Module 55 Review Multiple Choice Questions

Carly's therapist asks her to simply say what is on her mind rather than responding to specific questions or topics. Her therapist is making use of a technique known as

• the ego.

• self-efficacy.

• sublimation.

• free association.

• identification.

The Freudian concept of the ego is best described as

• operating on the reality principle.

• operating on the pleasure principle.

• focusing solely on the morality of an issue.

• the repression of disturbing thoughts.

• striving for perfection.

Ella was an aggressive child in middle school. In high school, she is a successful three-sport athlete because she channels her aggression into sports. Freud would suggest that this is due to the defense mechanism of

• repression.

• reaction formation.

• displacement.

• projection.

• regression.

What did Carl Jung call the shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history?

• Neurosis

• Archetypes

• Collective unconscious

• Inferiority complex

• Terror management

Psychoanalytic theory suggests that the ego disguises threatening impulses and reduces anxiety by means of

• free association.

• self-actualization.

• unconditional positive regard.

• defense mechanisms.

• learned helplessness.