Question 1

Freud's notion of the superego includes

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A) conscious and preconscious levels. 
B) pleasure and reality principles. 
C) the ego and the id. 
D) a conscience and an ego-ideal. 
A) conscious and preconscious levels. 
B) pleasure and reality principles. 
C) the ego and the id. 
D) a conscience and an ego-ideal.

Question 2

Which statement is correct, according to Freud?

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A) Repression produces anxiety. 
B) Anxiety reduces repression. 
C) Repression reduces anxiety. 
D) All these are correct. 
E) None of these is correct. 
A) Repression produces anxiety. 
B) Anxiety reduces repression. 
C) Repression reduces anxiety. 
D) All these are correct. 
E) None of these is correct.

Question 3

According to Freud, male and female personality development is

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A) similar until the phallic stage. 
B) similar until the genital stage. 
C) different during the anal stage. 
D) different during the oral stage. 
A) similar until the phallic stage. 
B) similar until the genital stage. 
C) different during the anal stage. 
D) different during the oral stage.

Question 4

Which of the following areas of psychological research have recently joined to provide support for Freud's theory of unconscious motivation?

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A) cognitive psychology and neuroscience 
B) educational psychology and learning theory 
C) social psychology and neuroscience 
D) clinical psychology and counseling psychology. 
A) cognitive psychology and neuroscience 
B) educational psychology and learning theory 
C) social psychology and neuroscience 
D) clinical psychology and counseling psychology.

Question 5

Freud's three levels of mental life are

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A) unconscious, preconscious, and conscious. 
B) id, ego, and superego. 
C) aim, object, and impetus. 
D) Thanatos, Eros, and Oedipus complexes. 
A) unconscious, preconscious, and conscious. 
B) id, ego, and superego. 
C) aim, object, and impetus. 
D) Thanatos, Eros, and Oedipus complexes.

Question 6

Freud believed that the superego develops from the

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A) id. 
B) ego. 
C) ego-ideal. 
D) conscience. 
E) preconscious. 
A) id. 
B) ego. 
C) ego-ideal. 
D) conscience. 
E) preconscious.

Question 7

Freud's enduring popularity is most likely due to his

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A) careful experimental analyses. 
B) gifts as a writer and his emphasis on sex and aggression. 
C) commonsense model of human development, especially during the infantile stage. 
D) determination to reverse 19th-century scientific methods. 
A) careful experimental analyses. 
B) gifts as a writer and his emphasis on sex and aggression. 
C) commonsense model of human development, especially during the infantile stage. 
D) determination to reverse 19th-century scientific methods.

Question 8

Freud's notion of the Oedipus complex is compounded, or made more complicated, by the

Accepted Answer

A) latency period. 
B) bisexual nature of the child. 
C) Electra complex. 
D) castration complex. 
E) influence of culture. 
A) latency period. 
B) bisexual nature of the child. 
C) Electra complex. 
D) castration complex. 
E) influence of culture.

Question 9

According to Freud, which of these region(s) of the mind is (are) in contact with the external world?

Accepted Answer

A) id 
B) ego 
C) superego 
D) ego and superego 
E) id, ego, and superego 
A) id 
B) ego 
C) superego 
D) ego and superego 
E) id, ego, and superego

Question 10

Freud believed that instincts are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) depth. 
B) impetus. 
C) source. 
D) aim. 
E) object. 
A) depth. 
B) impetus. 
C) source. 
D) aim. 
E) object.

Question 11

Freud believed that condensation and displacement

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A) change latent dream level into manifest level. 
B) expand the latent dream level. 
C) are ways of distorting dream content. 
D) expand the manifest dream level. 
E) expand the latent dream level . 
A) change latent dream level into manifest level. 
B) expand the latent dream level. 
C) are ways of distorting dream content. 
D) expand the manifest dream level. 
E) expand the latent dream level .

Question 12

Freud called an expression of both the sexual and the aggressive instinct

Accepted Answer

A) narcissism. 
B) love. 
C) superego. 
D) masochism. 
A) narcissism. 
B) love. 
C) superego. 
D) masochism.

Question 13

Which of the following distinguishes sublimation from the other Freudian defense mechanisms?

Accepted Answer

A) Sublimation is directly related to the superego. 
B) Sublimation is always destructive. 
C) Sublimation is constructive to society. 
D) Sublimation involves the Oedipus complex. 
A) Sublimation is directly related to the superego. 
B) Sublimation is always destructive. 
C) Sublimation is constructive to society. 
D) Sublimation involves the Oedipus complex.

Question 14

Freud's free association technique evolved from

Accepted Answer

A) Charcot's hypnotic technique. 
B) his use of cocaine. 
C) Breuer's cathartic method. 
D) the periodicity theory of Wilhelm Fliess. 
A) Charcot's hypnotic technique. 
B) his use of cocaine. 
C) Breuer's cathartic method. 
D) the periodicity theory of Wilhelm Fliess.

Question 15

According to Freud, most of our mental life is

Accepted Answer

A) conscious. 
B) preconscious. 
C) unconscious. 
D) a function of the superego. 
E) a product of phylogenetic endowment. 
A) conscious. 
B) preconscious. 
C) unconscious. 
D) a function of the superego. 
E) a product of phylogenetic endowment.

Question 16

The apprehension one feels while in the presence of a teacher is what Freud called _______ anxiety.

Accepted Answer

A) neurotic 
B) psychotic 
C) realistic 
D) moral 
E) None of these is correct. 
A) neurotic 
B) psychotic 
C) realistic 
D) moral 
E) None of these is correct.

Question 17

According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels.The more important level concerns the

Accepted Answer

A) conscious level. 
B) the preconscious level. 
C) manifest content. 
D) latent content. 
A) conscious level. 
B) the preconscious level. 
C) manifest content. 
D) latent content.

Question 18

When carried to extremes, which Freudian defense mechanism can become paranoid behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) reaction formation 
B) rationalization 
C) fixation 
D) projection 
A) reaction formation 
B) rationalization 
C) fixation 
D) projection

Question 19

Freud's lifelong optimism and self-confidence may have stemmed from

Accepted Answer

A) being his mother's favorite child. 
B) his father's outstanding business success. 
C) the death of his younger brother. 
D) the presence of much older half-brothers. 
A) being his mother's favorite child. 
B) his father's outstanding business success. 
C) the death of his younger brother. 
D) the presence of much older half-brothers.

Question 20

Robin protects herself against the threat of change by constantly clinging to objects and behaviors left from her early childhood.It thus appears that Robin is relying primarily on which Freudian defense mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A) reaction formation 
B) fixation 
C) projection 
D) regression 
E) sublimation 
A) reaction formation 
B) fixation 
C) projection 
D) regression 
E) sublimation

Freud's notion of the superego includes

Which statement is correct, according to Freud?

According to Freud, male and female personality development is

Which of the following areas of psychological research have recently joined to provide support for Freud's theory of unconscious motivation?

Freud's three levels of mental life are

Freud believed that the superego develops from the

Freud's enduring popularity is most likely due to his

Freud's notion of the Oedipus complex is compounded, or made more complicated, by the

According to Freud, which of these region(s) of the mind is (are) in contact with the external world?

Freud believed that instincts are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Freud believed that condensation and displacement

Freud called an expression of both the sexual and the aggressive instinct

Which of the following distinguishes sublimation from the other Freudian defense mechanisms?

Freud's free association technique evolved from

According to Freud, most of our mental life is

The apprehension one feels while in the presence of a teacher is what Freud called _______ anxiety.

According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels.The more important level concerns the

When carried to extremes, which Freudian defense mechanism can become paranoid behavior?

Freud's lifelong optimism and self-confidence may have stemmed from

Robin protects herself against the threat of change by constantly clinging to objects and behaviors left from her early childhood.It thus appears that Robin is relying primarily on which Freudian defense mechanism?

Introduction to Personality Theory

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory

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Exam 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis

Freud's notion of the superego includes

Which statement is correct, according to Freud?

According to Freud, male and female personality development is

Which of the following areas of psychological research have recently joined to provide support for Freud's theory of unconscious motivation?

Freud's three levels of mental life are

Freud believed that the superego develops from the

Freud's enduring popularity is most likely due to his

Freud's notion of the Oedipus complex is compounded, or made more complicated, by the

According to Freud, which of these region(s) of the mind is (are) in contact with the external world?

Freud believed that instincts are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Freud believed that condensation and displacement

Freud called an expression of both the sexual and the aggressive instinct

Which of the following distinguishes sublimation from the other Freudian defense mechanisms?

Freud's free association technique evolved from

According to Freud, most of our mental life is

The apprehension one feels while in the presence of a teacher is what Freud called _______ anxiety.

According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels.The more important level concerns the

When carried to extremes, which Freudian defense mechanism can become paranoid behavior?

Freud's lifelong optimism and self-confidence may have stemmed from

Robin protects herself against the threat of change by constantly clinging to objects and behaviors left from her early childhood.It thus appears that Robin is relying primarily on which Freudian defense mechanism?

Introduction to Personality Theory

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory

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