflict between the id and superego
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 _____.
A. Freudian slip
_____ is a variation of IPT developed for patients with bipolar disorder.
A. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy
Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages in the correct order?
A. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Free association is to _____ as word association is to _____.
A. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung
Reaction formation is a defense mechanism characterized by
A. doing the opposite of the unconscious wish.
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms.
A. ego
Compared to long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, brief psychodynamic psychotherapy
A. involves a more narrow focus on specific clinical problems.
According to the psychodynamic approach, the actual plot of a dream as the dreamer remembers it is the _____.
A. manifest content
Prior to Freud,
A. mental health professionals did not generally acknowledge mental activity occurring outside of conscious awareness.
After a psychodynamic therapist makes an interpretation to a client, it can take many sessions for the client to incorporate that interpretation into his thinking and behavior. That post-interpretation period is often called _____.
A. the working-through process
The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is
A. to make the unconscious conscious.
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.
A. word association
_____, according to psychodynamic psychotherapists, is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history.
B. Countertransference
Which of the following statements is TRUE about how well psychodynamic therapy works?
B. Many studies, including meta-analyses, indicate that psychodynamic treatment is generally beneficial.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy refers broadly to the approach created by _____ and including all subsequent adaptations or expansions of it.
B. Sigmund Freud
The term _____ succinctly captures the primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
B. insight
Relative to its prominence in the early and mid-1900s, psychodynamic psychotherapy is currently
B. less prominant
The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to _____ psychotherapists.
B. psychodynamic
Displacement is a defense mechanism characterized by
B. redirecting the unconscious wish toward a safer target.
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 _____.
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.
B. resistance
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that establishes rules, restrictions, and prohibitions.
B. superego
26. When a psychodynamic therapy patient does not immediately accept his analyst's interpretation, the analyst may need to repeat the interpretation across multiple sessions before it is fully accepted. This process is known as _____.
B. working through
Some empirical evidence does exist for particular components of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Which of the following components has/have empirical support?
C. Both interpretation of transference and countertransference reactions
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?
C. Clarissa as a platypus flopping about on a beach
Which of the following statements about free association is NOT true?
C. It asks clients to say the first word that comes to mind after the therapist speaks a word.
Freud's psychodynamic psychotherapy has been reinvented in many forms, including all of the following EXCEPT
C. Jung's associative psychology.
_____ is the defense mechanism in which the ego projects an id impulse onto other people around us.
C. Projection
According to psychodynamic psychotherapists, fixation at the oral stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life, fixation at the anal stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life, and fixation at the phallic stage can result in problems related to _____ later in life.
C. dependency, control, self-worth
According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that generates all pleasure-seeking, selfish, indulgent, animalistic impulses.
C. id
Of all defense mechanisms, _____ is typically considered to be the most mature or healthy by psychodynamic psychotherapists.
C. sublimination
In _____, the therapist's primary task is to identify the "script" that the client appears to be unknowingly following, which is likely to be based on previous important relationships, and to refuse to enact that script in the therapeutic relationship.
C. time-limited dynamic therapy
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
C. transference
______ is when a therapist unconsciously and unrealistically projects expectations based on past relationships onto a patient. Choose one Transference Countertransference Working through Sublimation
Countertransference
Of the following approaches to psychotherapy, which most heavily relies on inferential methods?
D. Psychodynamic
According to the psychodynamic approach, the process by which the latent content of a dream is converted into manifest content is called _____.
D. dream work
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.
D. free association
During free association, the therapist reads a word aloud and the patient responds with the first word that comes into his mind. True False
False
Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is a modern application of transference-focused psychotherapy. true false
False
The latent content of a dream is the actual plot of the dream as it is remembered by the patient. True False
False
The oral psychosexual stage is associated with the development of self-worth or view of the self. True False
False
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 ______. dream work free association Freudian slip manifest content
Freudian slip
______ focuses on current interpersonal relationships and role expectations and tends to deemphasize some of the aspects of more traditional psychodynamic psychotherapy related to intrapsychic structure and childhood fixations Choose one Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy Transference-focused psychotherapy Interpersonal therapy Supportive therapy
Interpersonal therapy
______ is a defense mechanism in which an id impulse is redirected into a behavior that benefits others. Choose one Displacement Sublimation Reaction formation Projection
Sublimation
Chapter 12 Summary
Summary
psychodynamic psychotherapy
Talk therapy based on belief that the unconscious and childhood conflicts impact behavior-Pioneering work of Sigmund Freud
___ 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. Allegiance effects Reflection Transference Countertransference
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
Transference
the tendency of clients to unconsciously expect their therapists to behave like important people from their lives, is generally regarded as the most important focus of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Choose one Sublimation Transference Reaction-formation Countertransference
Transference
The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is to make the unconscious conscious. True False
True
_____ is a contemporary variation of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
a. Interpersonal therapy
Which psychosexual stage is associated with the issue of control? Choose one oral anal phallic latent
anal
Chapter 12 Quiz Questions
answers
Freudian slips ______. Choose one can be verbal can be behavioral can be both verbal and behavioral can be neither verbal nor behavioral
can be both verbal and behavioral
vocabulary
def
According to psychodynamic theory, the ______ is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms. -ego -alter ego -superego -id
ego
Dr. Willard asks Meg to verbalize any and all thoughts that occur to her without censorship herself. What technique is Dr. Willard using? Choose one dream interpretation Freudian slips word association free association
free association
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According to psychodynamic theory, the ______ is the part of the mind that generates all pleasure-seeking, selfish, indulgent, animalistic impulses. ego alter ego superego id
id
The ______ is the part of the mind that generates all pleasure-seeking, selfish, indulgent, animalistic impulses. The ______ establishes rules, restrictions, and prohibitions. The ______ is a mediator, a compromise maker between opposing forces. Choose one id; ego; superego superego; ego; id ego; superego; id id; superego; ego
id; superego; ego
Clients receiving psychodynamic therapy become aware of thoughts, feelings, and other mental activity of which they were previously unaware through the process known as ______. Choose one transference breakthrough insight unconscious recovery
insight
Original approach to therapy called
psychoanalysis
The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to ______ psychotherapists. humanistic behavioral cognitive psychodynamic
psychodynamic
John suddenly remembers something new he intended to discuss in response to an observation made by Dr. Hilling. If Dr. Hilling is a psychodynamic, he is most likely to believe John is enacting ______. Choose one resistance deference inconsistency derisiveness
resistance
According to psychodynamic theory, the ______ is the part of the mind that establishes rules, restrictions, and prohibitions. ego superego id alter ego
superego
The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is ______. -to replace illogical or irrational thoughts with more logical, rational thoughts -to make the unconscious conscious -to use reinforcement or punishment to change target behaviors -to enhance self-actualization
to make the unconscious conscious
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. free association word association fixation projection
word association
