AP PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

THERAPY AND TREATMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to psychoanalysts, resistance refers to the
A
expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier relationships.
B
blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material during therapy.
C
replacement of a genuine concern for others with self-centeredness.
D
conversion of psychological conflicts into physical and behavioral disorders.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Resistance is the term given to the blocking of anxiety-laden material during free association. These mental blocks hint that anxiety is lurking and the patient is defending against sensitive material. The analyst will note the patient’s resistance and provide insight into the meaning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Resistance, in psychoanalysis, refers to the client’s defence mechanisms that emerge from unconscious content coming to fruition through process. Resistance is the repression of unconscious drives from integration into conscious awareness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Resistance The blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material Repression of painful memories, experiences, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the dominant theoretical framework of the early 1900s, psychoanalysis was the first approach to include the term resistance. In psychoanalytic terms, resistance is the client’s attempt to block or repress anxiety-provoking memories and insights from entering conscious awareness.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sigmund Freud originally described psychological resistance as a phenomenon wherein patients unconsciously “cling to their disease” through “tenacious” and “critical objections” in order to repress distressing thoughts, emotions and experiences as they are raised by the therapist (Freud, 1904; 1920; 1940).

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