Deck 2: Classical Psychoanalysis

Question 1

Freud's friends referred to him as

A) professor.
B) teacher.
C) instructor.
D) doctor.
E) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Freud was

A) addicted to nicotine.
B) the eldest child in his family.
C) a devout Catholic.
D) A and B only
E) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the text authors, Sigmund Freud

A) was born into an era of anti-Semitism and sexual freedom.
B) was influenced by the lack of love and pride shown to him by his mother.
C) considered caretakers and authority figures in a child's life a template for that child's later identifications.
D) believed that human personality was influenced only by innate disposition and not by environmental circumstances.
E) used hypnosis as the primary tool to reveal the unconscious.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to the chapter, Sigmund Freud

A) credited the development of psychoanalysis to Ernst Brucke.
B) was influenced by Jean-Martin Charcot to look at psychological explanations of psychopathology.
C) was influenced by military commanders, writers, and philosophers.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 5

Freud has been criticized and/or questioned for

A) his writings concerning cocaine.
B) reducing the understanding of human nature to its biological forces.
C) modifying his seduction theory to assert that the source of neurotic symptoms was fantasies of seduction rather than actual sexual abuse.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 6

Which of the following statements is not true concerning energy from a psychoanalytic perspective?

A) Before birth, the infant's source of energy is from nutrients received through the placenta; after birth, the source of energy comes from food nutrients.
B) Energy can be expended through growth, metabolism, sensing, and movement.
C) Energy can be expended through physical and psychological functioning.
D) Physical and psychological energy is present in varied amounts that change throughout the life process.
E) Energy is expended while one is awake and asleep.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true concerning the drive-related process?

A) In primary process, a person perceives mental images as reality.
B) Predicate thinking occurs in secondary process.
C) The pleasure principle motivates all drives.
D) Secondary process can be observed in dreams.
E) Secondary process involves only cathexis.

Question 8

Most infant experiences reside in the unconscious because

A) the experiences are too painful to remember.
B) language has not yet developed.
C) the infants are incapable of metacognition.
D) the unconscious is exceedingly more vast than the preconscious.
E) infants are incapable of knowing who they really are.

Question 9

According to Freud's structural model,

A) the ego begins to develop when a child acquires the ability to speak.
B) the ego employs secondary process.
C) the ego differentiates from the id by creating cathexes.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 10

The superego is

A) socially oriented.
B) influenced by authority figures.
C) irrational.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 11

Concerning dreams, Freud believed

A) in dreams, two elements might be connected that the dreamer would not have connected in conscious waking life.
B) dreams can bring up repressed memories.
C) the real meaning of a dream is self-evident to the dreamer.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 12

In psychoanalytic theory,

A) the environment plays a negligible role in personality development.
B) the father is the most important influence.
C) the mother is the most important influence.
D) the child's id is formed through interaction with others.
E) the ability to displace energy from one object to another plays a minor role in personality development.

Question 13

Freud saw individuals

A) as healthy if there had been moderate gratification and moderate frustration in their lives.
B) as unhealthy if the ego could not manage the demands of the id and superego.
C) as unhealthy if the ego had been excessively indulged and/or not provided with opportunities to develop into superego.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Question 14

Freud thought the sexual drive was the most influential in personality development because

A) he was personally preoccupied with sex.
B) his patients reported memories of seduction.
C) he was rebelling against the Victorian era.
D) he thought sexual impulses were the least socially tolerated.
E) all of the above

Question 15

Avoiding guilt by generating a reasonable explanation for something that actually arose from an unacceptable motive describes the defense mechanism

A) repression.
B) fantasy.
C) rationalization.
D) identification.
E) projection.

Question 16

When a person's ego avoids pain by relegating extremely painful mental material to the unconsciousness, a person is using the defense mechanism

A) repression.
B) fantasy.
C) rationalization.
D) identification.
E) projection.

Question 17

Which of the following activities, according to Freud, is/are example(s) of sublimation?

A) having sex
B) painting a mural
C) fighting in a gang
D) dreaming
E) all of the above

Question 18

Penis envy occurs during what stage of psychosexual development?

A) anal
B) genital
C) latent
D) oral
E) phallic

Question 19

Freud

A) believed in God.
B) believed people were born bisexual.
C) believed homosexuality to be a normal variation of sexuality.
D) denounced chauvinism.
E) none of the above

Question 20

Match the characteristics in the items below to the appropriate psychoanalytic key concept in the lettered items. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Invests itself in erogenous zones.

A) Cathexis
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Libido
E) Superego

Question 21

Match the characteristics in the items below to the appropriate psychoanalytic key concept in the lettered items. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Comprises the entire personality at birth.

A) Cathexis
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Libido
E) Superego

Question 22

Match the characteristics in the items below to the appropriate psychoanalytic key concept in the lettered items. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Includes the component of the conscience.

A) Cathexis
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Libido
E) Superego

Question 23

Match the characteristics in the items below to the appropriate psychoanalytic key concept in the lettered items. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Operates by the perfection principle.

A) Cathexis
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Libido
E) Superego

Question 24

Match the characteristics in the items below to the appropriate psychoanalytic key concept in the lettered items. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Utilizes defense mechanisms.

A) Cathexis
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Libido
E) Superego

Question 25

The parent who abuses a child "for the child's own good" is an example of the defense mechanism known as

A) projection.
B) reaction formation.
C) identification.
D) rationalization.
E) repression.

Question 26

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Client employs predicate thinking.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 27

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Client expresses disappointment that a conflict-free existence has not been achieved.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 28

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Client repeatedly revisits the identified theme in all its manifestation.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 29

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Analyst anticipates the client will distort the therapeutic relationship.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 30

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Analyst addresses possible setbacks for the client to avoid relapse.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 31

Match a lettered concept to each of the items below. A lettered item may be the correct answer more than once or not at all.
-Analyst continually elaborates and amplifies the client's identified theme.

A) Termination
B) Opening phase
C) Resolution
D) Transference
E) Working through

Question 32

You wake up from a dream and remember being chased by a police officer. According to Freud, this memory represents your dream's

A) manifest content.
B) latent content.
C) preconscious content.
D) displaced content.
E) fantasy content.

Question 33

Your dream of being chased represents your wish to escape pain in your life. According to Freud, this wish is your dream's

A) manifest content.
B) latent content.
C) preconscious content.
D) displaced content.
E) fantasy content.

Question 34

If you feel "in love" with your analyst, you are experiencing

A) resistance.
B) manifestation.
C) sublimation.
D) resolution.
E) transference.