Question 1

Freud concluded that every dream was a ____,meaning a symbolic expression of a desire that the dreamer could not express directly without experiencing anxiety.

Accepted Answer

A)  transference
B)  cathexis
C)  wish fulfillment
D)  anticathexisE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

If during psychoanalysis the therapist develops strong emotional feelings toward the patient,____ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A)  resistance
B)  transference
C)  countertransference
D)  anticathexisE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

According to Freud,what a dream appeared to be about was its ____ content and what it is really about is its ____ content.

Accepted Answer

A)  manifest;latent
B)  latent;manifest
C)  primary;secondary
D)  pleasurable;realityE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Freud considered such things as poetry,art,religion,and baseball to be examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rationalization
B)  projection
C)  sublimation
D)  reaction formationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

The male and female Oedipal complexes occur during the phallic stage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For Freud,the parapraxes are phenomena that occur during analysis such as resistance and transference.F

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In his effort to understand feminine psychology,Freud:

Accepted Answer

A)  believed he was as successful as he was with masculine psychology
B)  believed he was even more successful than he was with masculine psychology
C)  essentially admitted defeat
D)  concluded that masculine and feminine psychology were essentially the sameE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Which of the following did Freud accept as evidence for his contention that his patients had been sexually seduced as children?

Accepted Answer

A)  the intense emotion displayed by patients when such seductions were suggested to them
B)  the denial of such seductions by his patients
C)  both the intense emotion displayed by patients when such seductions were suggested to them and the denial of such seductions by his patients
D)  neither the intense emotion displayed by patients when such seductions were suggested to them nor the denial of such seductions by his patientsE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Which concept from Helmholtz's work did Freud borrow and apply to his psychological system?

Accepted Answer

A)  unconscious inference
B)  apperceptive mass
C)  the conservation of energy
D)  petites perceptionE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

The ego is governed by the ____ principle.

Accepted Answer

A)  pleasure
B)  reality
C)  primary
D)  OedipalE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Who was among the first to suggest that mental experiences ranged from those of which we are aware to those of which we are unaware?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schopenhauer
B)  Leibniz
C)  Nietzsche
D)  BrentanoE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

When a patient stops short of remembering a traumatic experience he/she is displaying transference.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In Studies on Hysteria,many basic tenets of psychoanalysis were presented.Among these are:

Accepted Answer

A)  symptoms are symbolic representations of underlying traumatic experiences which are repressed
B)  repressed memories are held in the unconscious because they provoke anxiety
C)  fundamental to the idea is that the repressed experiences and conflicts do not go away
D)  all of these choicesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

The collective energy associated with the instincts in the id is called the ____ and accounts for most human behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  reflex action
B)  primary process
C)  libido
D)  erosE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Freud's theory has been criticized for all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  being nonrepresentative of the general population because Freud used his own patients as the source of data
B)  it contained many concepts that are difficult to verify
C)  its overemphasis on sex
D)  its emphasis on neurophysiological mechanismE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Freud believed that the superego was influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  free will
B)  archaic rudiments
C)  patterns of reward and punishment in a person's lifetime
D)  archaic rudiments and patterns of reward and punishment in a person's lifetimeE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

At one point,Freud believed that adult hysteria was the result of an actual sexual incident that occurred in the life of the patient.This was called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  seduction theory
B)  theory of catharsis
C)  theory of countertransference
D)  Oedipus complexE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Describe the basic components of Freud's theory of personality.

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Freud differentiated between the conscio...

Question 19

As the child internalizes do's and don't's,he or she develops the ego.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

By using the ego defense mechanism of ____,one sees the causes of failure and undesirable urges as "out there" instead of in one's self.

Accepted Answer

A)  sublimation
B)  projection
C)  rationalization
D)  identificationE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 16: Psychoanalysis

If during psychoanalysis the therapist develops strong emotional feelings toward the patient,____ has occurred.

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In his effort to understand feminine psychology,Freud:

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Freud concluded that every dream was a ____,meaning a symbolic expression of a desire that the dreamer could not express directly without experiencing anxiety.

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Which of the following did Freud accept as evidence for his contention that his patients had been sexually seduced as children?

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Freud's theory has been criticized for all of the following except:

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Freud considered such things as poetry,art,religion,and baseball to be examples of:

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Which concept from Helmholtz's work did Freud borrow and apply to his psychological system?

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The collective energy associated with the instincts in the id is called the ____ and accounts for most human behavior.

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The ego is governed by the ____ principle.

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For Freud,the parapraxes are phenomena that occur during analysis such as resistance and transference.F

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At one point,Freud believed that adult hysteria was the result of an actual sexual incident that occurred in the life of the patient.This was called the:

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When a patient stops short of remembering a traumatic experience he/she is displaying transference.

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Who was among the first to suggest that mental experiences ranged from those of which we are aware to those of which we are unaware?

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The male and female Oedipal complexes occur during the phallic stage.

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Describe the basic components of Freud's theory of personality.

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As the child internalizes do's and don't's,he or she develops the ego.

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By using the ego defense mechanism of ____,one sees the causes of failure and undesirable urges as "out there" instead of in one's self.

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According to Freud,what a dream appeared to be about was its ____ content and what it is really about is its ____ content.

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Freud believed that the superego was influenced by:

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In Studies on Hysteria,many basic tenets of psychoanalysis were presented.Among these are:

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