WorksheetsFreud Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
To prevent itself from being overwhelmed by excessive demands from the id and superego, the ego relies on
The Oedipus complex
Defense mechanisms
The reality principle
The pleasure principle
According to Freud, personality is mostly established by what age?
5
10
15
20
As an adult, Jaden is uptight and extremely rigid, often unwilling to make even small adjustments in her schedule. At which stage is she fixated?
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Genital
Which psychologist famously criticized Freud's concept of penis envy, instead suggesting that men experience womb envy?
Mary Whiton Calkins
Anna Freud
Melanie Klein
Karen Horney
A common criticism of Freud's theory of psychosexual development is that:
It is focused almost exclusively on male development
His theory is difficult to test scientifically
Freud's research methods were unscientific and non-empirical
All of the above
