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Approaches - Psychodynamic Approach

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Freud's structure of personality, which part contains our internalised sense of right and wrong?

(a)  

2.

Which part of our personality contains our instincts and is entirely selfish?

(a)  

3.

Which part of our personality mediates between the other two parts of our personality?

(a)  

4.

Which of these is NOT a defence mechanism used by the ego?

a)

Denial

b)

Displacement

c)

Regression

d)

Repression

5.

If an ex servicemen took out his anger at his superior officers on his wife, this is an example of...

a)

Denial

b)

Displacement

c)

Repression

6.

If an ex army officer refused to acknowledge the death of one of his soldiers, this is an example of...

a)

Displacement

b)

Repression

c)

Denial

7.

If a fireman froze and was unable to enter a burning building out of fear, how might Freud explain this?

a)

The id has overcome the superego

b)

The ego has controlled the id

c)

The ego has used the defence mechanism of displacement

d)

The superego has control

8.

According to the psychodynamic approach, what is much of our behaviour controlled by?

a)

The ego

b)

The unconscious mind

c)

Defence mechanisms

9.

If a soldier has no memory of going into battle, what defence mechanism may have been used?

a)

Displacement

b)

Denial

c)

Repression

10.

If a police officer overcomes fear and protects a member of the public, what has happened according to the Psychodynamic approach?

a)

The id has overcome the superego

b)

The superego has overcome the id

c)

The unconscious mind has shown itself

11.

Which part of our personality operates on the pleasure principle?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super-Ego

12.

Which part of our personality operates on the morality principle?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super-Ego

13.

Which part of our personality operates on the reality principle?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super-Ego

14.

Any psychosexual conflict that is unresolved leads to ......... This is where the child becomes 'stuck' and carries certain behaviour through their adult life.

a)

Annoyance

b)

Depreciation

c)

Fixation

d)

Repression

15.

A criticism of the psychodynamic approach is.....

a)

Uses lab studies which are reliable

b)

Untestable concepts and unscientific

c)

has practical application through psychoanalysis

d)

Has no practical application

16.

A strength of the psychodynamic approach is.....

a)

Uses lab studies which are reliable

b)

Untestable concepts and unscientific

c)

has practical application through psychoanalysis

d)

Has no practical application

17.

Freud used the case study method and looked intensively at a small number of patients. This is an issue because case studies....

a)

lack detail

b)

lack generalizability

c)

lack control

d)

are too objective