CMN 548 MODULE 3 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY? - Correct Answers -•A process of therapeutic
engagement
•A therapy meant to alleviate suffering and grief, help relieve existing symptoms
•A growth experience encouraged through a structured method and therapeutic
relationship
•A method to regain equilibrium and achieve improved methods of coping and
adaptation to life
•A complex interpersonal and intrapersonal phenomenon that fosters improved social
relationships and social support
What are some examples for different types of psychotherapy? - Correct Answers -
•Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic (such as Freudian, Jungian, Rogerian)
•Behavioral
•Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and subsequent
derivatives, such as Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
•Biofeedback
•Humanistic
•Supportive Psychotherapy
•Play Therapy for children (various derivatives from the models mentioned above)
What is the definition of child development? - Correct Answers -Change in the child that
occurs over time. Changes follow an orderlypattern that moves toward greater
complexity and enhances survival.
When is the generally assumed Prenatal period of developement? - Correct Answers -
from conception to birth
When is the generally assumed period of developement from infancy to toddlerhood? -
Correct Answers -birth-2 years
When is the generally assumed period of developement for early childhood? - Correct
Answers -2-6 YO
When is the generally assumed period of developement for middle childhood? - Correct
Answers -6-12 years old
, When is the generally assumed period of developement for adolescence? - Correct
Answers -12-19 YO
What are Freud's stages of psychosexual development? - Correct Answers -Oral, Anal,
Oedipal, Latency, Genital
•A psychosexual theory based on these stages and emphasizing the interaction of the
Id (basic impulses/instincts), Superego (moral force within) and Ego (the balancing force
between the Ego and Superego)
What is psychoanalysis? - Correct Answers -•Use of the couch for therapy so that the
therapist can engage in "free association" without the interference of looking at the
analyst; sessions usually 3-4 days per week, from 3-5 years or more
What is the psychodynamic approach? - Correct Answers -•Usually 1-2 times weekly,
no couch, considered a potent tool of treatment, but not as "comprehensive" as a formal
analysis, length of therapy may vary from brief to long-term
What is transference? - Correct Answers -what the patient projects onto the analyst
from their unresolved past experiences
What is countertransference? - Correct Answers -what the analyst projects onto the
patient
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training: - Correct Answers -usually a two year course
of study post-graduate, for those who would like to practice psychotherapy under this
model
Psychoanalytic Training: - Correct Answers -a four-year course of post-graduate study
which also includes completion of a personal psychoanalysis and successful analysis of
at least two patients under supervision
GOALS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS - Correct Answers -•To produce a fundamental change
in character
•The uncovering of unconscious conflicts
•To induce behavioral change motivated by new insights
•To correct developmental fixations and create more adult responses to situations that
occur
•Freud: "To be able to love and to work."
Fundamental tools for psychoanalysis: - Correct Answers -•Fundamental tools include:
(1) Acceptance of the patient for who they are, (2) Understandingconscious and
unconscious contributions to the person's character, and (3) Interpretation of behaviors
and thoughts based on # 2
JUNGIAN ANALYSIS - Correct Answers -De-emphasizes psychosexual development
AND ANSWERS
WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY? - Correct Answers -•A process of therapeutic
engagement
•A therapy meant to alleviate suffering and grief, help relieve existing symptoms
•A growth experience encouraged through a structured method and therapeutic
relationship
•A method to regain equilibrium and achieve improved methods of coping and
adaptation to life
•A complex interpersonal and intrapersonal phenomenon that fosters improved social
relationships and social support
What are some examples for different types of psychotherapy? - Correct Answers -
•Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic (such as Freudian, Jungian, Rogerian)
•Behavioral
•Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and subsequent
derivatives, such as Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
•Biofeedback
•Humanistic
•Supportive Psychotherapy
•Play Therapy for children (various derivatives from the models mentioned above)
What is the definition of child development? - Correct Answers -Change in the child that
occurs over time. Changes follow an orderlypattern that moves toward greater
complexity and enhances survival.
When is the generally assumed Prenatal period of developement? - Correct Answers -
from conception to birth
When is the generally assumed period of developement from infancy to toddlerhood? -
Correct Answers -birth-2 years
When is the generally assumed period of developement for early childhood? - Correct
Answers -2-6 YO
When is the generally assumed period of developement for middle childhood? - Correct
Answers -6-12 years old
, When is the generally assumed period of developement for adolescence? - Correct
Answers -12-19 YO
What are Freud's stages of psychosexual development? - Correct Answers -Oral, Anal,
Oedipal, Latency, Genital
•A psychosexual theory based on these stages and emphasizing the interaction of the
Id (basic impulses/instincts), Superego (moral force within) and Ego (the balancing force
between the Ego and Superego)
What is psychoanalysis? - Correct Answers -•Use of the couch for therapy so that the
therapist can engage in "free association" without the interference of looking at the
analyst; sessions usually 3-4 days per week, from 3-5 years or more
What is the psychodynamic approach? - Correct Answers -•Usually 1-2 times weekly,
no couch, considered a potent tool of treatment, but not as "comprehensive" as a formal
analysis, length of therapy may vary from brief to long-term
What is transference? - Correct Answers -what the patient projects onto the analyst
from their unresolved past experiences
What is countertransference? - Correct Answers -what the analyst projects onto the
patient
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training: - Correct Answers -usually a two year course
of study post-graduate, for those who would like to practice psychotherapy under this
model
Psychoanalytic Training: - Correct Answers -a four-year course of post-graduate study
which also includes completion of a personal psychoanalysis and successful analysis of
at least two patients under supervision
GOALS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS - Correct Answers -•To produce a fundamental change
in character
•The uncovering of unconscious conflicts
•To induce behavioral change motivated by new insights
•To correct developmental fixations and create more adult responses to situations that
occur
•Freud: "To be able to love and to work."
Fundamental tools for psychoanalysis: - Correct Answers -•Fundamental tools include:
(1) Acceptance of the patient for who they are, (2) Understandingconscious and
unconscious contributions to the person's character, and (3) Interpretation of behaviors
and thoughts based on # 2
JUNGIAN ANALYSIS - Correct Answers -De-emphasizes psychosexual development
