KAPLAN & SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY
KAPLAN & SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2026/2027.
Rapport
Empathy (2)
Identification answer >>> - HARMONIUS RESPONSIVENESS of clinician to client
and client to clinician
*Note - responsiveness: partners attend to and respond supportively to each
other's needs, wishes, and circumstances, thereby promoting each other's well-
being (APA, 2024)
- clinician PUTS HIMSELF IN THE PATIENT'S PLACE while MAINTAINING
OBJECTIVITY
- UNDERSTANDING what another person is THINKING AND FEELING
- clinician UNDERSTANDS THE EMOTION but also EXPERIENCES IT to the point of
LOSING OBJECTIVITY
How many irrelevant moments are there in the interview room?
Phrases such as "to tell you the truth" or " to speak frankly" suggest... answer >>>
- None
, KAPLAN & SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY
- That the speaker does not usually tell the truth or speak frankly
Two fundamental hypothesis of PA answer >>> - psychic determinism: each
PSYCHIC EVENT is DETERMINED by the ONES PRECEDING IT
- psychic activity is chiefly unconscious
How does the ego differentiate a drive from an instinct? answer >>> - allows the
response to be MODIFIED by EXPERIENCE and REFLECTION
Transference answer >>> patient unconsciously displaces PATTERNS OF
BEHAVIOR and EMOTIONAL REACTIONS that ORIGINATED with SIGNIFICANT
FIGURES from earlier in life
Countertransference (2) answer >>> - the clinician's unconsciously displaces onto
the patient patterns of behavior or emotional reactions as if he or she were a
significant figure from earlier in the physician's life
- the therapist's unconscious (and often conscious) reactions to the patient and to
the patient's transference
What may fuel resistance? answer >>> - repression
Repression vs. suppression answer >>> - repression: unconsciously keeping issues
out of awareness
- suppression: consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of
one's mind
KAPLAN & SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2026/2027.
Rapport
Empathy (2)
Identification answer >>> - HARMONIUS RESPONSIVENESS of clinician to client
and client to clinician
*Note - responsiveness: partners attend to and respond supportively to each
other's needs, wishes, and circumstances, thereby promoting each other's well-
being (APA, 2024)
- clinician PUTS HIMSELF IN THE PATIENT'S PLACE while MAINTAINING
OBJECTIVITY
- UNDERSTANDING what another person is THINKING AND FEELING
- clinician UNDERSTANDS THE EMOTION but also EXPERIENCES IT to the point of
LOSING OBJECTIVITY
How many irrelevant moments are there in the interview room?
Phrases such as "to tell you the truth" or " to speak frankly" suggest... answer >>>
- None
, KAPLAN & SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY
- That the speaker does not usually tell the truth or speak frankly
Two fundamental hypothesis of PA answer >>> - psychic determinism: each
PSYCHIC EVENT is DETERMINED by the ONES PRECEDING IT
- psychic activity is chiefly unconscious
How does the ego differentiate a drive from an instinct? answer >>> - allows the
response to be MODIFIED by EXPERIENCE and REFLECTION
Transference answer >>> patient unconsciously displaces PATTERNS OF
BEHAVIOR and EMOTIONAL REACTIONS that ORIGINATED with SIGNIFICANT
FIGURES from earlier in life
Countertransference (2) answer >>> - the clinician's unconsciously displaces onto
the patient patterns of behavior or emotional reactions as if he or she were a
significant figure from earlier in the physician's life
- the therapist's unconscious (and often conscious) reactions to the patient and to
the patient's transference
What may fuel resistance? answer >>> - repression
Repression vs. suppression answer >>> - repression: unconsciously keeping issues
out of awareness
- suppression: consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of
one's mind
