Regarding a Comparison of Traditional Psychoanalysis and the Therapy Used

question 159

Multiple Choice

Regarding a comparison of traditional psychoanalysis and the therapy used today,which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Traditional psychoanalysis called for three to five therapy sessions a week with sessions today occurring only once or twice per week.
• B) Because of the huge amounts of time and money that traditional psychoanalysis requires, psychoanalysts have become relatively rare.
• C) Brief therapy appears to accelerate recovery because patients seem to realize that they need to get to the heart of their problems quickly.
• D) One example of a brief psychodynamic therapy used today is existential, or logotherapy.

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Definitions:

Deductive Method

A logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.

Main Stages

The primary phases or steps within a process or lifecycle, marking significant points of development or transition.

Psychology Laboratory

A controlled setting where psychological research, experiments, and testing are conducted.

Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt, often regarded as the father of experimental psychology, who established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.