Question 1

Freud believed that in general the stages of individual human development:

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A)  are entirely determined by society 
B)  parallel the evolution of Homo sapiens 
C)  are freely chosen by the individual ego 
D)  can occur in any order based on erotogenic zones 
A)  are entirely determined by society 
B)  parallel the evolution of Homo sapiens 
C)  are freely chosen by the individual ego 
D)  can occur in any order based on erotogenic zones

Question 2

Freud argued that neurosis in women served a social function, specifically that by becoming neurotic, women

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A)  were kept out of the workforce, keeping men's wages high 
B)  remained sexually faithful to their husbands 
C)  were able to create a refuge-the home-from the stresses of industrialization 
D)  deepened their religious faith 
A)  were kept out of the workforce, keeping men's wages high 
B)  remained sexually faithful to their husbands 
C)  were able to create a refuge-the home-from the stresses of industrialization 
D)  deepened their religious faith

Question 3

According to Freud, the stages of psychosexual development formed a regular sequence because they:

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A)  recapitulated the phylogenetic history of the human species 
B)  are taught by society 
C)  are logically necessary 
D)  must occur in order for a child to have normal sexuality 
A)  recapitulated the phylogenetic history of the human species 
B)  are taught by society 
C)  are logically necessary 
D)  must occur in order for a child to have normal sexuality

Question 4

In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Freud argued that sexual perversions:

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A)  are innate in everyone 
B)  have specific genetic causes (e.g., there is a gene that causes homosexuality) 
C)  are learned behaviors 
D)  none of these 
A)  are innate in everyone 
B)  have specific genetic causes (e.g., there is a gene that causes homosexuality) 
C)  are learned behaviors 
D)  none of these

Question 5

In Studies in Hysteria, "abreaction" refers to:

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A)  how traumatically produced affect gets strangulated 
B)  the therapeutic release of pent-up feelings 
C)  the resistance of neurotics to being cured 
D)  the basic mechanism of the pleasure principle 
A)  how traumatically produced affect gets strangulated 
B)  the therapeutic release of pent-up feelings 
C)  the resistance of neurotics to being cured 
D)  the basic mechanism of the pleasure principle

Question 6

According to Karl Popper, psychoanalysis:

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A)  is not a science because its hypotheses cannot be falsified 
B)  is a science, but is a failed one, because it has cured nobody 
C)  was not scientific in Freud's time, but has been improved by his followers 
D)  should be practiced only as a form of literary criticism 
A)  is not a science because its hypotheses cannot be falsified 
B)  is a science, but is a failed one, because it has cured nobody 
C)  was not scientific in Freud's time, but has been improved by his followers 
D)  should be practiced only as a form of literary criticism

Question 7

According to Frank Sulloway, when Freud gave up the ideas of the Psychology Project, he substituted for them (in part) the:

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A)  biogenetic law 
B)  use of hypnosis 
C)  doctrines of associationism 
D)  idea that psychoneuroses are physical diseases 
A)  biogenetic law 
B)  use of hypnosis 
C)  doctrines of associationism 
D)  idea that psychoneuroses are physical diseases

Question 8

Discuss Jung's ambiguous status in the history of psychoanalysis. Why was he important to Freud? Why did he break with Freud, and what gave him the ability to do so?

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Jung's ambiguous status in the history o

Question 9

Freud shared the goal of the other founders of psychology which was to create a scientific psychology. To do this Freud __________.

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A)  relied on a large number of laboratory experiments. 
B)  used an abundance of reliable observations, in other words his clinical cases. 
C)  used sophisticated statistical analysis to examine large data files and test his hypotheses. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  relied on a large number of laboratory experiments. 
B)  used an abundance of reliable observations, in other words his clinical cases. 
C)  used sophisticated statistical analysis to examine large data files and test his hypotheses. 
D)  all of these.

Question 10

In the work Studies in Hysteria (1895), Freud and Breuer present the case of Anna O. Anna O. became a centerpiece of a theory and cure for hysteria, however, Anna O. was a actually a patient of _________, while ______ had nothing to do with the case.

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A)  Freud, Breuer 
B)  Freud, Charcot 
C)  Jung, Freud 
D)  Breuer, Freud 
A)  Freud, Breuer 
B)  Freud, Charcot 
C)  Jung, Freud 
D)  Breuer, Freud

Question 11

Freud supposedly discovered the Oedipus complex when:

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A)  he read great plays such as Hamlet and Oedipus Rex 
B)  he read about Haeckel's biogenetic law 
C)  studying in Paris with Charcot, who told him about the idea 
D)  he performed his own self-psychoanalysis 
A)  he read great plays such as Hamlet and Oedipus Rex 
B)  he read about Haeckel's biogenetic law 
C)  studying in Paris with Charcot, who told him about the idea 
D)  he performed his own self-psychoanalysis

Question 12

Empirical studies of the effectiveness of psychoanalysis indicate that:

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A)  psychoanalysis is the most successful form of psychotherapy 
B)  although psychoanalysis is best, its great expense means it's not cost effective 
C)  most therapies are modestly effective-psychoanalysis is not uniquely effective 
D)  psychoanalysis always makes its patients worse 
A)  psychoanalysis is the most successful form of psychotherapy 
B)  although psychoanalysis is best, its great expense means it's not cost effective 
C)  most therapies are modestly effective-psychoanalysis is not uniquely effective 
D)  psychoanalysis always makes its patients worse

Question 13

Viewed from a broad cultural perspective, Freud's ideas are important because they:

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A)  supported the Enlightenment idea that societies can be rationally planned 
B)  undermined the Enlightenment belief that human beings are rational 
C)  helped change outmoded educational practices 
D)  proved that war was inevitable 
A)  supported the Enlightenment idea that societies can be rationally planned 
B)  undermined the Enlightenment belief that human beings are rational 
C)  helped change outmoded educational practices 
D)  proved that war was inevitable

Question 14

In what ways was the path through physiology uniquely attractive to Freud?

Accepted Answer

The path through physiology was uniquely

Question 15

One reason the sex drive is so important in Freud's theory is that the sex drive is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the most sinful 
B)  the one human societies take the greatest interest in regulating 
C)  second only to money 
D)  the drive least understood by biologists. 
A)  the most sinful 
B)  the one human societies take the greatest interest in regulating 
C)  second only to money 
D)  the drive least understood by biologists.

Question 16

In autobiographical statements from the 1930s concerning the seduction episode in the history of psychoanalysis, Freud stated that:

Accepted Answer

A)  he had made his patients tell him of being seduced by their parents 
B)  the seduction mistake had "never happened," but was made up by his enemies 
C)  his early patients had told him openly of being seduced by their parents 
D)  he still suspected the seductions had really happened, but could not prove it 
A)  he had made his patients tell him of being seduced by their parents 
B)  the seduction mistake had "never happened," but was made up by his enemies 
C)  his early patients had told him openly of being seduced by their parents 
D)  he still suspected the seductions had really happened, but could not prove it

Question 17

Why did William James and other psychologists believe that Freud's theory of the unconscious was scientifically dangerous?

Accepted Answer

William James and other psychologists be

Question 18

Freud's view of the relation between each individual and his or her culture resembles that of philosopher:

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau 
B)  Descartes 
C)  J. S. Mill 
D)  Hobbes 
A)  Rousseau 
B)  Descartes 
C)  J. S. Mill 
D)  Hobbes

Question 19

Make an argument for Freud being a sexual reformer. Why was sex such a problem in Freud's day?

Accepted Answer

Freud can be seen as a sexual reformer b

Question 20

The cases of Dora (Ida Bauer) and Emma von Eckstein suggest that as Freud constructed his depth psychology in the wake of his "discovery" of the Oedipus complex, he:

Accepted Answer

A)  came to ignore or depreciate the role played by their environmental circumstances in making his patients unhappy 
B)  came to trust what his patients told him, ceasing to push for "deeper" revelations 
C)  gradually gave up his emphasis on sexuality for a greater appreciation of the ego's autonomous power 
D)  placed less and less emphasis on the hereditary basis of personality 
A)  came to ignore or depreciate the role played by their environmental circumstances in making his patients unhappy 
B)  came to trust what his patients told him, ceasing to push for "deeper" revelations 
C)  gradually gave up his emphasis on sexuality for a greater appreciation of the ego's autonomous power 
D)  placed less and less emphasis on the hereditary basis of personality

Freud believed that in general the stages of individual human development:

Freud argued that neurosis in women served a social function, specifically that by becoming neurotic, women

According to Freud, the stages of psychosexual development formed a regular sequence because they:

In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Freud argued that sexual perversions:

In Studies in Hysteria, "abreaction" refers to:

According to Karl Popper, psychoanalysis:

According to Frank Sulloway, when Freud gave up the ideas of the Psychology Project, he substituted for them (in part) the:

Discuss Jung's ambiguous status in the history of psychoanalysis. Why was he important to Freud? Why did he break with Freud, and what gave him the ability to do so?

Freud shared the goal of the other founders of psychology which was to create a scientific psychology. To do this Freud __________.

In the work Studies in Hysteria (1895), Freud and Breuer present the case of Anna O. Anna O. became a centerpiece of a theory and cure for hysteria, however, Anna O. was a actually a patient of ___, while had nothing to do with the case.

Freud supposedly discovered the Oedipus complex when:

Empirical studies of the effectiveness of psychoanalysis indicate that:

Viewed from a broad cultural perspective, Freud's ideas are important because they:

In what ways was the path through physiology uniquely attractive to Freud?

One reason the sex drive is so important in Freud's theory is that the sex drive is __________.

In autobiographical statements from the 1930s concerning the seduction episode in the history of psychoanalysis, Freud stated that:

Why did William James and other psychologists believe that Freud's theory of the unconscious was scientifically dangerous?

Freud's view of the relation between each individual and his or her culture resembles that of philosopher:

Make an argument for Freud being a sexual reformer. Why was sex such a problem in Freud's day?

The cases of Dora (Ida Bauer) and Emma von Eckstein suggest that as Freud constructed his depth psychology in the wake of his "discovery" of the Oedipus complex, he:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

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Exam 9: The Psychology of the Unconscious

Freud believed that in general the stages of individual human development:

Freud argued that neurosis in women served a social function, specifically that by becoming neurotic, women

According to Freud, the stages of psychosexual development formed a regular sequence because they:

In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Freud argued that sexual perversions:

In Studies in Hysteria, "abreaction" refers to:

According to Karl Popper, psychoanalysis:

According to Frank Sulloway, when Freud gave up the ideas of the Psychology Project, he substituted for them (in part) the:

Discuss Jung's ambiguous status in the history of psychoanalysis. Why was he important to Freud? Why did he break with Freud, and what gave him the ability to do so?

Freud shared the goal of the other founders of psychology which was to create a scientific psychology. To do this Freud __________.

In the work Studies in Hysteria (1895), Freud and Breuer present the case of Anna O. Anna O. became a centerpiece of a theory and cure for hysteria, however, Anna O. was a actually a patient of _________, while ______ had nothing to do with the case.

Freud supposedly discovered the Oedipus complex when:

Empirical studies of the effectiveness of psychoanalysis indicate that:

Viewed from a broad cultural perspective, Freud's ideas are important because they:

In what ways was the path through physiology uniquely attractive to Freud?

One reason the sex drive is so important in Freud's theory is that the sex drive is __________.

In autobiographical statements from the 1930s concerning the seduction episode in the history of psychoanalysis, Freud stated that:

Why did William James and other psychologists believe that Freud's theory of the unconscious was scientifically dangerous?

Freud's view of the relation between each individual and his or her culture resembles that of philosopher:

Make an argument for Freud being a sexual reformer. Why was sex such a problem in Freud's day?

The cases of Dora (Ida Bauer) and Emma von Eckstein suggest that as Freud constructed his depth psychology in the wake of his "discovery" of the Oedipus complex, he:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

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In the work Studies in Hysteria (1895), Freud and Breuer present the case of Anna O. Anna O. became a centerpiece of a theory and cure for hysteria, however, Anna O. was a actually a patient of ___, while had nothing to do with the case.