Psychoanalysis Freud & Lacan

• Denial
  Refusing to accept reality or facts because they are too uncomfortable to face.
  Example: A person refuses to acknowledge that a relationship has ended.

• Repression
  Unconsciously blocking unpleasant thoughts or memories from conscious awareness.
  Example: Forgetting a traumatic childhood event.

• Sublimation
  Redirecting unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable or productive activities.
  Example: Channeling aggressive energy into playing sports or creating art.

• Projection
  Attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone else.
  Example: A jealous person accuses their partner of being unfaithful.

Multiple Choice

What is repression according to Freud?

• A. Channeling urges into socially acceptable behavior

• B. Denying the existence of painful external events

• C. Pushing distressing thoughts and desires into the unconscious

• D. Copying behavior from parental figures

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Freud’s Id?

• A. Rational and aware of social rules

• B. Developed through language

• C. Driven by instinctual, primitive urges like sex and aggression

• D. Guided by internalized parental values

Multiple Choice

What is the main function of the Ego in Freud’s model of the psyche?

• A. To suppress moral urges

• B. To instantly satisfy the Id

• C. To mediate between the Id, the Superego, and reality

• D. To control unconscious desires completely

Multiple Choice

What does Lacan's Mirror Stage refer to?

• A. A stage when a child learns to speak fluently

• B. The moment when the child recognizes their true self

• C. The phase where the ego is formed through the misrecognition of the reflected image
  

• D. The child's first experience of trauma

Multiple Choice

In Lacanian theory, the pre-language world of images and fantasy is called...

• A. The Real

• B. The Symbolic

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  C. The Imaginary

• D. The Subconscious

Multiple Choice

What does “The Real” represent in Lacanian psychoanalysis?

• A. What can be seen and touched in the external world

• B. Logical, rational elements of society

• C. That which cannot be symbolized; often experienced as trauma

• D. A person’s fulfilled desire