Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Schools and Theorists

Question 1

Which theorist developed the concept of 'individual psychology,' emphasizing inferiority feelings and social interest as core motivators?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Adler

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Carl Jung

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Otto Rank

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Melanie Klein

Question 2

Object relations theory, as developed by Melanie Klein, centers on the infant's relationship with which primary object?

Accepted Answer

The breast

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The father

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The mirror

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The id

Question 3

Heinz Kohut's self psychology introduced the concept of 'selfobjects,' which refers to what?

Accepted Answer

People or things experienced as part of the self that provide psychological functions

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Introjected parental figures

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Internalized object representations

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Defense mechanisms protecting the self

Question 4

Jacques Lacan's concept of the 'mirror stage' describes a developmental moment in which the infant first experiences what?

Accepted Answer

A unified image of itself as a coherent whole

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Object permanence

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Oedipal desire for the mother

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Separation from the primary caregiver

Question 5

The British Independent Group of psychoanalysts, including Donald Winnicott, is best characterized by which approach?

Accepted Answer

A middle position between Kleinian and ego psychology traditions

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Strict adherence to classical Freudian drive theory

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Emphasis on Lacanian linguistics and the symbolic order

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Focus exclusively on adult analysis

Question 6

Sandor Ferenczi is historically significant in psychoanalysis primarily for his contributions to which area?

Accepted Answer

Technique, including active techniques and mutual analysis

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Dream symbolism catalogues

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Neurological correlates of the unconscious

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Structural theory revision