Author Question: How do psychodynamic and psychoanalytic systems conceptualize childhood? a. They see adults who ... (Read 29 times)

iveyjurea · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

How do psychodynamic and psychoanalytic systems conceptualize childhood?

a. They see adults who focus on childhood problems as neurotic.
b. They see childhood as unimportant once a person passes puberty.
c. They see childhood as one era in a sequence of developmental eras.
d. They tend to overinflate the importance of childhood experiences on adult behaviors.
e. They conceptualize children as miniature adults who can be helped through reasoning processes.

Question 2

All psychodynamic theories share the idea that

a. experiences from childhood resonate in adult personalities.
b. it is important for the therapist to be cool and aloof.
c. experiences from childhood do not resonate in adult personalities.
d. the unconscious is a convenient myth in psychotherapy.
e. at optimum functioning, the most that a person can do is control natural urges in order to function socially.