The major goal of psychoanalytic approaches to therapy involves:
a) Removal of repressions that prevent ego growth.
b) The interplay of behavioural events and internal attributions.
c) Identifying associations between unconscious motivations and superego functioning.
d) Determining accurately the operative defence mechanisms.
Question 2Based on Stuart and Arboleda-Florez' (2001 ) survey about attitudes toward people with schizophrenia, what is the probability that someone living in Alberta would be unwilling to stay friends with someone with schizophrenia?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 20
d) 30
Question 3Psychoanalysis primarily focuses upon:
a) Presenting symptoms.
b) Unconscious conflicts from earlier in life.
c) Cognitive biases associated with neuroticism.
d) None of the above are correct.
Question 4Jean is currently in therapy with a psychoanalytically oriented therapist. As part of therapy, she is asked to recline on a couch and freely recount any events or ideas that occur to her. This technique is referred to as:
a) Free expressions.
b) Projective expression.
c) Projective association.
d) Free association.
Question 5Therapists from which of the following orientations are more focused on the present than Freud's approach was, but still emphasize unconscious motivations that underlie behind current feelings and behaviours?
a) Psychodynamic therapists
b) Classical psychoanalysts
c) Interpersonal therapists
d) Primal therapists
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