Personality
What level of the mind is the Id mostly in?
Unconscious Level
Denial.
What is the last stage in Piaget's Cognitive Development theory?
Formal Operational Stage
Chrissy is feeling dread and uneasiness that has been building up all day due to her exam later. Her palms are sweaty and her heart rate has increased. What psychological disorder is this.
Anxiety
What is Free Association
This is where the therapist tries to get to know the client and they say out loud anything that comes to their mind.
Chrissy is thinking about how she just tripped over a child today in pubic. What level of the mind is being used?
Conscious Level
Dan just killed a man out of anger. He tells the police that it had to happen and that he did it out of self defense. He goes on to say that the guy came at him with a knife and that its better for society that he is dead since he was a corporate man that exploits the system.
What DM is this?
Rationalization
Tommy is a baby that is playing with his dad. His dad walks away and Tommy doesn't notice or say anything about him anymore because his dad isn't in his perception. What stage of development is Tommy in?
Sensorimotor Stage
What is acrophobia?
The fear of high places
What type of therapy uses Free Association and meets 1-5 times a week for 12+ weeks?
Psychoanalysis (psychodynamic therapy)
Pamala is debating on whether or not she wants to rob a bank. She starts asking herself, how would I do it; Who could I get to drive; What is the best way to access the building, etc.
What structure of the mind is being used?
Ego
Chrissy is so sad and hurt that her mom yelled at her this morning and so she went home and pounded a piece of turkey with a hammer until it was mush.
What DM is this?
Displacement
What are the two concepts that are under centration?
Polly was abused as a child and out of defense has 5 personalities. Polly is originally quiet and to herself but her other personalities take on different roles of flirtatious, protective, and impulsive. What disorder is this?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
This is the motivation to maintain & enhance life. What is this term?
Actualizing tendency
This level of mind houses memories and stored knowledge. What is this level called
Preconscious
Billy is a person with chaos going on in his life. He has been struggling with heartbreak and depression and maintains an extremely tidy home instead of an extremely messy. He also will often express his happiness to others.
What DM is this?
Reaction Formation
Chrissy is playing with playdough and creates a dog. She understands that if she smashes it will be able to be molded into something new. What stage of Development is Chrissy in?
Concrete Operational Stage
Tommy has started to see hallucinations and delusions of aliens coming after him. He has started to become hyper active and paranoid of his surroundings. He's been spewing talk about aliens that is disorganized. What psychological disorder is this?
Schizophrenia
Client-Centered Therapy - Humanistic Therapy
Tristan is hungry and wants to get food, they go to the gas station and forget their wallet. They then have to decide on whether or not they want to steal a drink and snack when no one is looking. They weigh their options and decide against it.
What structures of the mind is this using?
Id, Ego, Super Ego.
Why is using defense mechanisms too much a problem?
It causes you to distort reality and see the world in a way that is inaccurate. It also causes you to loose that touch with reality.
Billy is showing his toy dog and telling the class about his experience with it. All of the other children are struggling to udnerstand and see this dog form his perspective and cant empathize with Billy's experiences. What concept is Billy's classmates lacking?
Egocentrism
Bob has a fear of rejection and is cold and unresponsive to his classmates. What type of personality disorder does her have?
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Billy is sitting in his therapists office and spewing about his dreams to try to understand what it means and why it is occurring. What is this called?
Dream Analysis