Learning Check II Flashcards
Freud’s lifelong optimism and self-confidence may have stemmed from:
A. Being his mother’s favorite child.
B. His father’s outstanding business success.
C. The presence of much older half-brothers
D. The death of his younger brother
A. Being his mother’s favorite child.
Since early in his adolescence, Freud had a strong desire to:
A. Live in the United States.
B. Win fame by making a great discovery
C. Practice medicine.
D. Treat the poor and destitute of Vienna
B. Win fame by making a great discovery
Freud abandoned his ___ theory in 1897, the year after his father died
A. Seduction
B. Dream
C. Anal
D.Oedipal
A. Seduction
Freud’s psychoanalysis rests on which two cornerstones:
A. Sex and hunger
B. Sex and aggression
C. Security and sex
D. Security and safety
B. Sex and aggression
True or False: The “royal road to the unconscious” was thought by Freud to be parapraxes
False
True or False: “Freudian slips” are a product of preconscious and unconscious forces.
True
Which of the following areas of psychological research have recently joined to provide support for Freud’s theory of unconscious motivation?
A. Cognitive psychology and neuroscience
B. Educational psychology and learning theory
C. Clinical psychology and counseling psychology
D. Social psychology and neuroscience
A. Cognitive psychology and neuroscience
Which label best fits Freud’s theory of personality?
A. Scientific
B. Parsimonious
C. Comprehensive
D. Sterile
C. Comprehensive
Shevnn, Ghannam, and Libet recently found that the defense mechanism of ___ might have a neurophysiologic basis
A. Sublimation
B. Repression
C. Demal
D. Reaction formation
B. Repression
True or False: According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels. The more important level concerns the latent content
True
Freud’s concept of humanity can be described as:
A. Goal-directed and purposive.
B. Deterministic and pessimistic.
C. Deterministic and optimistic.
D. Purposive and optimistic.
B. Deterministic and pessimistic.
After successful psychoanalytic treatment:
A. Positive transference toward the analyst increases.
B. Neurotic symptoms are repressed.
C. The ego is expanded with previously repressed material
D. Psychic energy strengthens the superego
C. The ego is expanded with previously repressed material
True or False: According to Freud, transference is necessary to treat psychoses and other constitutional illnesses
False
The goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to
A. Uncover archetypes.
B. Transform unconscious material into consciousness
C. Bring about self-actualization
D. Eliminate all neurotic symptoms.
B. Transform unconscious material into consciousness
True or False: Asking a patient to verbalize thoughts, no matter how absurd, irrelevant, or embarrassing, is the Freudian technique of free association
True
