PCN-107 Midterm ACTUAL UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Traits of effective psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -communication skills
-empathy
-rapport building
-self-awareness
-acceptance
-problem solving skills
-flexibility
-multicultural competency
Traits of a culturally competent counselor - CORRECT ANSWER - -Total competency is
process
-Always ignore ignorance
-Maintain and air of curiosity
-Always ask for clarification
Psychoanalytic Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER - Free association, interpretation,
dream analysis, analysis of resistance, analysis of transference
What is free association? - CORRECT ANSWER - Saying whatever comes to mind w/o
self censorship
What is interpretation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Used with free association, dreams, and
misc. behaviors to identify possible connections.
What is dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analyzing dreams: latent content,
manifest content, dream work.
, What is latent content in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The hidden and
symbolic meanings
What is the manifest content in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The dream as it
appears to the dreamer
What is dream work in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Therapist works to
discover hidden meanings and symbols
What is analysis of resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistance is anything that works
against the process of therapy.
What is analysis of transference? - CORRECT ANSWER - Transference is normalized
and the therapist is direct.
What are the three parts of the three part model? - CORRECT ANSWER - The ID, ego,
and superego
What is the ID? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our animal instinct. It's completely
unconscious.
What is the Ego? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our internal guidelines that were put in place
as a child.
What is the Superego? - CORRECT ANSWER - Morals from society: external parties that
come in.
What are the Psychosexual stages? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,
Genital
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Traits of effective psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -communication skills
-empathy
-rapport building
-self-awareness
-acceptance
-problem solving skills
-flexibility
-multicultural competency
Traits of a culturally competent counselor - CORRECT ANSWER - -Total competency is
process
-Always ignore ignorance
-Maintain and air of curiosity
-Always ask for clarification
Psychoanalytic Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER - Free association, interpretation,
dream analysis, analysis of resistance, analysis of transference
What is free association? - CORRECT ANSWER - Saying whatever comes to mind w/o
self censorship
What is interpretation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Used with free association, dreams, and
misc. behaviors to identify possible connections.
What is dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analyzing dreams: latent content,
manifest content, dream work.
, What is latent content in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The hidden and
symbolic meanings
What is the manifest content in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The dream as it
appears to the dreamer
What is dream work in dream analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Therapist works to
discover hidden meanings and symbols
What is analysis of resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistance is anything that works
against the process of therapy.
What is analysis of transference? - CORRECT ANSWER - Transference is normalized
and the therapist is direct.
What are the three parts of the three part model? - CORRECT ANSWER - The ID, ego,
and superego
What is the ID? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our animal instinct. It's completely
unconscious.
What is the Ego? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our internal guidelines that were put in place
as a child.
What is the Superego? - CORRECT ANSWER - Morals from society: external parties that
come in.
What are the Psychosexual stages? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,
Genital
