How Would a Psychoanalytic Therapist View Stan's Drinking Problem

question 16

Multiple Choice

How would a psychoanalytic therapist view Stan's drinking problem?

• A)as a means of working though his Oedipal complex
• B)as a personal power issue associated with early trauma experienced in the anal stage
• C)as an oral fixation
• D)as a result of the ego-defense mechanism of introjection
• E)as a manifestation of his collective unconscious

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Definitions:

Effortful Processing

The active and conscious effort to encode or process information into the memory.

Working Memory

An intellectual mechanism of finite capability designed to briefly maintain information for further processing.

Iconic Memory

A form of sensory memory that temporarily stores visual information and has a very brief retention period.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term unconscious memory that doesn't require deliberate recall, often influencing thoughts and behaviors.