CHAPTER 2 (Freud)

Question 1

Sigmund Freud was born in what month?

Answer 1

Either March or May 1856

Question 2

Freiberg, Moravia where Freud lived, is now known part of?

Answer 2

Czech Republic

Question 3

What was the name of his parents?

Answer 3

Jacob and Amalie Freud

Question 4

In Freud’s personal experiences, what had a significant impact on his psychic development?

Answer 4

The death of Freud’s brother, Julius

Question 5

Who did Freud formed a close professional association with that lead to the publication of “Studies on Hysteria” in 1895?

Answer 5

Josef Breuer

Question 6

In 1885, Freud studied under French neurologist _________, where he learned the hypnotic technique for treating hysteria.

Answer 6

Jean Martin Charcot

Question 7

What is known as his groundbreaking work that was completed in 1899?

Answer 7

Interpretation of Dreams

Question 8

In 1910, the __________ was established.

Answer 8

International Psychoanalytic Association

Question 9

What are the three Levels of Mental Life?

Answer 9

Unconscious, Preconscious and Conscious

Question 10

It comprises of drives, urges, or instincts that operate beyond conscious awareness but significantly influence words, feelings, and actions.

Answer 10

Unconscious

Question 11

It provides a rich source of unconscious material, including childhood experiences.

Answer 11

Dreams

Question 12

What is the censor blocking the passage between the unconscious and the preconscious?

Answer 12

Primary Censor

Question 13

What is the censor blocking the passage between the preconscious to conscious?

Answer 13

Final Censor

Question 14

Freud proposed that a portion of the unconscious stems from the experiences of early ancestors passed down through generations. What is this called?

Answer 14

Phylogenetic Endowment

Question 15

It consists of elements that are not currently conscious but can become conscious relatively easily, either promptly or with some difficulty.

Answer 15

Preconscious

Question 16

What are the two Sources of Preconscious Content?

Answer 16

Conscious Perception and
Unconscious

Question 17

Ideas from ________can enter the preconscious when attention shifts away from them. These ideas alternate between consciousness and the preconscious.

Answer 17

Conscious Perception

Question 18

Freud proposed that ideas, disguised to slip past the censor, enter the preconscious. Some of these images remain ________ due to the potential anxiety they may cause.

Answer 18

Unconscious

Question 19

What are the two characteristics of Preconscious Images?

Answer 19

Free from Anxiety and Similarity to Conscious Images

Question 20

It refers to mental elements currently in awareness. It is the only level directly accessible to individuals at any given moment.

Answer 20

Conscious

Question 21

What are the two sources of Conscious Elements?

Answer 21

Perceptual Conscious System and Within the Mental Structure

Question 22

What are the three Provinces of the Mind?

Answer 22

Id, Ego and Superego

Question 23

It operates on the pleasure principle, constantly striving to reduce tension by satisfying basic desires.

Answer 23

Id (das Es)

Question 24

Governed by the reality principle, it substitutes for the pleasure principle of the id.

Answer 24

Ego(das Ich)

Question 25

Represents the moral and ideal aspects of personality, guided by moralistic and idealistic principles.

Answer 25

Superego (das Uber-Ich)

Question 26

People are motivated to seek _______ and reduce tension and anxiety.

Answer 26

Pleasure

Question 27

What are the four dynamics of Personality?

Answer 27

Drives
Sex
Aggression
Anxiety

Question 28

Defined as a felt, affective, unpleasant state with a physical sensation warning against impending danger.

Answer 28

Anxiety

Question 29

Anxiety that arises from unknown danger linked to unconscious id impulses.

Answer 29

Neurotic anxiety

Question 30

Anxiety that results from the conflict between the ego and superego.

Answer 30

Moral anxiety

Question 31

Anxiety that involves an unpleasant feeling of possible danger without a specific object.

Answer 31

Realistic anxiety

Question 32

It’s purpose is to avoid dealing directly with sexual and aggressive impulses and to defend against the anxiety that accompanies them.

Answer 32

Defense Mechanisms

Question 33

Involves putting more effort and focus into other aspects to outweigh perceived weaknesses.

Answer 33

Compensation

Question 34

Is the refusal to accept reality or that something exists

Answer 34

Denial

Question 35

Attaching to something positive

Answer 35

Identification

Question 36

Refers to a behavior when individuals ruminate on previous events, replaying and reimagining them as a way to change what happened and, as a result, help protect against certain feelings or behaviors

Answer 36

Undoing

Question 37

Is using logic or reasoning to justify something upsetting.

Answer 37

Rationalization

Question 38

When the ego is threatened by undesirable id impulses, it protects itself by repressing those impulses into the unconscious.

Answer 38

Repression

Question 39

A repressed impulse becomes conscious through adopting a disguise directly opposite its original form.

Answer 39

Reaction Formation

Question 40

It involves redirecting unacceptable urges into different objects or people to disguise the original impulse.

Answer 40

Displacement

Question 41

It involves the permanent attachment of libido to a previous developmental stage.

Answer 41

Fixation

Question 42

During times of stress and anxiety, the libido reverts back to an earlier stage of development.

Answer 42

Regression

Question 43

The ego attributes unwanted impulses or feelings to another person, usually to reduce anxiety.

Answer 43

Projection

Question 44

Individuals incorporate positive qualities of another person into their own ego.

Answer 44

Introjection

Question 45

The genital aim of Eros is repressed and substituted with a cultural or social aim.

Answer 45

Sublimation

Question 46

Phase where infants derive pleasure from sucking and feeding.

Answer 46

Oral Phase

Question 48

(Oral Phase)
_______where infants incorporate the nipple into their bodies for pleasure

_________characterized by biting and aggressive behavior.

Answer 48

Oral-receptive period
Oral-sadistic period

Question 49

Phase that is characterized by the emergence of the anus as a sexually pleasurable zone.

Answer 49

Anal Phase

Question 50

(Anal Phase)
_______ marked by aggression
________ marked by interest in feces

Answer 50

Early anal phase
Late anal phase

Question 51

Phase where it is marked by the genital area becoming the primary erogenous zone.

Answer 51

Phallic Phase

Question 52

Boys initially identify with their fathers but later develop sexual desires for their mothers, leading to rivalry with their fathers.

Answer 52

Male Oedipus Complex

Question 53

They identify with their mothers and later develop sexual desires for their fathers, harboring hostility toward their mothers.

Answer 53

Female Oedipus Complex

Question 54

This phase involves a suppression of sexual drive, redirected towards nonsexual activities like school and hobbies.

Answer 54

Latency Period

Question 55

Phase where adolescents redirect sexual energy towards others, and reproduction becomes possible.

Answer 55

Genital Period

Question 56

Where suppressed thoughts are more likely to appear in dreams, leading to increased dream distress.

Answer 56

Dream-rebound effect

Question 57

These faulty acts, termed _______ or Freudian slips, are typically dismissed by individuals as insignificant, but Freud insisted they have meaning.

Answer 57

Parapraxes