LPCC Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 2024
Psychoanalytic .Therapy .- .correct .answer.deterministic .- .by .irrational .forces, .unconscious
.motivations, .and .biological .and .instinctual .drives .as .these .evolve .through .key
.psychosexual .stages .in .the .first .6 .years .of .life
Libido .- .correct .answer.energy .of .all .the .life .instincts .(oriented .towards .growth,
.development, .and .creativity) .- .source .of .motivation .that .encompasses .sexual .energy .but
.goes .beyond .it .*gaining .pleasure .and .avoiding .pain
ID .- .correct .answer.original .system .of .personality, .birth .- .all .ID, .blind, .demanding .and
.insistent, .ruled .by .the .pleasure .principle
EGO .- .correct .answer.Has .contact .with .external .world .of .reality ."executive" .- .governing
.controls .and .regulates .personality .- .mediates .between .instincts .and .the .surrounding
.environment
SUPEREGO .- .correct .answer.judicial .branch .of .personality, .moral .code, .main .concern
.being .whether .an .action .is .good .or .bad, .right .or .wrong. .represents .the .ideal .rather .than
.the .real .and .strives .not .for .pleasure .but .for .perfection.
clinical .evidence .for .postulating .the .unconscious .- .correct .answer.1) .dreams .- .symbolic
.representation .of .unconscious .needs, .wishes .and .conflicts
2)slips .of .the .tongue
3)posthypnotic .suggestions
4)material .derived .from .free-association
5) .material .derived .fro .projective .techniques
6)symbolic .content .of .psychotic .symptoms.
Reality .anxiety .- .correct .answer.the .fear .of .danger .from .the .external .world, .and .the .level
.of .such .anxiety .is .proportionate .to .the .degree .of .real .threat
Repression .- .correct .answer.basis .of .many .other .ego .defenses .and .of .neurotic .disorder.
.Threatening .or .painful .thoughts .and .feelings .are .excluded .from .awareness.
,Denial .- .correct .answer.operates .at .preconscious .and .conscious .levels. .way .of .distorting
.what .the .individual .thinks, .feels, .or .perceives .in .a .traumatic .situation.
Reaction .formation .- .correct .answer.actively .express .the .opposite .impulse. .developing
.conscious .attitudes .and .behaviors .that .are .diametrically .opposed .to .disturbing .desires,
.people .do .not .have .to .face .the .anxiety .that .would .result .if .they .were .to .recognize .these
.dimensions .of .themselves.
Projection .- .correct .answer.attributing .to .others .one's .own .unacceptable .desires .and
.impulses.
displacement .- .correct .answer.discharge .impulses .by .shifting .from .a .threatening .object .to
.a ."safer .target"
Rationalization .- .correct .answer.manufacture ."good" .reasons .to .explain .away .a .bruised
.ego
sublimation .- .correct .answer."freudian" .involves .diverting .sexual .or .aggressive .energy
.into .other .channels, .ones .that .are .usually .socially .acceptable .and .sometimes .even
.admirable
Regression .- .correct .answer.going .back .to .an .earlier .phase .of .development .when .there
.were .fewer .demands.
Introjection .- .correct .answer.consists .of .taking .in .and ."swallowing" .the .values .and
.standards .of .others. ."identifying .with .the .aggressor, .etc.."
Identification .- .correct .answer.process .by .which .children .learn .gender-role .behaviors,
.can .also .be .a .defensive .reaction. .enhance .self .worth .and .protect .one .from .a .sense .of
.being .a .failure.
Compensation .- .correct .answer.consists .of .masking .perceived .weaknesses .or
.developing .certain .positive .traits .to .make .up .for .limitations.
Erikson's .psychosocial .perspective .- .correct .answer.psychosexual .and .psychosocial
.growth .takes .place .together .and .that .at .each .stage .of .life .we .face .the .task .of .establishing
.equilibrium .between .ourselves .and .our .social .world. .Encompasses .entire .life .span,
.divided .by .specific .crises .to .be .resolved.
Freudian .goal .of .therapy .- .correct .answer.make .the .unconscious .conscious .and .to
.strengthen .the .ego .so .that .behavior .is .based .more .on .reality .and .less .on .instinctual
.cravings .or .irrational .guilt.
psychoanalytic .therapist .- .correct .answer."blank .screen" .- .very .little .self .disclosure,
.neutrality .to .foster .a .transference .relationship .in .which .their .clients .will .make .projections
.onto .them.
,grist .for .the .mill .- .correct .answer.psychoanalytic .in .which .projections .have .their .origins .in
.unfinished .and .repressed .situations. ."the .very .essence .of .therapeutic .work".
Free .association .- .correct .answer.plays .a .central .role .in .the .process .of .maintaining .the
.analytic .framework. .Clients .are .encouraged .to .say .whatever .comes .to .mind, .regardless
.of .how .painful, .silly, .trivial, .illogical, .or .irrelevant .it .may .be.
Interpretation .- .correct .answer.consists .of .the .analyst's .pointing .out, .explaining .and .even
.teaching .the .client .the .meanings .of .behavior .that .is .manifested .in .dreams, .free
.association, .resistances, .and .the .therapeutic .relationship .itself.
Dream .analysis .- .correct .answer.uncovering .unconscious .material .and .giving .the .client
.insight .into .some .areas .of .unresolved .problems. .Freud .sees .dreams .as .the ."royal .road .to
.the .unconscious", .in .them .one's .unconscious .wishes, .needs, .and .fears .are .expressed.
.Dreams .have .2 .levels .of .content; .latent .content .and .manifest .content
Latent .content .- .correct .answer.hidden, .symbolic, .and .unconscious .motives, .wishes, .and
.fears.
Manifest .content .- .correct .answer.the .unconscious .sexual .and .aggressive .impulses .that
.make .up .latent .content, .and .are .so .painful .and .threatening, .are .transformed .into
.acceptable, .which .is .the .dream .as .it .appears .to .the .dreamer. .Also .called .dream .work.
Resistance .- .correct .answer.anything .that .works .against .the .progress .of .therapy .and
.prevents .the .client .from .producing .previously .unconscious .material.
Carl .Jung .- .correct .answer.analytical .psychology, .explanation .of .human .nature .that
.combines .ideas .from .history, .mythology, .anthropology, .and .religion. .Emphasis .on .being
.impelled .to .find .meaning .in .life .in .contrast .to .being .driven .by .the .psychological .and
.biological .forces.
Collective .unconscious .- .correct .answer.the .deepest .level .of .the .psyche .containing .the
.accumulation .of .inherited .experiences .of .human .and .prehuman .species, .Jung
archetypes .- .correct .answer.collective .unconscious, .persona, .the .anima .and .animus, .and
.the .shadow.
persona .- .correct .answer.mask .or .public .face .that .we .wear .to .protect .ourselves
animus .and .the .anima .- .correct .answer.represent .both .the .biological .and .psychological
.aspects .of .masculinity .and .femininity, .which .are .thought .to .coexists .in .both .sexes
the .shadow .- .correct .answer.deepest .roots .and .is .the .most .dangerous .and .powerful .of
.the .archetypes; .represents .our .dark .side, .the .thoughts, .feelings .and .actions .that .we .tend
.to .disown .by .projecting .them .outward.
, Mahler's .object .relation .- .correct .answer.Child's .progression .from .a .symbiotic .relationship
.with .a .maternal .figure .toward .separation .and .individuation. .focus .on .the .interactions
.between .the .child .and .the .mother .the .first .3 .years .of .life.
Mahler's .normal .infantile .autism .- .correct .answer.first .3-4 .weeks, .infant .is .presumed .to .be
.responding .more .to .states .of .physiological .tension .than .to .psychological .processes.
.Infant .unable .to .differentiate .between .itself .and .mother.
symbiosis .- .correct .answer.3rd .- .8th .month; .pronounced .dependency .on .the .mother,
.clearly .a .partner .and .not .just .an .interchangeable .part. .expects .a .high .degree .of .emotional
.attunement.
separation-individuation .- .correct .answer.process .begins .in .the .4th .or .5th .month, .child
.moves .away .from .symbiotic .forms .of .relating, .experiences .separation .from .significant
.others .yet .still .turns .to .them .for .sense .of .confirmation .and .comfort. .may .demonstrate
.ambivalence, .torn .between .enjoying .separate .states .of .independence .and .dependence.
.Time .when .narcissistic .and .borderline .traits .develop. .This .stage .ends .around .36 .months
.old .and .moves .towards .constancy .of .self .and .object.
Adler .- .Individual .psychology .- .correct .answer.focus .on .person's .perception .of .past .and
.his/her .interpretation .of .early .events .has .a .continuing .influence. .motivated .primarily .by
.social .relatedness, .behavior .is .purposeful .and .goal-directed .and .consciousness, .more
.than .unconsciousness, .is .the .focus .of .therapy.
Personality .can .only .be .understood .holistically .and .systematically, .the .person .is .an
.indivisible .whole.
Subjective .reality .- .correct .answer.the .individual's .perceptions, .thoughts, .feelings, .values,
.beliefs, .convictions .and .conclusions.
teleological .- .correct .answer.purposive, .goal-orientated. .The .study .of .final .causes, .goals,
.endpoints .and .purposes .to .understand .what .motivates .behavior
striving .for .significance .and .superiority .- .correct .answer.striving .for .perfection .and .coping
.with .inferiority .by .seeking .mastery. .Goal .of .success .pulls .people .forward .toward .mastery
.and .enables .them .to .overcome .obstacles. .Inferiority .is .not .negative .and .superiority
.means .moving .from .a .perceived .lower .position .to .a .perceived .higher .position.
Lifestyle .- .correct .answer.an .individual's .core .beliefs .and .assumptions .through .which .the
.person .organizes .his .or .her .reality .and .finds .meaning .in .life .events. .Is .the .theme .that
.unifies .all .our .actions, .and .our .lifestyle .consists .of .all .our .values .and .perceptions
.regarding .self, .others .and .life.
social .interest .and .community .feeling .(gemeinschaftsgefuhl) .- .correct .answer.individuals'
.awareness .of .being .part .of .the .human .community .and .to .individuals' .attitudes .in .dealing
.with .the .social .world. .Striving .for .a .better .future .for .humanity, .finding .a .place .in .society