pcn-107 midterm UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Freud's topographic model (#1) - CORRECT ANSWER - Conscious: thoughts you are
currently aware of
Freud's topographic model (#2) - CORRECT ANSWER - Preconscious: stored
information you can retrieve if desired
Freud's topographic model (#3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unconscious: thoughts, feelings,
and desires you cannot access under most circumstances, although they may be accessed through
specific techniques. (compared to an "iceberg").
Explain the purpose of defense mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - Defense
mechanisms are the unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by concealing its
source from themselves and others. Ego attempts to reduce or avoid anxiety by keeping material
out of the conscious (ex: repression, sublimation, displacement, etc.)
Name the five stages of psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Oral stage
(0-18 months)
2. Anal stage (18 months-3yrs)
3. Phallic stage (3-6yrs) *Oedipus complex
4. Latency (6+ yrs)
5. Genital (Beyond Puberty)
fixation= psychic energy
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious redirection of feelings from one
person to another (usually client to counselor). Key to psychodynamic therapy.
counter transference - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious transferring of thoughts,
feelings, and attitudes onto the client by the therapist
, Free association - CORRECT ANSWER - the client is permitted to discuss anything that
they want without any limitations. eventually thoughts and feelings protected by ego's defense
mechanisms can be exposed.
Resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - anything that impedes the work of psychoanalysis or
prevents the analyst from gaining access to client's unconscious.
Dream Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - the interpretation of dreams is the road to
unconscious activities. (manifest content: the obvious conscious meaning of a dream &
underlying meanings)
Strengths and weaknesses of psychodynamic theories? - CORRECT ANSWER - strengths:
effective w/ depression, anxiety, ptsd, eating disorders, etc. showed 60-90% improvement.
weaknesses: doesn't work well w/ those who are not comfy w/ examining intrapsychic processes.
According to Adler, what are the three primary tasks of living? - CORRECT ANSWER -
private logic: our inner voice
common sense: taking responsibility for actions
compensation: comes in 2 forms; healthy & unhealthy.
According to Adler, why is social interest important? - CORRECT ANSWER - helps
create a sense of meaning in life & allows a client to treasure the interconnectedness of
relationships.
Define inferiority according to individual psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary
inferiority: universal & natural; leads to growth, wholeness, and cooperation.
Secondary inferiority: psychological struggles as the result of poor parenting and other negative
external factors; leads to depression.
Explain why birth order is important to individual psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -
first born: prone to perfectionism and need for affirmation, dominant in social settings.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Freud's topographic model (#1) - CORRECT ANSWER - Conscious: thoughts you are
currently aware of
Freud's topographic model (#2) - CORRECT ANSWER - Preconscious: stored
information you can retrieve if desired
Freud's topographic model (#3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unconscious: thoughts, feelings,
and desires you cannot access under most circumstances, although they may be accessed through
specific techniques. (compared to an "iceberg").
Explain the purpose of defense mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - Defense
mechanisms are the unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by concealing its
source from themselves and others. Ego attempts to reduce or avoid anxiety by keeping material
out of the conscious (ex: repression, sublimation, displacement, etc.)
Name the five stages of psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Oral stage
(0-18 months)
2. Anal stage (18 months-3yrs)
3. Phallic stage (3-6yrs) *Oedipus complex
4. Latency (6+ yrs)
5. Genital (Beyond Puberty)
fixation= psychic energy
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious redirection of feelings from one
person to another (usually client to counselor). Key to psychodynamic therapy.
counter transference - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious transferring of thoughts,
feelings, and attitudes onto the client by the therapist
, Free association - CORRECT ANSWER - the client is permitted to discuss anything that
they want without any limitations. eventually thoughts and feelings protected by ego's defense
mechanisms can be exposed.
Resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - anything that impedes the work of psychoanalysis or
prevents the analyst from gaining access to client's unconscious.
Dream Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - the interpretation of dreams is the road to
unconscious activities. (manifest content: the obvious conscious meaning of a dream &
underlying meanings)
Strengths and weaknesses of psychodynamic theories? - CORRECT ANSWER - strengths:
effective w/ depression, anxiety, ptsd, eating disorders, etc. showed 60-90% improvement.
weaknesses: doesn't work well w/ those who are not comfy w/ examining intrapsychic processes.
According to Adler, what are the three primary tasks of living? - CORRECT ANSWER -
private logic: our inner voice
common sense: taking responsibility for actions
compensation: comes in 2 forms; healthy & unhealthy.
According to Adler, why is social interest important? - CORRECT ANSWER - helps
create a sense of meaning in life & allows a client to treasure the interconnectedness of
relationships.
Define inferiority according to individual psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary
inferiority: universal & natural; leads to growth, wholeness, and cooperation.
Secondary inferiority: psychological struggles as the result of poor parenting and other negative
external factors; leads to depression.
Explain why birth order is important to individual psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -
first born: prone to perfectionism and need for affirmation, dominant in social settings.
