Dom. Mod. Mid. Exam Understand the Self Freud's Theories

Sigmund Freud is known as the founding father of what mental method for treating mental illness?

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Psychoanalysis

• Talk Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

According to the document, what is the main idea of Psychoanalysis?

• Present behavior is influenced by unconscious thoughts.

• Dreams are not important.

• Mental illness is a physical condition.

• Behavior is heavily influenced by past childhood experiences.

The case of Anna O. involved a patient who suffered from what condition?

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Hysteria

• Schizophrenia

Freud believed that physical symptoms, such as those exhibited by Anna O., were often the surface manifestations of what?

• Brain tumors

• Repressed conflicts

• Childhood illnesses

• Physical injuries

What did Freud liken the three levels of the mind to?

• A building with three floors

• A tree with three branches

• An iceberg

• A three-part machine

Which level of the mind, according to Freud, is represented by the part of the iceberg seen above the water?

• The Preconscious Mind

• The Unconscious Mind

• The Conscious Mind

• The Superconscious Mind

The "reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness" is known as the:

• Conscious mind

• Preconscious mind

• Unconscious mind

• Subconscious mind

The Ego is described as the ___________, pragmatic part of our personality.

• Irrational

• Emotional

• Instinctual

• Rational

Which part of the "psychic apparatus" is concerned with instant gratification of basic physical needs and urges?

• The Id

• The Ego

• The Superego

• The Unconscious

The energy created by the life instincts (Eros) is known as:

• Thanatos

• Libido

• Id

• Ego