CNSL 503 NEW VERSION EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS PRESENTED IN A CLEAR FORMAT (TO HELP YOU PASS
WITHOUT STRESS)
1. Q: Who is the founder of psychoanalytic theory? ANSWER Sigmund
Freud
2. Q: What are the three structures of personality according to Freud?
ANSWER Id, Ego, and Superego
3. Q: What is the id governed by? ANSWER The pleasure principle
4. Q: What is the ego governed by? ANSWER The reality principle
5. Q: What does the superego represent? ANSWER The moral
conscience and internalized societal values
6. Q: What are Freud's five psychosexual stages? ANSWER Oral, Anal,
Phallic, Latency, and Genital
7. Q: What is the Oedipus complex? ANSWER A child's unconscious
sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex
parent
8. Q: What are defense mechanisms? ANSWER Unconscious
psychological strategies used to protect the ego from anxiety
9. Q: Name five common defense mechanisms. ANSWER Repression,
denial, projection, displacement, and rationalization
10.Q: What is transference? ANSWER The redirection of feelings from
past relationships onto the therapist
11.Q: What is countertransference? ANSWER The therapist's emotional
reactions toward the client
12.Q: What is free association? ANSWER A technique where clients say
whatever comes to mind without censorship
13.Q: What is the purpose of dream analysis in psychoanalysis?
ANSWER To uncover unconscious wishes and conflicts
14.Q: What is the manifest content of a dream? ANSWER The actual,
literal content of the dream
, 15.Q: What is the latent content of a dream? ANSWER The hidden,
symbolic meaning of the dream
16.Q: What is resistance in psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER The
client's unconscious opposition to therapeutic change
17.Q: What is repression? ANSWER Pushing unacceptable thoughts or
feelings into the unconscious
18.Q: What is projection? ANSWER Attributing one's own unacceptable
thoughts or feelings to others
19.Q: What is sublimation? ANSWER Channeling unacceptable impulses
into socially acceptable activities
20.Q: What is the role of the unconscious in psychoanalytic theory?
ANSWER It contains repressed thoughts, memories, and desires that
influence behavior
21.Q: Who developed object relations theory? ANSWER Melanie Klein
and Donald Winnicott
22.Q: What is the goal of psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER To make
the unconscious conscious and resolve inner conflicts
23.Q: What is working through? ANSWER The process of repeatedly
examining conflicts until insight is achieved
24.Q: What age range is the oral stage? ANSWER Birth to 18 months
25.Q: What age range is the anal stage? ANSWER 18 months to 3 years
26.Q: What age range is the phallic stage? ANSWER 3 to 6 years
27.Q: What is fixation? ANSWER Getting stuck at a particular
psychosexual stage due to unresolved conflicts
28.Q: What is the life instinct called? ANSWER Eros
29.Q: What is the death instinct called? ANSWER Thanatos
30.Q: What is the primary focus of psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER
Understanding how unconscious processes influence current behavior
Adlerian Therapy (Questions 31-60)
31.Q: Who founded Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Alfred Adler
, 32.Q: What is the core concept of Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Social
interest and the striving for superiority
33.Q: What is an inferiority complex? ANSWER Feelings of inadequacy
that motivate individuals to compensate
34.Q: What is social interest? ANSWER The innate desire to belong and
contribute to society
35.Q: What is lifestyle assessment? ANSWER Examining early memories
and family constellation to understand behavior patterns
36.Q: What is the family constellation? ANSWER The social and
psychological structure of the family unit
37.Q: What is birth order significance in Adlerian theory? ANSWER
Birth order influences personality development and behavior patterns
38.Q: Describe the typical characteristics of a firstborn child. ANSWER
Responsible, achievement-oriented, conservative, often leadership
qualities
39.Q: Describe typical characteristics of a middle child. ANSWER
Diplomatic, competitive, often feels squeezed out, mediator
40.Q: Describe typical characteristics of a youngest child. ANSWER
Charming, attention-seeking, often pampered, creative
41.Q: Describe typical characteristics of an only child. ANSWER Mature
for age, center of attention, may have difficulty sharing
42.Q: What are early recollections used for? ANSWER To understand
lifestyle and core beliefs about self and the world
43.Q: What is the question technique? ANSWER "What would be
different if you were well?" to understand secondary gains
44.Q: What is encouragement in Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Building
confidence and recognizing effort rather than achievement
45.Q: What is the goal of Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Increase social
interest and overcome feelings of inferiority
46.Q: What is acting "as if"? ANSWER Behaving as if you already have
the desired qualities
47.Q: What is catching oneself? ANSWER Becoming aware of destructive
behavior patterns
ANSWERS PRESENTED IN A CLEAR FORMAT (TO HELP YOU PASS
WITHOUT STRESS)
1. Q: Who is the founder of psychoanalytic theory? ANSWER Sigmund
Freud
2. Q: What are the three structures of personality according to Freud?
ANSWER Id, Ego, and Superego
3. Q: What is the id governed by? ANSWER The pleasure principle
4. Q: What is the ego governed by? ANSWER The reality principle
5. Q: What does the superego represent? ANSWER The moral
conscience and internalized societal values
6. Q: What are Freud's five psychosexual stages? ANSWER Oral, Anal,
Phallic, Latency, and Genital
7. Q: What is the Oedipus complex? ANSWER A child's unconscious
sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex
parent
8. Q: What are defense mechanisms? ANSWER Unconscious
psychological strategies used to protect the ego from anxiety
9. Q: Name five common defense mechanisms. ANSWER Repression,
denial, projection, displacement, and rationalization
10.Q: What is transference? ANSWER The redirection of feelings from
past relationships onto the therapist
11.Q: What is countertransference? ANSWER The therapist's emotional
reactions toward the client
12.Q: What is free association? ANSWER A technique where clients say
whatever comes to mind without censorship
13.Q: What is the purpose of dream analysis in psychoanalysis?
ANSWER To uncover unconscious wishes and conflicts
14.Q: What is the manifest content of a dream? ANSWER The actual,
literal content of the dream
, 15.Q: What is the latent content of a dream? ANSWER The hidden,
symbolic meaning of the dream
16.Q: What is resistance in psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER The
client's unconscious opposition to therapeutic change
17.Q: What is repression? ANSWER Pushing unacceptable thoughts or
feelings into the unconscious
18.Q: What is projection? ANSWER Attributing one's own unacceptable
thoughts or feelings to others
19.Q: What is sublimation? ANSWER Channeling unacceptable impulses
into socially acceptable activities
20.Q: What is the role of the unconscious in psychoanalytic theory?
ANSWER It contains repressed thoughts, memories, and desires that
influence behavior
21.Q: Who developed object relations theory? ANSWER Melanie Klein
and Donald Winnicott
22.Q: What is the goal of psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER To make
the unconscious conscious and resolve inner conflicts
23.Q: What is working through? ANSWER The process of repeatedly
examining conflicts until insight is achieved
24.Q: What age range is the oral stage? ANSWER Birth to 18 months
25.Q: What age range is the anal stage? ANSWER 18 months to 3 years
26.Q: What age range is the phallic stage? ANSWER 3 to 6 years
27.Q: What is fixation? ANSWER Getting stuck at a particular
psychosexual stage due to unresolved conflicts
28.Q: What is the life instinct called? ANSWER Eros
29.Q: What is the death instinct called? ANSWER Thanatos
30.Q: What is the primary focus of psychoanalytic therapy? ANSWER
Understanding how unconscious processes influence current behavior
Adlerian Therapy (Questions 31-60)
31.Q: Who founded Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Alfred Adler
, 32.Q: What is the core concept of Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Social
interest and the striving for superiority
33.Q: What is an inferiority complex? ANSWER Feelings of inadequacy
that motivate individuals to compensate
34.Q: What is social interest? ANSWER The innate desire to belong and
contribute to society
35.Q: What is lifestyle assessment? ANSWER Examining early memories
and family constellation to understand behavior patterns
36.Q: What is the family constellation? ANSWER The social and
psychological structure of the family unit
37.Q: What is birth order significance in Adlerian theory? ANSWER
Birth order influences personality development and behavior patterns
38.Q: Describe the typical characteristics of a firstborn child. ANSWER
Responsible, achievement-oriented, conservative, often leadership
qualities
39.Q: Describe typical characteristics of a middle child. ANSWER
Diplomatic, competitive, often feels squeezed out, mediator
40.Q: Describe typical characteristics of a youngest child. ANSWER
Charming, attention-seeking, often pampered, creative
41.Q: Describe typical characteristics of an only child. ANSWER Mature
for age, center of attention, may have difficulty sharing
42.Q: What are early recollections used for? ANSWER To understand
lifestyle and core beliefs about self and the world
43.Q: What is the question technique? ANSWER "What would be
different if you were well?" to understand secondary gains
44.Q: What is encouragement in Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Building
confidence and recognizing effort rather than achievement
45.Q: What is the goal of Adlerian therapy? ANSWER Increase social
interest and overcome feelings of inferiority
46.Q: What is acting "as if"? ANSWER Behaving as if you already have
the desired qualities
47.Q: What is catching oneself? ANSWER Becoming aware of destructive
behavior patterns
