KAPLAN AND SADOCKS SYNOPSIS OF
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION
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QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ The Oedipus complex as described by freud involves all of the
following except. Answer: a. adult sexuality
b. rivalries
c. anal phase
d. intense love relationships
e. both mother and father
answer c
⩥ The work of anna freud, daughter of sigmund freud, included all of
the following except. Answer: a. contributions to child psychoanalysis
b. development of modern ego psychology
c. studies on the function of the ego in personality development
d. contradictions to her father's claims about psychosexual development
e. expansion on individual defense mechanisms
answer D
,⩥ according to freud, the oedipus complex is resolved through. Answer:
a. the castration complex
b. the acting out of symbolic rivalries
c. moving on to the genital stage of development
d. the realization of one's gender identity
e.id w/ the opposite sex parent
answer a
⩥ erikson differs from freud by his placing greater emphasis on.
Answer: a. interpersonal relationships
b. cultural factors in development
c. insinctual drives
d. psychosexual development
e. object relations
answer b
⩥ which of the following theorists is considered the founder of the
attachment theory?. Answer: a. john bowlby
b. otto kernberg
c. melanie klein
d. heinz kohut
e. adolf meyer
answer a
,⩥ a patient of yours reports having recurrent dreams of snakes shedding
their skins. according too carl gustav jung, this image is an example of
which of the following?. Answer: a. illusions
b. phallic symbol
c. archetypes
d. manifest content
e. primary process
answer C
⩥ according to otto rank, death fear is. Answer: a. the fear of dying
usually associated with a phobia
b. the fear of losing all ties in the process of becoming separate
c. the fear of dying "before one's time"
d. the fear of losing one's identity by fusing with another person
e. none of the above
Answer D
⩥ which of the following statements regarding freud's view of hypnosis
is not true?. Answer: a. freud believed hypnosis encouraged the patient
to please the hypnotist
b. freud believed no patient was completely refractory to hypnosis
c. freud eventually abandoned the use of hypnosis for the use of free
association
, d. freud believed hypnosis concealed aspects of transference
e. none of the above
answer B
⩥ which of the following about melanie klein is false. Answer: a. she
denounced freud's "death instinct"
b. she described the "depressive position"
c. she coined the term "persecutory anxiety"
d. she stressed the role of intrapsychic fantasy
e. she was a child analyst
answer a
⩥ you have a 72 y.o. patient who has been very concerned with her
appearance ever since you met her. she has had 3 facelifts, never leaves
the house without makeup, and refuses to allow her grandchildren to call
her "grandma." Which of the following of erikson's stages is this woman
having difficulty mastering. Answer: a. narcissistic
b. generativity versus stagnation
c. egocentric
d. identity versus role confusion
e. integrity versus despair
answer e
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION
CERTIFICATION TEST BANK 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ The Oedipus complex as described by freud involves all of the
following except. Answer: a. adult sexuality
b. rivalries
c. anal phase
d. intense love relationships
e. both mother and father
answer c
⩥ The work of anna freud, daughter of sigmund freud, included all of
the following except. Answer: a. contributions to child psychoanalysis
b. development of modern ego psychology
c. studies on the function of the ego in personality development
d. contradictions to her father's claims about psychosexual development
e. expansion on individual defense mechanisms
answer D
,⩥ according to freud, the oedipus complex is resolved through. Answer:
a. the castration complex
b. the acting out of symbolic rivalries
c. moving on to the genital stage of development
d. the realization of one's gender identity
e.id w/ the opposite sex parent
answer a
⩥ erikson differs from freud by his placing greater emphasis on.
Answer: a. interpersonal relationships
b. cultural factors in development
c. insinctual drives
d. psychosexual development
e. object relations
answer b
⩥ which of the following theorists is considered the founder of the
attachment theory?. Answer: a. john bowlby
b. otto kernberg
c. melanie klein
d. heinz kohut
e. adolf meyer
answer a
,⩥ a patient of yours reports having recurrent dreams of snakes shedding
their skins. according too carl gustav jung, this image is an example of
which of the following?. Answer: a. illusions
b. phallic symbol
c. archetypes
d. manifest content
e. primary process
answer C
⩥ according to otto rank, death fear is. Answer: a. the fear of dying
usually associated with a phobia
b. the fear of losing all ties in the process of becoming separate
c. the fear of dying "before one's time"
d. the fear of losing one's identity by fusing with another person
e. none of the above
Answer D
⩥ which of the following statements regarding freud's view of hypnosis
is not true?. Answer: a. freud believed hypnosis encouraged the patient
to please the hypnotist
b. freud believed no patient was completely refractory to hypnosis
c. freud eventually abandoned the use of hypnosis for the use of free
association
, d. freud believed hypnosis concealed aspects of transference
e. none of the above
answer B
⩥ which of the following about melanie klein is false. Answer: a. she
denounced freud's "death instinct"
b. she described the "depressive position"
c. she coined the term "persecutory anxiety"
d. she stressed the role of intrapsychic fantasy
e. she was a child analyst
answer a
⩥ you have a 72 y.o. patient who has been very concerned with her
appearance ever since you met her. she has had 3 facelifts, never leaves
the house without makeup, and refuses to allow her grandchildren to call
her "grandma." Which of the following of erikson's stages is this woman
having difficulty mastering. Answer: a. narcissistic
b. generativity versus stagnation
c. egocentric
d. identity versus role confusion
e. integrity versus despair
answer e
