Clinical Psychology (EPPP) (100% correct answers)

Clinical Psychology correct answers - the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and behavioral disorders Assumptions of Psychodynamic Therapies correct answers - human behavior is motivated by unconscious processes - early development has a profound effect on adult functioning - universal principles explain personality development and behavior - insight into unconscious processes is a key component of therapy Freudian Psychoanalysis correct answers - human beings are determined by irrational forces, unconscious motivations, biological and instinctual needs and drives, and psychosexual events that occur during the first five years of life Freud's Personality Theory correct answers - composed of two theories: structural (drive) theory and developmental theory Structural Theory (Freud) correct answers - the personality is composed of three structures: the id, ego, and superego Id correct answers - present at birth and consists of the person's life and death instincts - operates on pleasure principle and seeks immediate gratification of its instinctual drives in order to avoid tension Ego correct answers - develops at six months of age - operates ont eh reality principle that defers gratifcation until an appropriate object is available in reality and employs thinking - mediates conflicting demands of pleasure and reality Superego correct answers - develops between four and five years - represents an internalization of society's values and standards - attempts to permanently block socially unacceptable drives Developmental Theory (Freud) correct answers - emphasizes the sexual drives of the id and proposes that an individual's personality is formed during childhood as a result of certain experiences during psychosexual stages of development - over or undergratification of a person's sexual needs during a stage is associated with different personality outcomes Oral Stage correct answers - Freud's first stage of personality development, from birth to about age 2, during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.