THEORIES OF COUNSELLING AND
PSYCHOTHERAPY FINAL TEST QUIZ WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
1. Counsellors can decide how much to focus on clients' backgrounds but
should at least touch on it - ✔✔According to our textbook, how should
counsellors utilize clients' histories in their work
2. Carl Rogers - ✔✔All of the following are founders of Psychodynamic
models EXCEPT: Freud, Rogers, Adler, or Jung
3. Nazi Germany and the Holocaust - ✔✔Which historical events most likely
contributed to much of Freud's theory of Psychoanalysis
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,4. Id, Ego, and Superego - ✔✔Freud understood that personality consists of
which three structures
5. Id - ✔✔Which system of personality is concerned with obtaining
pleasure
6. Oral (first year; related to later mistrust and rejection issues), Anal (ages
1-3; related to later personal power issues), Phallic (ages 3-6; related to
later sexual attitudes), Latency (ages 6-12; a time of socialization),
Genital (ages 12-60; sexual energies are invested in life) - ✔✔List Freud's
Stages of Development
7. Ego - ✔✔This system of personality is concerned with the reality
principle
8. Superego - ✔✔This system of personality is concerned with the moral
principle
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, 9. False - ✔✔T/F: All defense mechanisms are harmful
10.False - ✔✔T/F: Transference refers to the counselor's feelings about the
client
11.Sublimation- aggressive/sexual energy used in appropriate ways
12.Affiliation- turning to others for support
13.Altruism- deriving satisfaction from helping others
14.Anticipation- considering the probable consequences of future events
15.Humor- focusing on the amusing aspects of the situation - ✔✔List and
briefly describe healthy defense mechanisms
16.Avoidance- refusing to deal with troubling situations or experiences
17.Passive Aggression- expressing anger/hostility in indirect ways
18.Projection- attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, emotions, or
actions to another
19.Acting Out- exhibiting negative behaviors rather than using thoughts or
emotions to deal with situations - ✔✔List and briefly describe potentially
maladaptive defense mechanisms
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
PSYCHOTHERAPY FINAL TEST QUIZ WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
1. Counsellors can decide how much to focus on clients' backgrounds but
should at least touch on it - ✔✔According to our textbook, how should
counsellors utilize clients' histories in their work
2. Carl Rogers - ✔✔All of the following are founders of Psychodynamic
models EXCEPT: Freud, Rogers, Adler, or Jung
3. Nazi Germany and the Holocaust - ✔✔Which historical events most likely
contributed to much of Freud's theory of Psychoanalysis
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,4. Id, Ego, and Superego - ✔✔Freud understood that personality consists of
which three structures
5. Id - ✔✔Which system of personality is concerned with obtaining
pleasure
6. Oral (first year; related to later mistrust and rejection issues), Anal (ages
1-3; related to later personal power issues), Phallic (ages 3-6; related to
later sexual attitudes), Latency (ages 6-12; a time of socialization),
Genital (ages 12-60; sexual energies are invested in life) - ✔✔List Freud's
Stages of Development
7. Ego - ✔✔This system of personality is concerned with the reality
principle
8. Superego - ✔✔This system of personality is concerned with the moral
principle
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, 9. False - ✔✔T/F: All defense mechanisms are harmful
10.False - ✔✔T/F: Transference refers to the counselor's feelings about the
client
11.Sublimation- aggressive/sexual energy used in appropriate ways
12.Affiliation- turning to others for support
13.Altruism- deriving satisfaction from helping others
14.Anticipation- considering the probable consequences of future events
15.Humor- focusing on the amusing aspects of the situation - ✔✔List and
briefly describe healthy defense mechanisms
16.Avoidance- refusing to deal with troubling situations or experiences
17.Passive Aggression- expressing anger/hostility in indirect ways
18.Projection- attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, emotions, or
actions to another
19.Acting Out- exhibiting negative behaviors rather than using thoughts or
emotions to deal with situations - ✔✔List and briefly describe potentially
maladaptive defense mechanisms
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
