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

The works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were, according to Freud, examples of ________.

________ are the result of unsuccessful attempts by the ego and superego to control forbidden impulses.

Brian and Matt have both just flunked out of college. Brian is sure he did not flunk and that he really is going to graduate. Matt simply refuses to think about what just happened. Brian is using the defense mechanism of ________ and Matt is using ________.

If a woman pursued an acting career because she secretly craved attention and flattery, Freud would probably say that she ________.

Your friend has a tendency to see his own negative qualities in others. This could be an example of ________.

The defense mechanism called displacement involves the transfer of an emotional response or desire from a(n) ________ target to a ________ one.

The superego is concerned with right and wrong.

Freud believed that Leonardo da Vinci's prolific scientific investigations were sublimations of his frustrated sexual passions.

The superego uses defense mechanisms to keep impulses at bay.

According to the descriptions of defense mechanisms in the textbook, ignoring anxiety is an example of ________.

Zeke has just found out that his brother has been killed in a plane crash. His first response is "No, not John; he's not dead." According to psychoanalytic theory, Zeke is experiencing the operation of a(n) ________.

When a person uses denial, he or she ________. When a person uses repression, he or she ________.

Modern ego psychologists believe that the key function of the ego is to ________.

Psychoanalytic theory frequently leads to a set of hypotheses that cannot be disproved by observations. In that respect, psychoanalytic theory ________.

One criticism of traditional Freudian theory is that it is not parsimonious (or at least parts of it are not parsimonious). This means that it ________.

Repression is a more complicated defense mechanism than denial.

The most widely used defense mechanism is probably ________.

Angie has completely repressed any memory of the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. Lately, she has been experiencing extreme stress at work and is going through a traumatic divorce. Which of the following is LEAST likely to happen, according to psychoanalytic theorizing about defense mechanisms?

According to Freud, forgetting is usually a result of ________.

Terror management theory is concerned with anxiety related to threats of modern-day terrorism.