WorksheetsReview Quiz on Freudian Psychoanalysis
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Freud's free association technique evolved from his exposure to:
Charcot's hypnotic technique
The wondrous effects of cocaine
Breuer's cathartic method
the periodicity theory of Wilhelm Fliess
Freud's three levels of mental life are :
unconscious, preconscious, and conscious
Id, Ego, and Superego
das Es, das Ich, das Uber-Ich
aim, object, and impetus
According to Freud, most of our mental life is -
conscious.
preconscious.
unconscious.
a product of phylogenetic endowment.
Freud believed that unconscious ideas -
influence behavior only when one is aware of them.
have no influence on behavior.
influence behavior even when one is unaware of them.
are learned only after birth.
Freud claimed that an important function of repression is to :
protect a person against the pain of anxiety
convert superego functions into ego functions
protect a person against public disgrace
convert id functions into ego functions
Which of these progressions is most consistent with psychoanalytic theory?
Anxiety leads to repression, which leads to suppression of sexual feelings, which leads to a reaction formation.
Punishment of a child's sexual behavior leads to repression, which leads to anxiety, which leads to suppression of sexual activity.
Punishment of a child's sexual behavior leads to suppression of sexual behavior, which leads to anxiety, which leads to repression.
Anxiety leads to suppression of sexual feelings, which leads to repression, which leads to punishment of sexual behaviors.
Freud's notion of phylogenetic endowment refers to :
anatomical differences between the sexes that lead to psychological differences
the physical structure of the brain where the unconscious is located
our ancestor's experiences that we inherit and that form part of our unconscious
the social rules we learn from our parents that form the superego
According to Freud, ideas that slip in and out of awareness with greater or lesser degrees of ease are -
unconscious.
preconscious.
conscious.
repressed.
Freud held that ideas in the preconscious originate from :
the conscious
the unconscious
both the conscious and the unconscious.
neither the conscious nor the unconscious.
Freud claimed that pleasure-seeking people with no thought of what is reasonable or proper are dominated by the :
Id
Ego
Superego
Ego Ideal
In psychoanalytic theory, unacceptable drives and impulses are repressed by the :
Superego's ego ideal
Id at the urging of the Superego
Aggressive drive
Ego at the urging of the Superego.
According to Freud, a guilt-ridden, timid person is most likely dominated by :
the Superego
the Ego
the Id
the Oedipus complex
Freud believed that instincts are characterized by all of the following, except ?
Depth
Impetus
Source
Aim
Object
A young man gets sexual gratification by kissing and caressing women's shoes. What statement best describes this situation, according to Freud?
The sexual object has been displaced.
The sexual aim has been changed.
The path of the sexual instinct is inflexible.
The sexual instinct is permanently inhibited.
According to Freud, the apprehension a person feels when physically threatened is _______ anxiety.
moral
realistic
neurotic
terrible
Donna feels uneasy after violating her personal standards of honesty and cheating on a test. Freud might suggest that she is suffering from:
Karma
Moral anxiety
Neurotic Anxiety
Realistic anxiety
The most basic Freudian defense mechanism is :
Displacement
Dreaming
Projection
Fixation
Repression
The transformation of instinctual drives into socially productive forces such as art, science, and religion is what Freud called :
Displacement
Projection
Sublimation
Ambition
Freud hypothesized that a permissive, accepting attitude of parents during toilet training is likely to lead to which behaviors as the child grows to adulthood?
stubbornness, compulsiveness, and miserliness
generosity and benevolence
masochism and/or sadism
sexual dysfunction and aggression
From a Freudian perspective, psychological maturity might be characterized by :
minimal repression and maximal consciousness
a maximum number of defense mechanisms
a heavily repressed id and an overwhelming Superego
minimal libido directed toward others
In Freudian theory, dreams are theorized as :
wish-fulfillments
being prophetic in nature
having importance primarily on the manifest level
expressions of humans' phylogenetic endowment
The goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to :
transform unconscious material into conscious
eliminate all neurotic symptoms
bring about self-actualization
uncover archetypes
Asking a patient to verbalize thoughts, no matter how absurd, irrelevant, or embarrassing, is the Freudian technique of ?
Dream Analysis
Hynosis
Catharsis
Free Association
According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels. The more important level concerns the :
conscious level
preconscious level
manifest content
latent content
Freud's concept of humanity can be described as ?
deterministic and pessimistic
deterministic and optimistic
teleological and internally consistent
dynamic and eclectic
