AP PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

THERAPY AND TREATMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mr. Phillips has recently begun to express feelings of hostility and resentment toward his therapist, who is consistently friendly, caring, and helpful. A psychoanalyst would most likely consider Mr. Phillips’s hostility to be an example of
A
transference
B
fixation
C
the placebo effect.
D
counterconditioning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Transference in therapy is the act of the client unknowingly transferring feelings about someone from their past onto the therapist. Freud and Breuer (1895) described transference as the deep, intense, and unconscious feelings that develop in therapeutic relationships with patients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Psychoanalysts are most likely to view patient transference as a revealing of important content from the client’s subconscious. The transference of these subconscious feelings are often further explored by the psychoanalyst.

Detailed explanation-3: -Free association is a technique used in psychoanalytic therapy to help patients learn more about what they are thinking and feeling. It is most commonly associated with Sigmund Freud, who was the founder of psychoanalytic therapy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Particularly, humanistic therapists are most likely to use techniques that support (b) the client. This is due to humanistic therapy suggests the use of some human attitudes (e.g., unconditional positive regard, empathy, among others) to potentiate positive change in individuals as well as general well-being.

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