Exam 45: Humanistic Perspective

During a heated argument with his father,15-year-old Jason developed a paralysis of his right arm.Medical examinations can find no physical cause for the paralysis.Use Freud's psychoanalytic perspective to explain how the paralysis may be Jason's attempt to deal with an unconscious conflict between his id and superego.

Celine recently had a vivid dream that was strikingly similar to an ancient but unfamiliar religious myth.This coincidence would have been of particular interest to

John works in human resources at a local company and has been charged with finding and hiring someone who has high achievement motivation.Which projective test would probably be best for this purpose?

Freud referred to the largely conscious "executive" part of the personality as the

Freud suggested that the id's pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct pleasure-sensitive areas of the body known as

Contemporary psychologists are LEAST likely to agree with Freud's belief that

Psychodynamic theories emphasize that personality involves a dynamic interaction between

In Freud's theory,erogenous zones are areas of the body where the

Freud believed that ________ are the "royal road to the unconscious."

According to psychoanalytic theory,boys' fear of castration is most closely associated with

Freud suggested that orally fixated adults are especially likely to exhibit

According to Freud,we store thoughts temporarily in a(n)________ area before they are brought into ________ awareness.

One night after he heard his parents arguing,4-year-old Wei had a vivid dream in which he saved his mother from being bitten by a large snake.A psychoanalyst would most likely suspect that Wei's dream reflects a(n)

The ________ perspective emphasize that personality involves a dynamic interaction between conscious and unconscious mental processes.

The defense mechanism by which people disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others is called

According to Freud,boys are most likely to experience the Oedipus complex during the ________ stage.

Redirecting aggressive or sexual impulses toward a less threatening target is referred to as

According to Freud,what psychologists now call our gender identity develops most rapidly during the ________ stage.

Freud believed that the basis of human personality was some form of ________ that needed to be resolved.

Contemporary psychodynamic theorists agree that childhood experiences shape our