Deck 7: Psychoanalysis

Question 1

Freud was greatly influenced by a short period of study in Paris with a neurologist famed for his work in hypnosis and hysteria. That individual was

A)Josef Breuer
B)Philippe Pinel
C)Jean-Martin Charcot
D)Paul Broca

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Breuer described a treatment method to Freud in which the release of pent-up emotions caused neurotic symptoms to disappear. This treatment method is called
)

A)psychotherapy
B)catharsis
C)transference
D)psychoanalysis

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Breuer's most famous case would have a profound impact on Freud. The subject was a young woman known by the case name of

A)Anna O.
B)Hedda M.
C)Dora L.
D)Marie M.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to Freud, the most primitive part of the mind operates wholly at an unconscious level. It is the

A)preconscious mind
B)id
C)superego
D)libido

Question 5

In Freud's model of the mind, what component is said to serve an executive function ?

A)id
B)libido
C)superego
D)ego

Question 6

In order to cope with anxiety that comes as a function of competing demands on the ego, unconscious coping mechanisms are developed, such as repression or projection. These are known as

A)complexes
B)rationalizations
C)defense mechanisms
D)transference strategies

Question 7

A young woman applies to a college that she most wants to attend. Her application is rejected, after which the woman convinces herself that the college is not nearly as good as some of the others to which she has applied.This defense mechanism is known as

A)repression
B)rationalization
C)projection
D)displacement

Question 8

The original form of Freud's seduction theory was that

A)children were often seduced by adults into sexual activity
B)children were always sexually attracted to the opposite-sex parent
C)the "recalled" sexual encounters of children and adults were actually sexual fantasies
D)all neuroses occurred because of repressed sexual desires

Question 9

The correct order of Freud's psychosexual stages is

A)oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
B)anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency
C)anal, oral, genital, latency, phallic
D)oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Question 10

The development of the superego is largely the result of

A)overcoming all id impulses
B)successful resolution of the Oedipal complex
C)mastery of sexual urges during the oral stage of psychosexual development
D)learning to eliminate most sexual fantasies

Question 11

To access unconscious motives in his patients, Freud used the methods of dream analysis and

A)projection
B)wish fulfillment
C)free association
D)identification

Question 12

The latent content of a dream

A)provides the dream's real meaning
B)is not accessible to the therapist because of defense mechanisms
C)is typically less meaningful than the manifest content
D)is rarely the result of a wish fulfillment

Question 13

Freud stated that the most important of the defense mechanisms is

A)denial
B)reaction formation
C)rationalization
D)repression

Question 14

In psychoanalysis, the job of the therapist is to overcome the patient's repression. What two processes in therapy initially make that difficult?

A)latent and manifest content
B)resistance and transference
C)denial and rationalization
D)projection and reaction formation

Question 15

When Freud gave his five lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts in 1909, what was the subject of those talks?

A)psychoanalysis
B)dream interpretation
C)hypnosis
D)human sexuality

Question 16

As a result of Freud's 1909 visit, how were his ideas received in the United States?

A)By the 1920s, psychoanalysis had captured the public's imagination.
B)Psychoanalysis was regarded as a curiosity but had virtually no impact on society.
C)Psychoanalysis was embraced by psychiatry but rejected by the American public because of its emphasis on sexuality.
D)Psychoanalysis would prove to be the principal factor in the birth of clinical psychology as a profession.

Question 17

A major criticism of psychoanalysis by scientific psychology was that it

A)was too heavily based on the notion of sexual desires
B)was a theory that could not be disproved which violated a basic tenet of science
C)was based on consciousness and not on behavior
D)placed too much emphasis on defense mechanisms

Question 18

Alfred Adler argued that individuals were mostly motivated by

A)striving for a significant life
B)a drive for self actualization
C)the significance of past events
D)libido as the principal source of sexual energy

Question 19

Adler's version of psychology, which emphasized social motives, is known as

A)analytical psychology
B)humanistic psychology
C)individual psychology
D)existential psychology

Question 20

For Adler, the key concept for ensuring the unity of personality is

A)one's birth order in the family
B)rejecting the power motive as a means to achieve success
C)the recognition that the pursuit of perfection is counterproductive
D)the life style of the individual

Question 21

According to Carl Jung, archetypes are part of the

A)personal unconscious
B)collective unconscious
C)life space
D)subconscious

Question 22

Which of the following derives from Jung's psychology?

A)life space
B)extraversion-introversion
C)inferiority complex
D)basic hostility

Question 23

The subject of Jung's Clark Conference lectures was a technique that he popularized in America. It was

A)dream analysis
B)hypnosis
C)word-association
D)catharsis

Question 24

The central concept in Karen Horney's psychology was

A)birth order
B)inferiority complex
C)womb envy
D)basic anxiety

Question 25

Discuss psychoanalysis as a theory of the normal mind, as a theory of neuroses, and as a method of investigation and treatment.

Question 26

Describe Freud's tripartite model of the mind including a discussion of the development of its components and their various functional roles.

Question 27

Discuss Freud's concept of the defense mechanism and the role that defense mechanisms play in everyday life for individuals. Label and define two defense mechanisms and give a situational example of each.

Question 28

Discuss Freud's seduction theory in its original form and as Freud revised it. Why do you think Freud changed his mind from his initial belief about child-adult sexual encounters?

Question 29

Freud's sole visit to America had profound implications for psychoanalysis in America. Describe that trip and its impact on American psychology.

Question 30

Much of psychoanalysis was problematic for an American psychology that was still working to establish its legitimacy as a science. Discuss the points of conflict between psychoanalytic ideas and the science of psychology

Question 31

Discuss the basic ideas of Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, and Karen Horney, indicating specifically how their psychologies differed from Freud's.