Test Bank for Psychotherapy Midterm Exam
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Analytic therapy is oriented toward:
a. achieving insight.
b. identifying and experiencing feelings and memories.
c. developing an in-depth self-understanding.
d. reconstructing childhood experiences.
e. all of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e. all of these
As a result of the client/therapist relationship in psychoanalytic therapy:
a. clients acquire insights into their own unconscious psychodynamics.
b. clients are better able to understand the association between their past
experiences and their current behavior.
,c. awareness is increased on the client's part.
d. all of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. all of these
The techniques of psychoanalytic therapy are aimed at:
a. gaining insights into the client's behavior.
b. helping clients to resolve their competitive strivings with their siblings.
c. teaching people social skills such as assertive behavior.
d. helping clients see how their thinking leads to certain emotional and behavioral
patterns. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. gaining insights into the client's
behavior.
In psychoanalytic therapy, how do clients work with their dreams?
a. They report their dreams and are encouraged to free associate to the elements
of the dream.
b. They look for mystical meanings underlying the dream.
,c. They "become" each part of their dream and act out these parts in fantasy.
d. They look to their dreams as signs of prediction of the future. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a. They report their dreams and are encouraged to free
associate to the elements of the dream.
Which of the following is not typically a standard psychoanalytic technique?
a. free association
b. interpretation
c. exploration of one's position in the family
d. exploration of patterns of resistance
e. analysis of transference ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. exploration of
one's position in the family
Adler taught that we must successfully master three universal life tasks. Which of
the following is not one of these tasks?
a. building friendships
, b. establishing intimacy
c. contributing to society
d. enhancing wellness ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. enhancing
wellness
Which is (are) true concerning one's style of life?
a. All people have a lifestyle, but no two people develop exactly the same style.
b. The lifestyle is largely set by the age of 6.
c. One's style of life is a reaction to perceived inferiority.
d. One's style of life is learned from early interactions in the family.
e. All of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e. All of these
Which of the statements below about social interest is true?
a. While Adler considered social interest to be innate, he also believed that it
must be learned, developed, and used.
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Analytic therapy is oriented toward:
a. achieving insight.
b. identifying and experiencing feelings and memories.
c. developing an in-depth self-understanding.
d. reconstructing childhood experiences.
e. all of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e. all of these
As a result of the client/therapist relationship in psychoanalytic therapy:
a. clients acquire insights into their own unconscious psychodynamics.
b. clients are better able to understand the association between their past
experiences and their current behavior.
,c. awareness is increased on the client's part.
d. all of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. all of these
The techniques of psychoanalytic therapy are aimed at:
a. gaining insights into the client's behavior.
b. helping clients to resolve their competitive strivings with their siblings.
c. teaching people social skills such as assertive behavior.
d. helping clients see how their thinking leads to certain emotional and behavioral
patterns. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. gaining insights into the client's
behavior.
In psychoanalytic therapy, how do clients work with their dreams?
a. They report their dreams and are encouraged to free associate to the elements
of the dream.
b. They look for mystical meanings underlying the dream.
,c. They "become" each part of their dream and act out these parts in fantasy.
d. They look to their dreams as signs of prediction of the future. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a. They report their dreams and are encouraged to free
associate to the elements of the dream.
Which of the following is not typically a standard psychoanalytic technique?
a. free association
b. interpretation
c. exploration of one's position in the family
d. exploration of patterns of resistance
e. analysis of transference ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. exploration of
one's position in the family
Adler taught that we must successfully master three universal life tasks. Which of
the following is not one of these tasks?
a. building friendships
, b. establishing intimacy
c. contributing to society
d. enhancing wellness ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. enhancing
wellness
Which is (are) true concerning one's style of life?
a. All people have a lifestyle, but no two people develop exactly the same style.
b. The lifestyle is largely set by the age of 6.
c. One's style of life is a reaction to perceived inferiority.
d. One's style of life is learned from early interactions in the family.
e. All of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e. All of these
Which of the statements below about social interest is true?
a. While Adler considered social interest to be innate, he also believed that it
must be learned, developed, and used.
