Psychoanalytic Theory

Question 1

Freud’s three levels of consciousness are:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Topographic, structural, developmental
4/ Sober, great at pool, unconscious

Answer 1

2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind

Question 2

According to Freud, which mechanism/process keeps certain thoughts from entering the conscious mind?

Subversion
Regression
Repression
Avoidance

Answer 2

Repression

Question 3

According to Freud, ‘manifest content’ of dreams is…

1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer
2/ Content that has subsequently manifested in the dreamers reality
3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings
4/ Content that is explicitly phallic in nature

Answer 3

1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer

Question 4

According to Freud, ‘latent content’ of dreams is…

1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer
2/ Content that has subsequently manifested in the dreamers reality
3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings
4/ Content that is explicitly phallic in nature

Answer 4

3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings

Question 5

Freud’s topographic model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

Answer 5

2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind

Question 6

Freud’s structural model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

Answer 6

1/ Ego, super-ego, id

Question 7

Freud’s developmental model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

Answer 7

3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

Question 8

According to Freud, what is responsible for the pleasure principle?

1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego

Answer 8

2/ The id

Question 9

According to Freud, what is responsible for the reality principle?

1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego

Answer 9

3/ The ego

Question 10

According to Freud, what is the correct of psychosexual development?

1/ Oral, phallic, anal, latency, and genital stages
2/ Oral, genital, anal, latency, and phallic stages
3/ Oral, anal, latency, phallic, and genital stages
4/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

Answer 10

4/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

Question 11

According to Freud, what is the archetype of the oral stage?

1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy

Answer 11

1/ Neediness

Question 12

According to Freud, what is the archetype of the anal stage?

1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy

Answer 12

2/ Control

Question 13

According to Freud, which stage of psychosexual development is primarily responsible for the development of gender roles?

1/ Oral
2/ Anal
3/ Phallic
4/ Latency
5/ Genital stages

Answer 13

3/ Phallic

Question 14

According to Freud, what energises the sexual drive?

1/ Hunger
2/ The phallic stage
3/ The oedipal complex
4/ The labido

Answer 14

4/ The labido

Question 15

According to Freud, what is the developmental order of the structural model?

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Id, super-ego, ego
3/ Id, ego, super-ego
4/ Ego, Id, superego

Answer 15

3/ Id, ego, super-ego

Question 16

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘repression’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
4/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them

Answer 16

4/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them

Question 17

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘reaction formulation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

Answer 17

3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)

Question 18

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘projection’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

Answer 18

2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault

Question 19

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘sublimation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

Answer 19

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work

Question 20

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘rationalisation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

Answer 20

4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

Question 21

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘conversion’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

Answer 21

3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event

Question 22

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘denial’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

Answer 22

2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now

Question 23

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘displacement’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

Answer 23

1/ Taking it out on someone else

Question 24

According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘regression’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

Answer 24

4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

Question 25

According to Freud, defence mechanisms develop in which stage of psychosexual development? ``` 1/ Oral 2/ Anal 3/ Phallic 4/ Latency 5/ Genital stages ```

Answer 25

4/ Latency

Question 26

In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by "transference"? 1/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the source of the conflict (often the mother) 2/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto their oedipus/electra complex 3/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the therapist 4/ The client transferring their conflict energy into their labido

Answer 26

3/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the therapist

Question 27

In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by "abreaction"? 1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion 2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist 3/ The physical expression of emotion 4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

Answer 27

1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion

Question 28

In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by "catharsis"? 1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion 2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist 3/ The physical expression of emotion 4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

Answer 28

3/ The physical expression of emotion

Question 29

In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by "counter-transference"? 1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion 2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist 3/ The physical expression of emotion 4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

Answer 29

4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

Question 30

According to Freud, fixation at the oral stage will lead to: 1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control 2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships 3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing 4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love 5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Answer 30

3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing

Question 31

According to Freud, fixation at the anal stage will lead to: 1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control 2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships 3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing 4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love 5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Answer 31

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control

Question 32

According to Freud, fixation at the phallic stage will lead to: 1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control 2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships 3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing 4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love 5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Answer 32

2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships

Question 33

According to Freud, fixation at the latency stage will lead to: 1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control 2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships 3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing 4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love 5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Answer 33

5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Question 34

According to Freud, fixation at the genital stage will lead to: 1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control 2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships 3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing 4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love 5/ There is no fixation at this stage

Answer 34

4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love

Question 35

Freud's psychoanalytic theory is based on: 1/ Nomothetic data 2/ Idiographic data 3/ Introspection 4/ Ley lines

Answer 35

2/ Idiographic data