Question 1

Which of the following was true of Carl Jung's early life?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the oldest and most academically successful child in a large family. 
B)  He was the only boy among several older sisters who doted on him. 
C)  He was devastated by the death of his mother when he was only seven. 
D)  He had to contend with a mentally unstable mother who had night visions. 
A)  He was the oldest and most academically successful child in a large family. 
B)  He was the only boy among several older sisters who doted on him. 
C)  He was devastated by the death of his mother when he was only seven. 
D)  He had to contend with a mentally unstable mother who had night visions.

Question 2

In their early work on the nature of hysteria,Freud and Breuer stated that hysterics suffer mainly from what?

Accepted Answer

A)  reminiscences 
B)  anxiety 
C)  the Oedipus complex 
D)  sexuality 
A)  reminiscences 
B)  anxiety 
C)  the Oedipus complex 
D)  sexuality

Question 3

Match the definition with the term.
-rationalization

Accepted Answer

A) a defense mechanism in which a person's true motivations are denied and a false excuse or explanation is substituted for them 
B) a defense mechanism in which an emotion-charged subject is directly approached,but in a strictly rational manner that avoids emotional involvement 
C) a defense mechanism in which an impulse is redirected toward a substitute target that resembles the original in some way,but that is psychologically "safer" 
D) a defense mechanism in which an individual unconsciously adopts the characteris-tics of an emotionally important person 
E) a defense mechanism in which one's own unacceptable impulses are denied and then attributed to someone else instead 
A) a defense mechanism in which a person's true motivations are denied and a false excuse or explanation is substituted for them 
B) a defense mechanism in which an emotion-charged subject is directly approached,but in a strictly rational manner that avoids emotional involvement 
C) a defense mechanism in which an impulse is redirected toward a substitute target that resembles the original in some way,but that is psychologically "safer" 
D) a defense mechanism in which an individual unconsciously adopts the characteris-tics of an emotionally important person 
E) a defense mechanism in which one's own unacceptable impulses are denied and then attributed to someone else instead

Question 4

Match the definition with the term.
-superego

Accepted Answer

A) the system that conveys information about external reality to the psyche 
B) the part of the psyche that contains unconscious,powerful impulses and energies from the instincts 
C) the part of the psyche that creates moral demands,arising independently of in-stincts and external reality alike 
D) the part of the psyche that mediates conflicts that arise between instincts,external reality,and moral demands 
A) the system that conveys information about external reality to the psyche 
B) the part of the psyche that contains unconscious,powerful impulses and energies from the instincts 
C) the part of the psyche that creates moral demands,arising independently of in-stincts and external reality alike 
D) the part of the psyche that mediates conflicts that arise between instincts,external reality,and moral demands

Question 5

Freud cited the traits of orderliness,obstinacy,and thriftiness as hallmarks of the

Accepted Answer

A)  oral character. 
B)  genital character. 
C)  anal character. 
D)  Oedipal character. 
A)  oral character. 
B)  genital character. 
C)  anal character. 
D)  Oedipal character.

Question 6

Match the definition with the term.
-transference

Accepted Answer

A) a patient's unconscious feelings toward important figures from the past,which are redirected toward the therapist 
B) a psychotherapeutic technique in which the venting of emotions is thought to eliminate hysterical symptoms 
C) a technique in which one is asked to say,openly and honestly,the first thoughts and ideas that come to mind,without edit 
A) a patient's unconscious feelings toward important figures from the past,which are redirected toward the therapist 
B) a psychotherapeutic technique in which the venting of emotions is thought to eliminate hysterical symptoms 
C) a technique in which one is asked to say,openly and honestly,the first thoughts and ideas that come to mind,without edit

Question 7

Which academic psychologist conducted important early laboratory-based experimental research on a psychoanalytic concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  Saul Rosenzweig, with his study of motivated forgetting or repression 
B)  Karen Horney, with her study of differences between men's and women's dreams 
C)  Erik Erikson, with his study of the adolescent defense mechanisms 
D)  Melanie Klein, with her study of sexual behavior in infants 
A)  Saul Rosenzweig, with his study of motivated forgetting or repression 
B)  Karen Horney, with her study of differences between men's and women's dreams 
C)  Erik Erikson, with his study of the adolescent defense mechanisms 
D)  Melanie Klein, with her study of sexual behavior in infants

Question 8

Match the individual with their associated school of psychology.
-psychoanalysis

Accepted Answer

A) Alfred Adler 
B) Carl Jung 
C) Franz Brentano 
D) Melanie Klein 
E) Sigmund Freud 
A) Alfred Adler 
B) Carl Jung 
C) Franz Brentano 
D) Melanie Klein 
E) Sigmund Freud

Question 9

Compared to Freud's,Alfred Adler's approach to psychotherapy placed more emphasis on

Accepted Answer

A)  the social context and misguided notions about the self. 
B)  ideas from a collective as opposed to a personal unconscious. 
C)  extremely early memories dating from the trauma of birth. 
D)  feelings about death and the meaning of life. 
A)  the social context and misguided notions about the self. 
B)  ideas from a collective as opposed to a personal unconscious. 
C)  extremely early memories dating from the trauma of birth. 
D)  feelings about death and the meaning of life.

Question 10

Why did Freud abandon his seduction theory?

Accepted Answer

Freud's seduction theory held that all h

Question 11

Match the idea with the individual.
-Clara Thompson

Accepted Answer

A) argued for culturally and historically sensitive analyses of women's experiences,which explain women's feelings of inferiority in terms of negative social attitudes about women's sexuality and bodies 
B) argued that psychoanalytic theory's conception of female sexuality was biased by a male point of view and that boys/men should rightfully be envious of women's ability to experience pregnancy and childbirth 
C) argued that we possess an aggressive death instinct,Thanatos,and a conflicting life instinct,Eros 
D) interpreted the results of an experimental study of forgetting of failed tests as ev-idence of the psychoanalytic idea of repression 
E) proposed the personality dimension of extroversion-introversion to denote a per-son's relative orientation toward the outer or inner worlds 
A) argued for culturally and historically sensitive analyses of women's experiences,which explain women's feelings of inferiority in terms of negative social attitudes about women's sexuality and bodies 
B) argued that psychoanalytic theory's conception of female sexuality was biased by a male point of view and that boys/men should rightfully be envious of women's ability to experience pregnancy and childbirth 
C) argued that we possess an aggressive death instinct,Thanatos,and a conflicting life instinct,Eros 
D) interpreted the results of an experimental study of forgetting of failed tests as ev-idence of the psychoanalytic idea of repression 
E) proposed the personality dimension of extroversion-introversion to denote a per-son's relative orientation toward the outer or inner worlds

Question 12

Match the definition with the term.
-metapsychology

Accepted Answer

A) a general model of the mind that integrates Freud's clinical discoveries within a broader theoretical context to explore the general features of the human mind 
B) a later psychoanalytic school of thought that places major importance on the mother-infant bond in human development 
C) a psychological theory where the units of psychological analysis are acts that "contain" an object 
D) a school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of the collective uncon-scious 
E) a school of theory and therapy,based on the idea that everyone experiences and reacts to inferiority in their own unique way 
A) a general model of the mind that integrates Freud's clinical discoveries within a broader theoretical context to explore the general features of the human mind 
B) a later psychoanalytic school of thought that places major importance on the mother-infant bond in human development 
C) a psychological theory where the units of psychological analysis are acts that "contain" an object 
D) a school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of the collective uncon-scious 
E) a school of theory and therapy,based on the idea that everyone experiences and reacts to inferiority in their own unique way

Question 13

Match the definition with the term.
-displacement

Accepted Answer

A) the deflection of the psychic energy of highly charged latent content onto the re-lated,but emotionally more neutral ideas of the manifest content 
B) the idea that latent dream thoughts are experienced through the subjectively real but hallucinated sensations of the manifest content 
C) the process by which two or more latent thoughts become symbolized by a single manifest dream image 
A) the deflection of the psychic energy of highly charged latent content onto the re-lated,but emotionally more neutral ideas of the manifest content 
B) the idea that latent dream thoughts are experienced through the subjectively real but hallucinated sensations of the manifest content 
C) the process by which two or more latent thoughts become symbolized by a single manifest dream image

Question 14

Match the publication with its author.
-Anna Freud

Accepted Answer

A) Memories,Dreams,and Reflections 
B) Project for a Scientific Psychology 
C) Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint 
D) The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense 
A) Memories,Dreams,and Reflections 
B) Project for a Scientific Psychology 
C) Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint 
D) The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense

Question 15

Match the definition with the term.
-object relations

Accepted Answer

A) a general model of the mind that integrates Freud's clinical discoveries within a broader theoretical context to explore the general features of the human mind 
B) a later psychoanalytic school of thought that places major importance on the mother-infant bond in human development 
C) a psychological theory where the units of psychological analysis are acts that "contain" an object 
D) a school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of the collective uncon-scious 
E) a school of theory and therapy,based on the idea that everyone experiences and reacts to inferiority in their own unique way 
A) a general model of the mind that integrates Freud's clinical discoveries within a broader theoretical context to explore the general features of the human mind 
B) a later psychoanalytic school of thought that places major importance on the mother-infant bond in human development 
C) a psychological theory where the units of psychological analysis are acts that "contain" an object 
D) a school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of the collective uncon-scious 
E) a school of theory and therapy,based on the idea that everyone experiences and reacts to inferiority in their own unique way

Question 16

Match the idea with the individual.
-Sigmund Freud

Accepted Answer

A) argued for culturally and historically sensitive analyses of women's experiences,which explain women's feelings of inferiority in terms of negative social attitudes about women's sexuality and bodies 
B) argued that psychoanalytic theory's conception of female sexuality was biased by a male point of view and that boys/men should rightfully be envious of women's ability to experience pregnancy and childbirth 
C) argued that we possess an aggressive death instinct,Thanatos,and a conflicting life instinct,Eros 
D) interpreted the results of an experimental study of forgetting of failed tests as ev-idence of the psychoanalytic idea of repression 
E) proposed the personality dimension of extroversion-introversion to denote a per-son's relative orientation toward the outer or inner worlds 
A) argued for culturally and historically sensitive analyses of women's experiences,which explain women's feelings of inferiority in terms of negative social attitudes about women's sexuality and bodies 
B) argued that psychoanalytic theory's conception of female sexuality was biased by a male point of view and that boys/men should rightfully be envious of women's ability to experience pregnancy and childbirth 
C) argued that we possess an aggressive death instinct,Thanatos,and a conflicting life instinct,Eros 
D) interpreted the results of an experimental study of forgetting of failed tests as ev-idence of the psychoanalytic idea of repression 
E) proposed the personality dimension of extroversion-introversion to denote a per-son's relative orientation toward the outer or inner worlds

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT true about Sigmund Freud's childhood and early life?

Accepted Answer

A)  He had a half-brother as old as his mother. 
B)  He was an outstanding and ambitious student in secondary school. 
C)  He had an older brother whom he always tried to surpass. 
D)  His earliest occupational interest was in law. 
A)  He had a half-brother as old as his mother. 
B)  He was an outstanding and ambitious student in secondary school. 
C)  He had an older brother whom he always tried to surpass. 
D)  His earliest occupational interest was in law.

Question 18

Match the definition with the term.
-identification

Accepted Answer

A) a defense mechanism in which a person's true motivations are denied and a false excuse or explanation is substituted for them 
B) a defense mechanism in which an emotion-charged subject is directly approached,but in a strictly rational manner that avoids emotional involvement 
C) a defense mechanism in which an impulse is redirected toward a substitute target that resembles the original in some way,but that is psychologically "safer" 
D) a defense mechanism in which an individual unconsciously adopts the characteris-tics of an emotionally important person 
E) a defense mechanism in which one's own unacceptable impulses are denied and then attributed to someone else instead 
A) a defense mechanism in which a person's true motivations are denied and a false excuse or explanation is substituted for them 
B) a defense mechanism in which an emotion-charged subject is directly approached,but in a strictly rational manner that avoids emotional involvement 
C) a defense mechanism in which an impulse is redirected toward a substitute target that resembles the original in some way,but that is psychologically "safer" 
D) a defense mechanism in which an individual unconsciously adopts the characteris-tics of an emotionally important person 
E) a defense mechanism in which one's own unacceptable impulses are denied and then attributed to someone else instead

Question 19

After Freud had abandoned hypnosis and adopted free association in his treatment of hysterics,the new method helped him to newly appreciate the previously overlooked importance of what he called

Accepted Answer

A)  unconscious ideas. 
B)  pathogenic ideas. 
C)  overdetermination. 
D)  the death instinct. 
A)  unconscious ideas. 
B)  pathogenic ideas. 
C)  overdetermination. 
D)  the death instinct.

Question 20

Match the definition with the term.
-free association

Accepted Answer

A) a patient's unconscious feelings toward important figures from the past,which are redirected toward the therapist 
B) a psychotherapeutic technique in which the venting of emotions is thought to eliminate hysterical symptoms 
C) a technique in which one is asked to say,openly and honestly,the first thoughts and ideas that come to mind,without edit 
A) a patient's unconscious feelings toward important figures from the past,which are redirected toward the therapist 
B) a psychotherapeutic technique in which the venting of emotions is thought to eliminate hysterical symptoms 
C) a technique in which one is asked to say,openly and honestly,the first thoughts and ideas that come to mind,without edit

Which of the following was true of Carl Jung's early life?

In their early work on the nature of hysteria,Freud and Breuer stated that hysterics suffer mainly from what?

Match the definition with the term. -rationalization

Match the definition with the term. -superego

Freud cited the traits of orderliness,obstinacy,and thriftiness as hallmarks of the

Match the definition with the term. -transference

Which academic psychologist conducted important early laboratory-based experimental research on a psychoanalytic concept?

Match the individual with their associated school of psychology. -psychoanalysis

Compared to Freud's,Alfred Adler's approach to psychotherapy placed more emphasis on

Why did Freud abandon his seduction theory?

Match the idea with the individual. -Clara Thompson

Match the definition with the term. -metapsychology

Match the definition with the term. -displacement

Match the publication with its author. -Anna Freud

Match the definition with the term. -object relations

Match the idea with the individual. -Sigmund Freud

Which of the following was NOT true about Sigmund Freud's childhood and early life?

Match the definition with the term. -identification

After Freud had abandoned hypnosis and adopted free association in his treatment of hysterics,the new method helped him to newly appreciate the previously overlooked importance of what he called

Match the definition with the term. -free association

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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Exam 12: Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Which of the following was true of Carl Jung's early life?

In their early work on the nature of hysteria,Freud and Breuer stated that hysterics suffer mainly from what?

Match the definition with the term. -rationalization

Match the definition with the term. -superego

Freud cited the traits of orderliness,obstinacy,and thriftiness as hallmarks of the

Match the definition with the term. -transference

Which academic psychologist conducted important early laboratory-based experimental research on a psychoanalytic concept?

Match the individual with their associated school of psychology. -psychoanalysis

Compared to Freud's,Alfred Adler's approach to psychotherapy placed more emphasis on

Why did Freud abandon his seduction theory?

Match the idea with the individual. -Clara Thompson

Match the definition with the term. -metapsychology

Match the definition with the term. -displacement

Match the publication with its author. -Anna Freud

Match the definition with the term. -object relations

Match the idea with the individual. -Sigmund Freud

Which of the following was NOT true about Sigmund Freud's childhood and early life?

Match the definition with the term. -identification

After Freud had abandoned hypnosis and adopted free association in his treatment of hysterics,the new method helped him to newly appreciate the previously overlooked importance of what he called

Match the definition with the term. -free association

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

Filters