Question 1

From a Freudian perspective, psychological maturity might be characterized by

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A)  minimal repression and maximal consciousness.
B)  a maximum number of defense mechanisms.
C)  a heavily repressed id and an overwhelming superego.
D)  minimal libido directed toward others.

Question 2

The principle source of frustration during Freud's anal phase is

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A)  weaning.
B)  learning to dress one's self.
C)  toilet training.
D)  suppression of masturbation.

Question 3

Madison is frequently berated by his domineering employer.Madison is too timid to confront his employer, but he takes out his frustration by mistreating his dog, children, and wife.According to Freud, this is an example of

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A)  reaction formation.
B)  identification.
C)  projection.
D)  displacement.
E)  regression.

Question 4

Freud gave several reasons why he abandoned his seduction theory.Which of the following was NOT a reason?

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A)  He realized that his highly suggestive therapeutic tactics had elicited false memories of seduction.
B)  The seduction theory had not helped him treat patients.
C)  He realized that the unconscious memories of severely disturbed patients almost never revealed childhood sexual experiences.
D)  He believed that the unconscious mind could not distinguish reality from fiction.
E)  He realized that even his own father would have had to be guilty of sexually abusing some of Freud's siblings.

Question 5

According to Freud, a masochist may receive sexual pleasure from

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A)  inflicting pain on others.
B)  inflicting pain on self.
C)  receiving pain inflicted by others.
D)  b and c.

Question 6

According to Freud, a guilt-ridden, timid person is most likely dominated by

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A)  the superego.
B)  the ego.
C)  the id.
D)  the Oedipus complex.
E)  phylogenetic endowment.

Question 7

According to Freud, transference is necessary to

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A)  treat psychoses and other constitutional illnesses.
B)  understand the latent content of dreams.
C)  prevent the development of neuroses after treatment.
D)  free the libido from neurotic symptoms.
E)  understand the manifest level of dreams.

Question 8

Freud abandoned his _______ theory in 1897, the year after his father died.

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A)  seduction
B)  Oedipal
C)  dream
D)  childhood sexuality
E)  anal

Question 9

Freud claimed that during the Oedipal period, a boy

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A)  feels sexual love only toward his father.
B)  feels sexual love only toward his mother.
C)  may feel sexual love toward each parent.
D)  is not capable of sexual love toward either parent.

Question 10

The function that fights against id impulses regardless of what is realistic or possible is what Freud called the

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A)  superego.
B)  ego.
C)  preconscious.
D)  conscious.

Question 11

According to Freud, feelings of inferiority stem from the

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A)  id.
B)  ego.
C)  superego.
D)  conscience.
E)  ego-ideal.

Question 12

Which of these progressions is most consistent with psychoanalytic theory?

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A)  Anxiety leads to repression, which leads to suppression of sexual feelings, which leads to a reaction formation.
B)  Punishment of a child's sexual behavior leads to repression, which leads to anxiety, which leads to suppression of sexual activity.
C)  Punishment of a child's sexual behavior leads to suppression of sexual behavior, which leads to anxiety, which leads to repression.
D)  Anxiety leads to suppression of sexual feelings, which leads to repression, which leads to punishment of sexual behaviors.

Question 13

The most basic Freudian defense mechanism is

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A)  repression.
B)  reaction formation.
C)  fixation.
D)  projection.
E)  regression.

Question 14

Freud's concept of humanity can be described as

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A)  deterministic and pessimistic.
B)  deterministic and optimistic.
C)  goal directed and purposive.
D)  purposive and optimistic.

Question 15

Freud held that ideas in the preconscious originate from

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A)  the conscious.
B)  the unconscious.
C)  both the conscious and the unconscious.
D)  neither the conscious nor the unconscious.

Question 16

According to Freud, a teenager preoccupied with self and personal appearance is exhibiting

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A)  primary narcissism.
B)  secondary narcissism.
C)  aim-inhibited love.
D)  moral masochism.

Question 17

A mother who has deep-seated hostility toward her only child but who shows overprotection and hyper-concern for the physical well being of her child illustrates which Freudian defense mechanism?

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A)  identification
B)  displacement
C)  projection
D)  reaction formation
E)  sublimation

Question 18

Freud regarded precepts such as "Love thy neighbor as thyself" as

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A)  reaction formations.
B)  worthless relics from an ancient religion.
C)  expressions of the erotic drive.
D)  expressions of neurotic anxiety.

Question 19

The paintings and sculpture of Michelangelo best exemplify Freud's concept of

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A)  Thanatos.
B)  regression.
C)  paranoia.
D)  sublimation.

Question 20

In Freud's aim-inhibited love, that which is inhibited is

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A)  the strength of the drive.
B)  the overt, open expression of love.
C)  the sexual aspect of the instinct.
D)  the aggressive aspect of the instinct.

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