Childhood Roots
Children who were very impulsive and had poor self control were more likely to develop this disorder as an adult
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This type of study compares identical and fraternal twins to estimate genetic influence on personality
What are twin studies?
Rose came to therapy mainly because she was experiencing this emotional condition after her breakup
What is depression?
These are the three mechanisms of change in psychodynamic therapy
What is Insight, Affect, and Alliance?
Preschool children who were very shy and fearful were more likely to develop this mood problem in adulthood
What is depression?
According to Westen, this term means how much of the differences between people in a group are explained by their genes
What is heritability?
This person jilted Rose after a 7 year relationship
What happened with the boyfriend B?
Messer concludes that insight, affect, and alliance are closely connected because they all help patients feel this way in therapy (Kohut, 1984)
What is the patient feeling understood?
Children who could wait longer for a reward showed better focus and LESS of this problem
What is distractibility?
Researchers found strong continuity over time for this childhood trait, marked by shyness and anxiety in new situations
What is behavioral inhibition?
In the session, Rose’s fear of becoming depressed again is tied to this anticipated event at the end of the therapy sessions.
What was the fear of losing the therapist?
Messer uses questions such as “How were you feeling when I was saying this?” as examples of this type of mechanism designed to increase awareness of this internal experience.
What is Affect?
Children who showed better self-control compared to their peers were more likely to have success in school and relationships. This is because they showed a higher overall level of this
What is competence?
Westen explains that this term is confusing because it includes shared family experiences that affect children in different ways
What is the non-shared environment?
Rose realized she was more ____ than she thought, even though she thought she was independent
Dependent
This is the therapeutic bond developed between therapist and client to work on shared goals in the therapy
What is Alliance?
Low levels of this parenting behavior in early childhood predicted higher depression later in life
What is parental warmth?
Studies often find that this amount of personality differences come from genetics
What is 0.30 to 0.50?
In the paper, Rose often replaces anger with the milder term “exasperation,” illustrating this common defense mechanism used by intellectually oriented patients
Intellectualization
These interrelated topics refer to unconscious redirection of a patients feelings from a figure in their life to the therapist, and the deep, conscious understanding of how these past experiences and unconscious conflicts drive current behaviors and relationships.
What is Insight/Transference?