Psychoanalytic Theory: Sigmund Freud

Question 1

Inherited unconscious images that originated from the experiences of our early ancestors that have been passed on to us through hundreds of generations of repetition.

Answer 1

Phylogenetic Endowment.

Question 2

4 Dynamics (Motivation Principle) of Personality

Answer 2

Drives, Sex, Aggression, and Anxiety

Question 3

Final aim of aggressive drive is _.

Answer 3

self-destruction

Question 4

When the girl holds her mother responsible for bringing her into the world without a penis.

Answer 4

Female Oedipus Complex

Question 5

Exception to the rule that dreams are wish fulfillments.

Answer 5

Patients suffering from a traumatic experience

Question 6

Found in people with posttraumatic stress disorder who repeatedly dream of frightening or traumatic experiences.

Answer 6

Principle of repetition compulsion

Question 7

3 typical anxiety dreams:

Answer 7

1 embarrassment dream of nakedness,
2 dreams of the death of a beloved person, and
3 dreams of failing an examination

Question 8

Related Research: The philosopher of science who proposed the criterion of falsifiability, contrasted Freud’s theory with Einstein’s and concluded that the former was not falsifiable and therefore not science.

Answer 8

Karl Popper