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1

Which of these characteristics is a basic tenet of a fantasy-prone personality?

Vivid imagination

Dislike of authority

Strong fluid reasoning

Left-handedness

Ability to speak a second language

Explanation

Those with a fantasy-prone personality spend much time daydreaming, thus utilizing their vivid imagination. They are often able to recall their fantasies with near perfect accuracy.

2

Hank has recently been attending sessions with a psychoanalyst. He has developed an attachment to his analyst and feels very emotionally involved with her. This is an example of which of the following?

Transference

Countertransference

Reaction

None of these

Explanation

Transference is when a patient reacts to the analyst as if they were an important person in the patient's life. The patient develops an emotional attachment to the analyst. The opposite, when an analyst develops feeling of personal attachment or significance towards a patient, is called countertransference.

3

Which of these characteristics is a basic tenet of a fantasy-prone personality?

Vivid imagination

Dislike of authority

Strong fluid reasoning

Left-handedness

Ability to speak a second language

Explanation

Those with a fantasy-prone personality spend much time daydreaming, thus utilizing their vivid imagination. They are often able to recall their fantasies with near perfect accuracy.

4

Hank has recently been attending sessions with a psychoanalyst. He has developed an attachment to his analyst and feels very emotionally involved with her. This is an example of which of the following?

Transference

Countertransference

Reaction

None of these

Explanation

Transference is when a patient reacts to the analyst as if they were an important person in the patient's life. The patient develops an emotional attachment to the analyst. The opposite, when an analyst develops feeling of personal attachment or significance towards a patient, is called countertransference.

5

Which of the following best describes the rationale behind Freud’s naming of psychosexual stages (e.g. oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital)?

They are named for the area of the body that children derive sexual pleasure from at that point in their development

They are named for the area of the body that children admire most in their parents at that point in their development

All of these

They are named for the sexual pleasure that the child avoids at that point in their development

None of these

Explanation

Freud's psychosexual stages use sexuality to explain personality and are named for the area of the body that children derive sexual pleasure from at that point in their development. The stages are: oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. During the oral stage, for example, the child derives pleasure from sucking and biting.

6

What is Carl Jung's term for the archetype that represents the feminine side of the male psyche?

Anima

Animus

Shadow

The Self

The Ego

Explanation

The Anima is Jung's term for the feminine side of the male psyche. Jung saw this as an essential part of the male psyche and necessary for creative expression. It is associated with intuition and emotion.

7

Which of the following best describes the rationale behind Freud’s naming of psychosexual stages (e.g. oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital)?

They are named for the area of the body that children derive sexual pleasure from at that point in their development

They are named for the area of the body that children admire most in their parents at that point in their development

All of these

They are named for the sexual pleasure that the child avoids at that point in their development

None of these

Explanation

Freud's psychosexual stages use sexuality to explain personality and are named for the area of the body that children derive sexual pleasure from at that point in their development. The stages are: oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. During the oral stage, for example, the child derives pleasure from sucking and biting.

8

What is Carl Jung's term for the archetype that represents the feminine side of the male psyche?

Anima

Animus

Shadow

The Self

The Ego

Explanation

The Anima is Jung's term for the feminine side of the male psyche. Jung saw this as an essential part of the male psyche and necessary for creative expression. It is associated with intuition and emotion.

9

What is the MMPI?

A personality test for adults

A calculation used when conducting chi-square analyses

A personality disorder associated with an eating dysfunction

A mnemonic device to remember the four fathers of modern psychology

A behavioral analysis test for children

Explanation

The MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) is the world's most widely used personality test for adults. In the modern day, it is used to screen job applicants, answer legal questions, and help psychologists make diagnoses and subsequent treatment plans.

10

What is the MMPI?

A personality test for adults

A calculation used when conducting chi-square analyses

A personality disorder associated with an eating dysfunction

A mnemonic device to remember the four fathers of modern psychology

A behavioral analysis test for children

Explanation

The MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) is the world's most widely used personality test for adults. In the modern day, it is used to screen job applicants, answer legal questions, and help psychologists make diagnoses and subsequent treatment plans.

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