Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic and humanistic brands of insight therapy
What will be an ideal response?
The main similarity is that both seek to enlighten the individual about internal structures and mechanisms that may be contributing to one's distress. Differences center on assumptions about the causes of the distress. Psychoanalysis focuses on uncovering unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses that cause distress or dysfunction. Client-centered therapy, a humanistic therapy, centers on the notion that distress results from incongruence between one's self-concept and reality, which causes one to behave in maladaptive ways. The aim is for the client to "get in touch" with his or her own individual nature and to value it appropriately. Another difference is in techniques. Psychoanalysis employs free association, dream analysis, and other techniques aimed at allowing and encouraging the emergence of material from the unconscious, which is then interpreted by the analyst. The general approach in client-centered therapy is for the therapist to establish a climate that feels safe so that the client is free to examine his or her true nature without feeling it necessary to employ defensive maneuvers.
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The strongest evidence for a critical period for human language development is the ____
a. exceptional language abilities of children with Williams syndrome b. different lateralization of first language and second language c. differences in language between Broca's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia d. difficulty deaf children have learning sign language if they start late
The id is present at birth
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One major difference between the amnesia associated with advanced Korsakoff's syndrome and that associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe damage is that patients with advanced Korsakoff's syndrome have
A) a retrograde amnesia that can extend back into childhood. B) a mild retrograde amnesia for recent events. C) deficits in consolidation. D) anterograde amnesia. E) difficulty forming new explicit long-term memories.