Sigmund Freud Quiz

What is the discipline created by Freud that studies the unconscious mind?

• Behaviorism

• Psychoanalysis

• Cognitive Psychology

• Humanistic Psychology

What technique did Freud use in psychotherapy where the client says things that come to their mind without a conscious filter?

• Cognitive Restructuring

• Systematic Desensitization

• Free Association

• Hypnosis

What is the goal of free association in psychotherapy according to Freud?

• To analyze dreams

• To develop defense mechanisms

• To access unconscious processes

• To control impulses

Which part of the psyche represents natural impulses such as using the bathroom and eating?

• Ego

• Super-ego

• Id

• Conscious Mind

According to Freud, what would the super-ego tell Teresa to do when she's having a craving for unhealthy food?

• Eat something healthy

• Do an hour on the treadmill

• Do a 30-minute run on the treadmill

• Eat unhealthy food and not work out

What is the defense mechanism where one denies or does not believe their true feelings to avoid anxiety?

• Displacement

• Projection

• Reaction Formation

• Denial

Which defense mechanism involves taking your true feelings and projecting them onto someone else?

• Repression

• Displacement

• Reaction Formation

• Projection

What is the defense mechanism where one is unable to recall memories of traumatic events?

• Humility

• Regression

• Dissociation

• Repression

Which defense mechanism involves feeling separated from one's own body or identity?

• Repression

• Dissociation

• Humility

• Regression

What is the mature defense mechanism where one accepts a situation and tries to make the best of it?

• Repression

• Acceptance

• Forgiveness

• Humility