Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the most notable contribution of Clarence Hinckes?
a.He argued that mental illness is treatable with a combination of drugs and individualized attention.
b He argued that mental illness was incurable but more humane institutions were needed to care for the mentally
. ill.
c.He argued that mental illness was caused by brain pathology and, therefore, was incurable and that therapy
should consist of learning to cope with symptoms.
d He argued that mental illness was treatable, which was contrary to the prevailing view at the time.
.
2. Who is the concept of a “hierarchy of needs” most closely associated with?
a. Carl Rogers
b. Anna Freud
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Carl Jung
3. The concept of hysteria traditionally meant physical symptoms for which no organic pathology could be found. Which
of the following terms is now used to refer to this concept?
a. neurosis
b. anxiety disorders
c. delusions
d. somatic symptom
disorders
4. Trent is in psychoanalysis and states to his therapist that he thinks that his wife is considering having an affair with her
co-worker. Later on in the session, Trent admits that he is tempted to start an affair with his own co-worker. What defence
mechanism was Trent displaying when he accused his wife of thinking about being unfaithful?
a. sublimation
b. projection
c. displacement
d. denial
5. According to psychoanalytic theory, what is the role of the ego?
a. to counteract the aggressive and sexual drives of the
id
b. to maximize pleasure and reduce tension
c. to mediate conflict between the id and the superego
d. to increase self-esteem and a strong sense of identity
6. What was Erikson’s greatest contribution to psychoanalytical theorizing?
a. his idea that development occurs across the life span
b. his idea that sexual arousal and interest occur during the latency
stage
c. his idea that societal factors influence our behaviour
d. his idea that intrapsychic conflicts are resolved in early childhood
1. What is the most notable contribution of Clarence Hinckes?
a.He argued that mental illness is treatable with a combination of drugs and individualized attention.
b He argued that mental illness was incurable but more humane institutions were needed to care for the mentally
. ill.
c.He argued that mental illness was caused by brain pathology and, therefore, was incurable and that therapy
should consist of learning to cope with symptoms.
d He argued that mental illness was treatable, which was contrary to the prevailing view at the time.
.
2. Who is the concept of a “hierarchy of needs” most closely associated with?
a. Carl Rogers
b. Anna Freud
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Carl Jung
3. The concept of hysteria traditionally meant physical symptoms for which no organic pathology could be found. Which
of the following terms is now used to refer to this concept?
a. neurosis
b. anxiety disorders
c. delusions
d. somatic symptom
disorders
4. Trent is in psychoanalysis and states to his therapist that he thinks that his wife is considering having an affair with her
co-worker. Later on in the session, Trent admits that he is tempted to start an affair with his own co-worker. What defence
mechanism was Trent displaying when he accused his wife of thinking about being unfaithful?
a. sublimation
b. projection
c. displacement
d. denial
5. According to psychoanalytic theory, what is the role of the ego?
a. to counteract the aggressive and sexual drives of the
id
b. to maximize pleasure and reduce tension
c. to mediate conflict between the id and the superego
d. to increase self-esteem and a strong sense of identity
6. What was Erikson’s greatest contribution to psychoanalytical theorizing?
a. his idea that development occurs across the life span
b. his idea that sexual arousal and interest occur during the latency
stage
c. his idea that societal factors influence our behaviour
d. his idea that intrapsychic conflicts are resolved in early childhood
