Ohio University, Athens

PSY 3710

Week 7 Quiz

1)The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is

1. 1. 1. to make the unconscious conscious.
      2. to replace illogical or irrational thoughts with more logical, rational thoughts.
      3. to use reinforcement or punishment to change target behaviors.
      4. to enhance self-actualization.

1. 2. When a patient is asked to engage in         , the patient’s task is to verbalize any thought that comes to mind, no matter how nonsensical, inappropriate, illogical, or unimportant it may seem.
      1. word association
      2. fixation
      3. projection
      4. free association

1. 3. Ron is a psychotherapy client who senses that certain unconscious material will soon be exposed. This makes him anxious, so he abruptly changes the subject and then misses his next appointment. Ron’s psychodynamic psychotherapist is likely to understand Ron’s actions as         .
      1. insight
      2. resistance
      3. displacement
      4. transference

1. 4. According to psychodynamic theory, the          is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms.
      1. ego
      2. superego
      3. id
      4. alterego

1. 5.           , according to psychodynamic psychotherapists, is the therapist’s unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist’s own personal history.
      1. Transference
      2. Countertransference
      3. Fixation
      4. Counterfixation