Exam 11: The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

One explanation of violent homophobia is that it is the result of ________.

Another name for a modern-day psychoanalyst is a(n) ________ psychologist.

Persistent denial is not usually a sign of serious psychopathology.

The primary result of psychic conflict is ________.

Repression differs from denial in that repressing something involves banishing the past from present awareness.

Chris spends most of the time before his surgery calmly discussing the death rates associated with the surgery with his doctor and reading all the latest medical articles on his disease. He says that his illness is an interesting opportunity to learn more about medicine. Freud would say that Chris is using ________ to deal with his illness.

Researchers have yet to find factors that reduce cognitive dissonance effects.

Ego psychologists believe that the most important function of the ego is compromise formation.

Denial is a complex defense mechanism.

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a compelling reason to learn about Freud?

According to Freud's theory, the ego's energy store is ________.

How important is it that a theory is able to be disconfirmed? What aspects of Freudian theory are difficult to disconfirm? Why does this matter? Or does it?

Which aspect of humor would Freudians likely find the most interesting?

Diana, a married woman, is contemplating having an affair with an attractive man in her department at work. Her ego would likely ________.

Leakages of forbidden impulses from the id are called parapraxes if they are ________ and humor if they are ________.

In a successful joke, the forbidden impulse is ________.

Forbidden impulses expressed as jokes are effective at dodging the ego and superego because they ________ the forbidden impulse.

One criticism of psychoanalytic theory is that Freud considered the development of women to be ________.

If Sally accuses her husband of having an affair because she is secretly attracted to the next-door neighbor, she is likely ________ her own feelings.

Freud believed that ________ memory lapses reveal unconscious conflicts.