Psych - Unit 3 - Freud Review

Freud believed our personalities were set a result of:

• Early childhood experiences

• Sibling rivalry

• Role of genetics in development

• Nature vs. nurture

A three-year-old boy is rejecting his father and only wants to be around his mother. Freud would theorize the child is going through which phase?

• Pleasure principle

• Reality principle

• Latency period

• Oedipus complex

One major criticism of Freudian psychoanalytic theory is that it:

• Focuses too much on sexual conflicts and fixations

• Assumes all behaviors are learned during childhood

• Is too pessimistic about the future of humanity

• Focuses too much on the id and not enough on the ego

According to Freud, what is the preconscious?

• Another name for “conscious”

• 1. The opposing term for the unconscious

• The part of the mind that is right below the conscious surface

• The part of the unconscious that does not hold repressed desires

Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

• failure of parents to reinforce healthy behavior

• poor self-concept resulting from excessive parental demands

• unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences

• exposure of children to unhealthy role models

The first of Freud's psychosexual stages of development:

• Oral

• Anal

• Phallic

• Latency

• Adult Genital

Freud would say that an adult that exhibits overly organized and controlling behaviors may be fixated in the ____ stage.

• Oral

• Anal

• Phallic

• Latency

• Adult Genital

The "moral" part of our psyche that tells us to follow society's rules and regulations.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

The part of our psyche guided by "reality" or a compromise between what we want and what is socially acceptable.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

Your boss yells at you. You go home and yell at your little sister.

• Displacement

• Reaction Formation

• Projection

• Repression

• Sublimation