Exam 45: Humanistic Perspective

Bonnie is afraid to express anger at her overbearing and irritating supervisor at work,so she is critical of her children instead.A psychoanalyst would suggest that Bonnie's reaction to her children illustrates

The Oedipus complex is the term used by Freud to describe

Which theories of personality view human behavior as a lively (dynamic)interaction between the conscious and unconscious mind,involving related motives and conflicts

Gene spends a good deal of time bragging about his numerous sexual exploits.Freud would have suggested that Gene is fixated at the ________ stage.

Julie reported that she had a dream in which she was chased by a large dog.According to Freud,Julie's account represents the ________ content of her dream.

The theorist who opposed Freud's assumptions that women have weak superegos and suffer "penis envy," and who attempted to balance Freud's masculine bias was

Freud suggested that pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones as we progress through various

In Freud's view,conflicts unresolved during earlier psychosexual stages could surface as maladaptive behavior in the adult years.When this occurs,according to Freud,they are ________ at a psychosexual stage.

Freud would have suggested that a man's inability to remember his childhood Oedipus complex illustrates

Both Karen Horney and Alfred Adler placed greater emphasis than did Freud on the role of ________ in personality development.

Freud emphasized that the ________ operates on the reality principle.

Freud referred to the remembered story line of a dream as its

Mathilda is a receptionist at an insurance company and has recently lost all feeling in her right hand.Mathilda went to her physician who has referred her to a specialist because her symptoms

Tests that present ambiguous stimuli designed to uncover hidden personality dynamics are called ________ tests.

The type of personality test that involves interpreting an ambiguous image and is used to assess unconscious motives and conflicts is a(n)

James is walking home alone at night when he is suddenly startled and scared.A few seconds later,he realizes that he heard a noise and that it came from a stray cat.His experience demonstrates how ________ can be instantly activated prior to conscious awareness.

According to Freud,thoughts that are too unsettling for people to acknowledge are

At any point during the psychosexual stages of development,strong conflict could ________ the person's pleasure-seeking energies at that stage.

Matt reported a dream in which he repeatedly fell off a horse.His therapist suggested that his dream reflected Matt's mixed feelings of affection and resentment toward his own father.According to Freud,the therapist was attempting to reveal the dream's

Ego is to id as ________ is to ________.