Exam 10: Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Erik Erikson believed that each stage of development was marked by a _____ conflict.

According to Cindy Hazan and Philip Shaver,vulnerability and uncertainty about relationships are the hallmarks of the adult _____ relationship style.

If a therapist believes that sexual abuse is the cause of most adult problems,he or she will most likely probe for memories of sexual abuse.This scenario illustrates the _____ bias.

Which of the following is most likely a poor outcome of Erik Erikson's initiative versus guilt stage of personality development?

In the context of object relations theory,the first social attachments that an infant develops form the _____ for all meaningful relationships in his or her future.

Research on subliminal perception suggests that:

According to Drew Westen,a contemporary psychoanalyst,identify a postulate on which contemporary psychoanalysis has been based.

_____ refer to differences in culturally ascribed roles and traits that we view as masculine or feminine.

Will scored high in his math test and low in his history test.He blamed the low score on the inefficiency of his history teacher and the high score on his better understanding of math.In his scenario,Will is most likely engaging in _____ bias.

According to Erik Erikson,infants who are not well taken care of and who never receive the love and care they need are most likely to:

Most infants,almost 66 percent,fall into the _____ group.

Roberto,a toddler,is left with a stranger in a room when his mother leaves for a few minutes.He is very upset and difficult to calm in his mother's absence.When his mother returns,he approaches her but later resists by fighting against being held.According to Ainsworth and her colleagues,Roberto most likely belongs to the _____ attached group.

According to the text,Holly Ramona was:

Which of the following terms does NOT describe an attachment style identified by Ainsworth?

Karen Horney thought that the penis was:

The narcissistic paradox is that although narcissists:

The distinction between "sex" and "gender" can be traced back to:

Karen Horney,a medical doctor and a psychoanalyst,practiced from:

A professor enters a classroom with poorly written notes and teaches with little interest.From Erik Erikson's perspective,this professor is not progressing very well through the _____ stage of development.