Intro History Art Therapy Exam
Questions and Answers
According to Edith Kramer, the more complete aesthetically pleasing the art product is,
the better sublimation has occured--e.g. the aesthetic quality of the art product is a
visual indicator of the success of art therapy. - ANS-True
Maxine Junge notes that there was often trauma of some kind for many pioneer art
therapists in the near and distant background. - ANS-True
Major patterns in the life of pioneer art therapist include... - ANS-1) Artist from early
childhood
2) Fascination with people and their development
3) Tolerance of "outsider" status
In the article, "Choosing Art Therapy as a Career" limitations of the study include all of
the following EXCEPT: - ANS-The study did not include a "Results" section.
Freud never asked his patients to draw their dreams or fantasies, but Jung did. - ANS-
True
Carl Jung's concept of the "collective unconscious" as a universal, cross-cultural form of
symbolism transmitted generationally struck a chord with pioneer art therapists. - ANS-
True
Hans Prinzhorn collected over 5000 pieces of art from patients in asylums and.... - ANS-
published his first and most influential book Bildnerei der Geisteskranken (Artistry of the
Mentally Ill) in 1922. The book is mainly concerned with the borderline between
psychiatry and art, illness and self-expression. It represents one of the first attempts to
analyze the work of the mentally ill.
Victor Lowenfeld is known for... - ANS-1) writing the single most influential textbook in
art education in 1947, called "Creative and Mental Growth". He believed that children's
intellectual development was integrally connected to creative development
2) taught psychology at the Hampton Institute here in Virginia after WWII
Who wrote, "The Artist in Each of Us" in 1951, which is widely considered essential
reading for all art therapists? - ANS-Florence Cane
Questions and Answers
According to Edith Kramer, the more complete aesthetically pleasing the art product is,
the better sublimation has occured--e.g. the aesthetic quality of the art product is a
visual indicator of the success of art therapy. - ANS-True
Maxine Junge notes that there was often trauma of some kind for many pioneer art
therapists in the near and distant background. - ANS-True
Major patterns in the life of pioneer art therapist include... - ANS-1) Artist from early
childhood
2) Fascination with people and their development
3) Tolerance of "outsider" status
In the article, "Choosing Art Therapy as a Career" limitations of the study include all of
the following EXCEPT: - ANS-The study did not include a "Results" section.
Freud never asked his patients to draw their dreams or fantasies, but Jung did. - ANS-
True
Carl Jung's concept of the "collective unconscious" as a universal, cross-cultural form of
symbolism transmitted generationally struck a chord with pioneer art therapists. - ANS-
True
Hans Prinzhorn collected over 5000 pieces of art from patients in asylums and.... - ANS-
published his first and most influential book Bildnerei der Geisteskranken (Artistry of the
Mentally Ill) in 1922. The book is mainly concerned with the borderline between
psychiatry and art, illness and self-expression. It represents one of the first attempts to
analyze the work of the mentally ill.
Victor Lowenfeld is known for... - ANS-1) writing the single most influential textbook in
art education in 1947, called "Creative and Mental Growth". He believed that children's
intellectual development was integrally connected to creative development
2) taught psychology at the Hampton Institute here in Virginia after WWII
Who wrote, "The Artist in Each of Us" in 1951, which is widely considered essential
reading for all art therapists? - ANS-Florence Cane
