AP Psych B - Module 55

Free association is

• a method of exploring the unconscious.

• another name for hypnosis.

• the major function of the superego.

• an ego defense mechanism.

• a method of dream analysis.

According to Freud, which of the following is true of the ego?

• It focuses on how we ought to behave.

• It is the source of guilt.

• It is the part of the personality present at birth.

• It strives to satisfy basic drives.

• It operates under the reality principle.

Which of the following represents Freud’s Oedipus complex?

• Yutao has begun to suffer from the same recurrent nightmares he had as a child.

• Madeline manifests repressed anxiety because of guilt she experienced when she disappointed her parents during toilet training.

• Five-year-old Anagha is taking on many of her mother’s values through a process of identification.

• Four-year-old Carlos is experiencing unconscious sexual desire for his mother and unconscious hatred for his father.

• Elle has begun to overeat and smoke cigarettes as a college student, indicating a degree of oral fixation.

According to Freud, which of the following defense mechanisms underlies all of the others?

• Repression

• Reaction formation

• Displacement

• Projection

• Regression