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Relationships Test-Graded A

Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, which is both a form of treatment and
very comprehensive personality theory. According to Freud's theory, inborn drives
(maily sexual) help form the personality. ______________________and ___________,
who originally worked with Freud, created individual psychology and analytic
psychology, respectively. - ANSWER-Alfred Adler; Carl Jung

Alfred Adler - father of individual psychology
Carl Jung - founded analytic psychology

Eric Berne's transactional analysis (TA) posits three ego states: the Child, the Audle,
and the Parent. These roughly correspond to Freud's structural theory that includes -
ANSWER-id, ego, and superego

Hypothetical constructs used to explain the function of the personality, both are often
refered to as structural theorist.

In transactional analysis (TA), the ______ is the conscience, or ego state concerned
with moral behavior, while in Freudian theory it is the _________. - ANSWER-Parent,
superego

The Parent ego states has been likened to Freud's superego.
Nurturing parent qualities - child has nurturing caretakers
Parent ego state - may be filled with prejuicial and critical messages. Persons who fall
into this category will tend to be bossy or know it alls
Incomplete parent - child who has lost caretaker at an early age. Might be plagued with
expectation for others to parent them throught life or might use lack of parenting as an
excuse for poor behavior.

Freud felt that successful resolution of the oedipus complex led to the development of
the superego. This is accomplished by - ANSWER-identification with the aggressor, the
parent of the same sex

Oedipus means "swollen feet" - Oedipus is unaware that he killed his father and married
his mother. According to the theory the child's libido sex energy is directed toward the
parent of the opposite sex.

Freudians refer to the ego as - ANSWER-the executive administrator of the personality
of the reality principle

,Scholars refer to the ego as the "executive administrator" since it governs or acts as a
police officer to control the impulses from the id (instincts) and the superego (the
conscience). Ego = mediator, reality principle that houses the individuals identity.

Freud's theory speaks of Eros and Thanatos, A client who threatens a self-destructive
act is being ruled primarily by - ANSWER-both Eros and Thanatos

Eros is the Greek God of love of life which to Freudians means self-preservation.
Thanatos is the Greek word for death , described as a death wish or death instinct.

The id is present at birth and never matures. It operates mainly out of awareness to
satisfy insticultual needs according to the - ANSWER-pleasure principle, suggesting
humans desire instinct gratification such for libido, sex, or the elimination of hunger or
thirst.

Id - pleasure principle, or pleasure-pain principle
Ego - reality principle
Superego- ego ideal

If you think of the mind as a seesaw, then the fulcrum or balancing apparatus would be
the - ANSWER-ego

Freud felt that the human mind was composed of three key components: the id, ego,
and the superego. Counselor educators often utilize the seesaw or fulcrum analogy with
explaining the relationship of the 3, The ego attempts to balance the id and superego.

A therapist who says to a patient "say whatever comes to mind" is practicing -
ANSWER-free association

The superego contains the ego ideal. The superego strives for _____________, rather
than ________________ like the id. - ANSWER-Perfection, pleasure

Superego = concerned with the ideal and personal aspiration than what is real.
Composed of values, morals, and ideals of parent, caretakers, and society. The id is
chaotic and has no sense of time.

All of these theorist could be associated with the analytic movement except: -
ANSWER-Wolpe

Wolpe developed a paradigm known as "systematic desentization" which is useful when
trying to weaken a client's response to an anxiety-producing stimuli. Systematic
desensitization is a form of behavior therapy, based on Pavlov's classical conditioning.

Most scholars would assert that Freud's 1900 work entitled The Interpretation of
Dreams was his most influential. Dreams have - ANSWER-manifest and latent content

, Freud - The dream was the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious activities of the
mind. The dream is composed of a surface meaning. which is the manifest content, and
then a hidden meaning or so called latent content. Dream work therapy consists of
deciphering the hidden meaning of the dream. (e.g. symbolism) so the indiv. can be
aware of unconscious motive, impulses, desires, and conflicts.

When a client projects unconscious feelings toward the therapist that he or she
originally had toward a significant other, it is called - ANSWER-transference

Which case is not associated with the psychodynamic movement? - ANSWER-Little
Albert

Little Albert associated with the work of John Broadus Watson, pioneer of American
behaviorism. Rosalie Rayner conditioned a 9 month old boy named albert to be afraid of
furry objects.

In contrast with classical psychoanalysis, psychodynamic counseling or therapy -
ANSWER-Utilizes fewer session per week, does not utilize the couch, and is performed
face to face

Talking about difficulties in order to purge emotions and feelings is a curative process
known as - ANSWER-catharsis and /or abreaction

When the repressed emotional outburst is very powerful and violent it is called
abreaction and catharsis refers to a mild purging of emotion.

Id, ego, superego is to the structural theory as ___________is to topographical theory -
ANSWER-unconscious, preconscious, conscious

Child, Adult, and Parent is the structural model propsed by ERic Berne father of
transactional analysis.

Remember introspection where the mind is seen as an iceberg. Introspection describes
any process in which the client attempts to describe his or her own internal thoughts,
feelings, and ideas.

The most controversial aspect of Freud's theory is - ANSWER-the Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex is known as the Electra complex when it occurs in females. The most
important concept in Freud's theory is the unconscious mind.

Evidence for the unconscious mind comes from all of these except

a. Hypnosis
b. Slips of the tongue and humor

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