Tercs' Psychoanalytic Theory & Theorists Review for Unit1

In Freudian theory, the part of the psyche associated with instinctual, repressed, or antisocial desires, usually sexual or aggressive:

• id
• ego
• superego

The part of the personality that operates on the "reality principle," working to make decisions that satisfy our desires in acceptable ways:

• id
• ego
• superego

A reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories (often unacceptable or unwanted) that are outside of our awareness but affect our behavior:

• unconscious
• conscious
• personality
• preconscious

The idea that a male child desires his mother and fears his father illustrates the

• genital complex
• latency complex
• Oedipal complex
• Electra complex

Not stealing a candybar because it is morally wrong is a product of the?

• Ide
• Supergo
• Ego
• Subconscience

A child that is abused by his parents but later in life has no recollection of it ever happening is what type of defense mechanism?

• Repression
• Depression
• Sublimation
• Rationalization

Dad has a bad day at work and yells at mom, mom gets mad and yells at her son, the son gets mad and yells at the dog, the dog gets upset and chews his squeaky toy.  This is an example of?

• Aggression
• Sublimation
• Regression
• Displacement

Johnny has been picking on his classmate Suzy.  He has been pulling her hair and calling her names to hide his true feeling about her.

• Regression
• Repression
• Reaction Formation
• Denial

Which of the following defense mechanisms involves the use of self-deception to justify unacceptable behaviors or ideas?

• Rationalization
• Displacement
• Reaction Formation
• Sublimation

People who become fixated in this stage could become obese adults.

• phallic stage
• anal stage
• oral stage