Exam 2: Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis

Describe psychoanalytic treatment.

People generally identify with their unconscious mental processes.

Cultural scapegoats can be unfairly accused of immoral acts because of the defense mechanism of projection.

In humans, the object of an instinct is determined by biological factors and is not changed by experience.

According to Freud, girls differ from boys in that they do not want a sexual union with the opposite sex parent during the phallic period.

What is intrapsychic conflict? Describe the roles of the id, the ego, and the superego in this conflict.

Which structure of personality is responsible for conscious adaptation to reality?

The first psychosexual stage is the anal stage.

The superego functions according to primary process.

A person who unconsciously hates a sibling, but consciously feels only love for the sibling, is using the defense mechanism of

Discuss the concept of nonconscious cognition and how it differs from Freud's idea of the unconscious.

An overweight person who defends his or her overeating with many reasons ("I need the energy," "I need the vitamins," and so forth) is using the defense mechanism of rationalization.

Quiz two begins with a psychoanalytic discussion of Adolf Hitler. According to the author's analysis, at what stage was Hitler fixated?

Thanatos is "the death instinct."

In order of their occurrence, the first three psychosexual stages are:

The most desirable and healthy way of dealing with unacceptable impulses is intellectualization.

The characteristics of dream work described by Freud do not include

Which structure of personality corresponds to the "voice of conscience," warning us to avoid evil?

Your book provides an in-depth Freudian analysis of Adolf Hitler. Summarize the analysis and describe how psychoanalytic theory explains Hitler's behavior.

Attitudes toward money are, according to psychoanalytic theory, related to development during the __________ stage.