EPPP - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM NEWEST AND
LATEST UPDATE WITH MULTIPLE CORRECTLY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS A+ GRADED
What are the basic biological drives in Freud's Structural Theory? ...ANS:
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Self Preservation Instincts, Sexual Instincts (libido), and Aggressive Drives
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In Freud's theory, what is the logical ordered aspect of personality? ...ANS:
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Ego
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What principle does the Ego focus on? ...ANS: The reality principle and
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functions to suspend the pleasure principle according to the requirements of
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the environment
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What part of the ego makes reason and judgement possible? ...ANS: The
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organizational, critical and synthesizing ability
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How does the superego form? ...ANS: As a result of a child satisfactorily
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passing through the Oedipal development stage
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What is the role of the superego? ...ANS: Part of the ego that acts a conscience
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What did early psychoanalytic theory emphasize as the basic dynamic of
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personality? ...ANS: Conflict
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Who is the ego in constant conflict with? ...ANS: ID, Superego, & Reality
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,What are defense mechanisms purpose? ...ANS: Ego's way to relieve pressure
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from drives - when the ego does not give into the id, there is constant pressure
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until some satisfactory outlet is found
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How else could you define a defense mechanism? ...ANS: Are unconscious
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mechanisms that operate to avoid activating the anxiety that would be caused
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by conscious awareness of the conflict
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What is the most basic defense mechanism and underlies all the defenses?
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...ANS: Repression
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What is the aim of psychoanalysis? ...ANS: make the unconscious conscious,
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to bring conflicts out of repression
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How does psychoanalytic theory, define anxiety? ...ANS: signals the
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breakdown of the defensive structure such as when the defenses do not work
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well and an impulse starts to break through
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What is signal anxiety? ...ANS: Impulse is seeking expression
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What is the primary process? Who governs it? ...ANS: Unconscious mental
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processes characterized by a lack of logic, ease of substitution of one idea for
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another and by the immediate discharge of energy. It is governed by the id and
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the pleasure principle.
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What is the secondary process and who governs it? ...ANS: Conscious mental
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process, governed by the conscious part of the ego, functions according to the
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reality principle and is logical and sequantial
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,What is resistance in psychoanalytic therapy? ...ANS: when patients are
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unable to recall the traumatic memories that give rise to their symptoms
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What is transference? ...ANS: Therapists neutrality allows the patient to
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project onto the therapist positive or negative feelings he or she originally had
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for another significant person from the past.
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What is repetition compulsion? ...ANS: Apart of transference, one repeats
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feelings and affects from the past in the present. As a repetition of unresolved
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unconscious conflicts, patients may experience love, hate, or erotic feelings for
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their therapist.
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What is positive transference? ...ANS: displaced love longings or the feelings
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of affection, openness, and friendliness that allow for a working relationship
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between the patient and the therapist/therapy.
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What did Zetzel call positive transference in 1956 and similarly Greenson in
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1965? ...ANS: Zetzel called it "therapeutic alliance" and Greenson called it
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"working alliance" - therapeutic alliance has been found to be an early
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indicator of therapeutic outcome
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According to Freud, how important is transference? ...ANS: Transference is
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necessary for the process of treatment and working through transference is
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important source of personal growth
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What is countertransference? ...ANS: Therapist's INAPPROPRIATE
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reactions to a patient based on his or own enactment of personal needs and
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resistance to the treatment.
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As defined by Greenson (1965), what are the four steps of psychoanalysis?
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...ANS: 1. Confrontation 2. Clarification 3. Interpretation 4. Working Through
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, What is confrontation? ...ANS: Patient has to be shown that he or she is
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behaving in a neurotic way
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What is clarification? ...ANS: Trying to understand what, why, how the
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patient is resisting - issues motivating the behavior are explored.
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What is interpretation? ...ANS: Interpretations must be given in a manner that
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the patient can hear. Interpretations are given again and again in order for true
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psychic change to occur. Interpretation leads to insight, catharsis, and working
| | | | | | | | | | |
through.
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What is catharsis? ...ANS: Emotional release resulting from the recall of
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unconscious material.
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What is working through? ...ANS: Assimilation of insights into the
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personality
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How can parallel process be utilized in as a beneficial process? ...ANS: The
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process can be reversed: When a supervisor responds appropriately to a
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counselor's behavior, the counselor, in turn, responds appropriately to the
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client.
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Which of the following is probably the best sign that a working alliance in
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psychotherapy has been established?
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a. The client refers others to the therapist
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b. The client thinks about problems outside of therapy ...ANS: The answer is
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b. In psychoanalysis, a working alliance is a positive feeling toward the
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therapist that is motivated by a realistic wish to progress in therapy. Of the
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choices, thinking about one's problems outside a session would represent the
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LATEST UPDATE WITH MULTIPLE CORRECTLY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS A+ GRADED
What are the basic biological drives in Freud's Structural Theory? ...ANS:
| | | | | | | | | ||| |
Self Preservation Instincts, Sexual Instincts (libido), and Aggressive Drives
| | | | | | | | |
In Freud's theory, what is the logical ordered aspect of personality? ...ANS:
| | | | | | | | | | ||| |
Ego
|
What principle does the Ego focus on? ...ANS: The reality principle and
| | | | | | ||| || | | |
functions to suspend the pleasure principle according to the requirements of
| | | | | | | | | | |
the environment
| |
What part of the ego makes reason and judgement possible? ...ANS: The
| | | | | | | | | ||| ||
organizational, critical and synthesizing ability
| | | | |
How does the superego form? ...ANS: As a result of a child satisfactorily
| | | | ||| || | | | | | |
passing through the Oedipal development stage
| | | | | |
What is the role of the superego? ...ANS: Part of the ego that acts a conscience
| | | | | | ||| || | | | | | | |
What did early psychoanalytic theory emphasize as the basic dynamic of
| | | | | | | | | |
personality? ...ANS: Conflict
| ||| ||
Who is the ego in constant conflict with? ...ANS: ID, Superego, & Reality
| | | | | | | ||| || | | |
,What are defense mechanisms purpose? ...ANS: Ego's way to relieve pressure
| | | | ||| || | | | |
from drives - when the ego does not give into the id, there is constant pressure
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
until some satisfactory outlet is found
| | | | | |
How else could you define a defense mechanism? ...ANS: Are unconscious
| | | | | | | ||| || |
mechanisms that operate to avoid activating the anxiety that would be caused
| | | | | | | | | | | |
by conscious awareness of the conflict
| | | | | |
What is the most basic defense mechanism and underlies all the defenses?
| | | | | | | | | | | ||
...ANS: Repression
| ||
What is the aim of psychoanalysis? ...ANS: make the unconscious conscious,
| | | | | ||| || | | |
to bring conflicts out of repression
| | | | | |
How does psychoanalytic theory, define anxiety? ...ANS: signals the
| | | | | ||| || |
breakdown of the defensive structure such as when the defenses do not work
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
well and an impulse starts to break through
| | | | | | | |
What is signal anxiety? ...ANS: Impulse is seeking expression
| | | ||| || | | |
What is the primary process? Who governs it? ...ANS: Unconscious mental
| | | | | | | ||| || |
processes characterized by a lack of logic, ease of substitution of one idea for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
another and by the immediate discharge of energy. It is governed by the id and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the pleasure principle.
| | |
What is the secondary process and who governs it? ...ANS: Conscious mental
| | | | | | | | ||| || |
process, governed by the conscious part of the ego, functions according to the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
reality principle and is logical and sequantial
| | | | | | |
,What is resistance in psychoanalytic therapy? ...ANS: when patients are
| | | | | ||| || | |
unable to recall the traumatic memories that give rise to their symptoms
| | | | | | | | | | | |
What is transference? ...ANS: Therapists neutrality allows the patient to
| | ||| || | | | | |
project onto the therapist positive or negative feelings he or she originally had
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
for another significant person from the past.
| | | | | | |
What is repetition compulsion? ...ANS: Apart of transference, one repeats
| | | ||| || | | | |
feelings and affects from the past in the present. As a repetition of unresolved
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
unconscious conflicts, patients may experience love, hate, or erotic feelings for
| | | | | | | | | | |
their therapist.
| |
What is positive transference? ...ANS: displaced love longings or the feelings
| | | ||| || | | | | |
of affection, openness, and friendliness that allow for a working relationship
| | | | | | | | | | |
between the patient and the therapist/therapy.
| | | | | |
What did Zetzel call positive transference in 1956 and similarly Greenson in
| | | | | | | | | | |
1965? ...ANS: Zetzel called it "therapeutic alliance" and Greenson called it
| ||| || | | | | | | | |
"working alliance" - therapeutic alliance has been found to be an early
| | | | | | | | | | | |
indicator of therapeutic outcome
| | | |
According to Freud, how important is transference? ...ANS: Transference is
| | | | | | ||| || |
necessary for the process of treatment and working through transference is
| | | | | | | | | | |
important source of personal growth
| | | | |
What is countertransference? ...ANS: Therapist's INAPPROPRIATE
| | ||| || |
reactions to a patient based on his or own enactment of personal needs and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
resistance to the treatment.
| | | |
As defined by Greenson (1965), what are the four steps of psychoanalysis?
| | | | | | | | | | | ||
...ANS: 1. Confrontation 2. Clarification 3. Interpretation 4. Working Through
| || | | | | | | | |
, What is confrontation? ...ANS: Patient has to be shown that he or she is
| | ||| || | | | | | | | | |
behaving in a neurotic way
| | | | |
What is clarification? ...ANS: Trying to understand what, why, how the
| | ||| || | | | | | |
patient is resisting - issues motivating the behavior are explored.
| | | | | | | | | |
What is interpretation? ...ANS: Interpretations must be given in a manner that
| | ||| || | | | | | | |
the patient can hear. Interpretations are given again and again in order for true
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
psychic change to occur. Interpretation leads to insight, catharsis, and working
| | | | | | | | | | |
through.
|
What is catharsis? ...ANS: Emotional release resulting from the recall of
| | ||| || | | | | | |
unconscious material.
| |
What is working through? ...ANS: Assimilation of insights into the
| | | ||| || | | | |
personality
|
How can parallel process be utilized in as a beneficial process? ...ANS: The
| | | | | | | | | | ||| ||
process can be reversed: When a supervisor responds appropriately to a
| | | | | | | | | | |
counselor's behavior, the counselor, in turn, responds appropriately to the
| | | | | | | | | |
client.
|
Which of the following is probably the best sign that a working alliance in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
psychotherapy has been established?
| | | |
a. The client refers others to the therapist
| | | | | | |
b. The client thinks about problems outside of therapy ...ANS: The answer is
| | | | | | | | ||| || | |
b. In psychoanalysis, a working alliance is a positive feeling toward the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
therapist that is motivated by a realistic wish to progress in therapy. Of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
choices, thinking about one's problems outside a session would represent the
| | | | | | | | | | |
