Freud Quiz

Freud is considered what type of theorist?

• Psycho-social

• Psycho-analytic

• Psychosis

• Psycho-dynamic

What energy did Freud believe was the driving force behind behavior?

• Motivation

• Stress

• Libido

• Construction

How many stages are defined in Freud’s theory?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What is the period following the phallic stage called?

• The Anal Stage

• The Latency stage

• The Genital Stage

• The Oral Stage

Liberty struggled for years to quit smoking, but they finally succeeded. Now, they chews several packs of gum a day. At which stage are they fixated?

• Oral

• Anal

• Phallic

• Genital

Freud believed that the pleasure-seeking energies of the _______ becoming focused on different areas during development.

• Preconscious

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

This term refers to Freud's idea that children have an unconscious desire to possess their opposite-sex parent.

• Sublimation

• Libido

• Oedipus complex

• Manifest content

According to Freud, information that you are not currently aware of that can be recalled into awareness resides in which part of the mind?

• Prefixes

• Conscious

• Unconscious

• Subconscious

The executive of the personality, which operates according to the reality principle, is the_________?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• None of the above

According to Freud, which part of the mind corresponds roughly to conscience and is morally concerned?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• SuperId