Deck 3: The Psychodynamic Viewpoint: Forging Personality Out of Conflict Resolution

Question 1

An individual is brought to Freud's office by his family. When asked about the individual's reason for the visit, the individual says, "I cannot move my legs. After a terrible argument with my family, I woke up this morning and could not move my legs." Since Freud could not find any neurological reason for the paralysis, he assumed the individual was experiencing_______.

A) Hysterectomania
B) Hysteria
C) Hypnomania
D) Hypothermia

Answer 1

Hysteria

Question 2

Jill cannot find the slip of paper that contains the time for her next dental appointment. Jill's friend says that there must be some hidden psychological meaning why Jill misplaced the slip of paper. Jill's friend's statement is an example of:

A) Psychological disclosure
B) Psychic determinism
C) Psychic forecasting
D) Psychological dementia

Answer 2

Psychic determinism

Question 3

After working all day solving the problems at her office, Grace comes home and lays in front of the television for the rest of the evening to relax. Grace's efforts to balance her daily life is an example of her personality operating in a(n):

A) Bilateral manner
B) Bimodal split
C) Homeostatic fashion
D) Heterogeneous style

Answer 3

Homeostatic fashion

Question 4

Freud believed that personality operated on a _____ of psychic energy.

A) Redundant system
B) Closed system
C) Fixed amount
D) a & c
E) b & c

Question 5

Bill is aware that he is upset about an upcoming test in his personality psychology class. Bill's feelings are operating in the _____ of the mind.

A) Conscious
B) Preconscious
C) Postconscious
D) Unconscious
E) Semiconscious

Question 6

Alice forgets that she has a term paper in her history class until the night before it is due. Although she forgot about it until now, the information about the term paper was stored in the _____ region of her mind.

A) Retroconscious
B) Private self-conscious
C) Unconscious
D) Preconscious
E) Metaconscious

Question 7

Just prior to being recalled, an impulse or a desire can appear in a dream at the _____ region of the mind.

A) Preconscious
B) Unconscious
C) Conscious
D) Primary
E) Secondary

Question 8

A neighbor sexually abused Pat at age four. At 35 years of age, Pat still feels uncomfortable around people that have an accent like the neighbor but cannot explain the nature of these feelings. According to Freud, the source of Pat's feelings are said to be stored in the _____ region of the mind.

A) Primary unconscious
B) Emotional preconscious
C) Unconscious
D) Secondary conscious
E) Conscious

Question 9

A bank executive cannot remember the desire she had to steal money from the office. This desire was prevented from reaching the preconscious level of awareness by the:

A) Minor censorship point
B) Primary censorship point
C) Secondary censorship point
D) Major censorship point

Question 10

According to Freud's view of the mind, the _____ censorship point is at the unconscious level of the mind while the _____ censorship point is at the preconscious level of the mind.

A) Secondary; primary
B) Primary; affective
C) Emotional; affective
D) Affective; secondary
E) Primary; secondary

Question 11

At an unconscious level, Amy felt a sense of anger towards the homeless person who was asking people for money. Without giving it a second thought, she gave the individual all of the change she had in her pocket as the individual stuck his hand out. Amy's reaction of giving the money illustrates________.

A) Unconscious pre-functioning
B) Compensatory post-functioning
C) Homeostatic creationism
D) Compensatory automaticity
E) Homeostatic automaticity

Question 12

An army recruit has not seen her husband for two months while serving combat duty overseas. At night, she has sexual fantasies of him. Such fantasies are generated by:

A) Psychic instincts
B) Meta-reactions
C) Bio-imprints
D) Affective traits

Question 13

An army recruit has not seen her husband for two months while serving combat duty overseas. At night, she has sexual fantasies of him. As the _____ of the instinct triggering such fantasies, she is trying to reduce her feelings of sexual tension.

A) Pressure
B) Aim
C) Object
D) Source

Question 14

David is really lonely after his first month on his new job in a new city. To combat his loneliness, he thinks about all of his friends back home. After he adjusts to the new city, he spends less time thinking about his friends. Dave's degree of boredom reflects which characteristic of an instinct?

A) Aim
B) Pressure
C) Object
D) Source

Question 15

David is really lonely after his first month on his new job in a new city. To combat his loneliness, he thinks about all of his friends back home. After he adjusts to the new city, he spends less time thinking about his friends. Dave's friends reflect which characteristic of an instinct?

A) Aim
B) Pressure
C) Object
D) Source

Question 16

Your desire to eat when hungry is an expression of:

A) The death wish
B) The ego ideal
C) The life instinct
D) Superego functioning

Question 17

Although he is late for class, Alex elects not to run a red light at a very dangerous intersection. Alex's decision is unconsciously motivated by the nature of which psychic instincts?

A) Primal instincts
B) Base instincts
C) Life instincts
D) Psychosocial instincts
E) Death instincts

Question 18

Adam and Eve come home after a very stressful day at work and drink a few martinis each to help them relax and eliminate the tension. Their behavior is motivated by the nature of which psychic instincts?

A) Primal instincts
B) Base instincts
C) Life instincts
D) Death instincts

Question 19

According to Freud, expressions of war represent a manifestation of the:

A) Reality principle
B) Death instinct
C) Life instinct
D) Primary instinct

Question 20

Dave views the decisions he makes each day as the plant manager as extremely vital to the local economy and all of the related jobs it serves to sustain. Dave's view of his worth as a plant manager might actually be an unconscious reflection of his own ______.

A) Death wish
B) Ego integrity
C) Superego fixation
D) Life-wish regression
E) Narcissistic realism

Question 21

The _____ is the source of psychic energy and is located completely in the ____ region of the mind.

A) Ego; preconscious
B) Id; conscious
C) Superego; metaconscious
D) Id, unconscious

Question 22

Sean does not wait until the sales meeting is over to start eating his lunch in front of the other sales managers. Sean's behavior reflects the expression of the:

A) Pleasure principle
B) Promotion principle
C) Pre-operational principle
D) Painless principle

Question 23

Lisa deals with the anxiety of her writer's block by sitting at her desk and daydreaming about being a famous writer instead of working on her novel. Lisa is engaging in:

A) Secondary process thought
B) Dream power
C) Learned helplessness
D) Transpersonal meditation
E) Primary process action

Question 24

Janet decides that she will deal with her depression by joining a support group for people with depression. Her decision to deal with this emotional concern directly illustrates the operation of the:

A) Id
B) Ego
C) Superego
D) Preconscious process thought

Question 25

Gary decides that he will deal with his sense of loneliness by trying to meet someone through his gardening club, instead of just sitting at home hoping to meet someone. His decision is based on the _____ principle.

A) Mind-body
B) Reality
C) Ego ideal
D) Primary process
E) Pleasant

Question 26

Instead of going out with his friends, Tim tells them that he has to finish his annual sales report this weekend, but will see them next week. Tim is displaying the principle of:

A) Psychic foresight
B) Delay of gratification
C) Pleasure postponement
D) Affective advancement

Question 27

Janet decides that she will deal with her depression by joining a support group for individuals with depression. Her decision to deal with this emotional concern directly is characteristic of:

A) Primary process thought
B) Secondary process action
C) Post-censorship thought
D) Rational emotive reasoning

Question 28

Driving to a restaurant to fulfill your hunger needs is an expression of:

A) Minor process action
B) Secondary process action
C) Primary process action
D) Principal process action

Question 29

Ray decides to tell his boss that he has been leaving 30 minutes early from work on those days that the boss is not in the office. Ray's behavior is under the influence of the:

A) Superego
B) Moral master
C) Ego
D) Imago
E) Pleasure principle

Question 30

The sense of satisfaction you get when you do well on a test represents the:

A) Pleasure principle
B) Primary process principle
C) Ego ideal
D) Primary process action

Question 31

Rhonda feels a sense of pride when she finishes her term paper two days before it is actually due because she stayed in town last weekend instead of going on a weekend hiking trip with her exercise group. Her sense of pride is characteristic of the:

A) Ego mystique
B) Pleasure principle
C) Ego ideal
D) Superego secondary affect

Question 32

While thinking about leaving early from the office, Joey begins to feel a sense of guilt and decides to stay to complete his assignment. The source of Joey's sense of guilt is:

A) The pleasure principle
B) Primary process thought
C) Psychic meta-cognition
D) His conscience

Question 33

While at work or socializing, Tim cannot seem to control his desire to make sarcastic remarks about the people he comes into contact with. The _____ component of Tim's personality dynamics seems to be dominant.

A) Id
B) Ego
C) Superego
D) Preconscious

Question 34

Even before she begins to consciously think about cheating on her psychology quiz, Sandra begins to experience an unpleasant feeling. The situation illustrates the unconscious operation of:

A) The pleasure principle in reverse
B) Anxiety
C) Repression
D) The psychic galvanic response

Question 35

Jack feels upset about being laid off from work while Jill is worried that she will have to touch a piece of paper at a meeting that the rest of the members of the meeting will have touched without wearing protective plastic gloves. Jack's concern is an example of _____ anxiety while Jill's is a concern for _____ anxiety.

A) Reality; neurotic
B) Neurotic; moral
C) Moral; reality
D) Rational; emotional

Question 36

Steven is worried that he is considering having an affair with a woman at the office. Steven is demonstrating _____ anxiety.

A) Reality
B) Moral
C) Affective
D) Neurotic
E) Reactive

Question 37

You are thinking about cheating off of the test page of the person sitting next to you during an exam but feel anxious about this. You are experiencing _____ anxiety.

A) Moral
B) Neurotic
C) Reality
D) Psychic
E) Ego

Question 38

To help deal with the negative influence of anxiety, the ego can utilize:

A) The psychic control network
B) Preconscious channeling
C) Defense mechanisms
D) Psychic-directive reasoning

Question 39

While seeing a therapist for his difficulty to maintain long-term romantic relationships as an expression of his fear of commitment, Ralph is hypnotized to make it easier for him to talk about his fears. While under hypnosis, the therapist suggests that Ralph's fear of commitment might be due to some sexual abuse that occurred during his childhood. Hearing this suggestion, Ralph now begins to talk about an "incident of inappropriate touching" that involved a neighborhood teenager when he was very young. The recalling of the incident during the therapy session is an example of ________ (RMS).

A) Relative meta-memory simplicity
B) Repressed memory syndrome
C) Retroactive memory synthesis
D) Regressed memory saliency

Question 40

As part of a research project, individuals are hypnotized at told that they will be taken back to their childhood to a visit to Disneyland where they shook hands with Bugs Bunny. Many of the participants did recall a visit to Disneyland where they actually did shake hands with Bugs Bunny. Since Bugs Bunny is not a Disney character, such research can be used to dispute the credibility of ______ (RMS).

A) Retroactive memory synthesis
B) Regressed memory saliency
C) Repressed memory syndrome
D) Relative meta-memory simplicity

Question 41

The old saying to "kill your enemies with kindness" is an example of:

A) Repression
B) Denial
C) Reaction formation
D) Projection

Question 42

You get upset at your professor for the poor grade you received on your exam, so you go home and yell at your spouse. This illustrates the defense mechanism of:

A) Undoing
B) Sublimation
C) Repression
D) Displacement
E) Rationalization

Question 43

While trying to sleep, Ross has a tendency to cover his head with his blanket when he is worried, just as he did as a little kid. Ross' behavior is an example of:

A) Sublimation
B) Rationalization
C) Displacement
D) Regression
E) Undoing

Question 44

To take her mind off of the unpleasantness of her divorce, Monica increases the amount of time she volunteers at the shelter for abused women and the elderly relief center. Monica's behavior is an example of:

A) Sublimation
B) Regression
C) Projection
D) Regulation

Question 45

A problem with using defense mechanisms is that they:

A) Can provide immediate relief from anxiety
B) Are short-term solutions to problems
C) Can create more problems that they solve
D) b & c
E) a, b & c

Question 46

Randy does not seem to be aware that he uses one defense mechanism to solve many of the communication problems he has with people. Randy is displaying a _____ use of defense mechanisms.

A) Realistic
B) Healthy
C) Unhealthy
D) Parsimonious
E) Optimal

Question 47

Under times of severe stress, relatively healthy individuals engage in a defensive style of coping that:

A) Is similar to individuals with reactive memory syndrome (RMS)
B) Is more rigid
C) Involves more distortion of reality
D) a & b
E) b & c

Question 48

At the center of each psychosexual conflict is a bodily region referred to as a(n):

A) Psychic focal point
B) Astrogenous zone
C) Erogenous zone
D) Erotica zone
E) Electrosexual station

Question 49

A critical element of the psychosexual stages of development is:

A) The death instinct
B) The significance of childhood experience
C) Dream analysis
D) Defense mechanisms

Question 50

Freud viewed childhood experiences as:

A) A time of calm and restraint for the purpose of psychic growth
B) The framework for the development of important life skills
C) Laying the foundation for personality development
D) a & c
E) b & c

Question 51

The tendency to be stuck at a particular stage of psychosexual development is defined as:

A) Projection
B) Rejection
C) Regression
D) Reflection
E) Fixation

Question 52

The over investment of one's psychic energy at a particular stage of psychosexual development is referred to as:

A) Regression
B) Fixation
C) Projection
D) Self-selection

Question 53

Because Jason was given a tremendous amount of attention when he used his drinking cup as a baby, he now drinks a lot of alcohol whenever he wants to gain the attention of his friends. Jason's behavior pattern of alcohol consumption is an example of:

A) Protraction
B) Regression
C) Oral retro-reaction
D) An alcoholic relapse

Question 54

Being over- or under-invested at a particular psychosexual stage:

A) Increases the likelihood of regression
B) Decreases the likelihood of regression
C) Increases the likelihood of developing an erogenous zone
D) Decreases the likelihood of an erogenous zone
E) b & c

Question 55

During what psychosexual stage would breast feeding vs. bottle feeding your infant be of critical importance to the subsequent personality development and adjustment of your child?

A) Anal
B) Latent
C) Lactose
D) Oral
E) Infamile

Question 56

Rex deals with the stress of his supervisor's demands by constantly going to the vending machine to get a snack. Rex's behavior is characteristic of the oral _____ personality.

A) Sadistic
B) Incorporative
C) Mechanistic
D) Retentive

Question 57

Sharon deals with all of the people she supervises by yelling at them in front of their peers. Sharon's behavior is characteristic of the oral _____ personality.

A) Sadistic
B) Sardonic
C) Sedentary
D) Graphic

Question 58

The emphasis Freud gave to toilet training children is featured in the ____ stage.

A) Fecal
B) Rectal
C) Anal
D) Anus

Question 59

Otis deals with his anxiety about his dating difficulties by cleaning his apartment and car over and over again. His behavior is characteristic of the _____ personality.

A) Anal reactive
B) Rectal responsive
C) Fecal fanatic
D) Anal retentive
E) Anal incorporative

Question 60

Whenever another driver delays even the slightest amount of time at a stop light after it has turned green, Dexter starts honking his horn and making obscene hand gestures. Dexter's behavior is characteristic of the _____ personality.

A) Anal sadistic
B) Oral incorporative
C) Anal explosive
D) Oral reflective

Question 61

The genital region is the source of psychic tension during the _____ stage.

A) Penile
B) Phallic
C) Phallus
D) Genitalia

Question 62

Little Tommy sees his mother and father kissing while they are doing the dishes together. Tommy runs in and starts to pull on his mother's leg and wants to be kissed, too. Tommy's behavior illustrates:

A) Genital jealousy
B) The matriarch principle
C) Castration anxiety
D) Phallus envy
E) Phantom phallus

Question 63

Through the process of identification with the aggressor, the little boy:

A) Resolves the Oedipus complex
B) Acquires the basis of masculine sex-role behavior
C) Develops a superego
D) a & c
E) a, b & c

Question 64

The psychosexual stage in which the superego is said to emerge is the _____ stage.

A) Phallic
B) Anal
C) Oral
D) Latency
E) Genital

Question 65

A little girl sees her mother and father tickling each other while they are kissing on the couch during a television commercial. The little girl runs up to her father and says, "I want to play too." According to Freud, the little girl is demonstrating:

A) Bad manners and a disrespect for the parents' privacy
B) Phallus fantasy
C) Penile protectionism
D) Penis envy

Question 66

Little girls acquire the basis of feminine sex-role behavior by resolving the:

A) Electra slide syndrome
B) Electrolux complex
C) Electra complex
D) Electra conspiracy
E) Electralight imbalance

Question 67

Diane is particularly harsh on all of the new male sales managers she is training. Diane's behavior is a manifestation of the _____ personality.

A) Phallus
B) Phallic
C) Penile retentive
D) Penile explosive
E) Phallic defeatist

Question 68

Teddy and all of his buddies are busy playing video games at the mall while Betty and all of her girlfriends are planning their next slumber party. Such behavior by this group of boys and girls is characteristic of the _____ period.

A) Homosocial
B) Separatist
C) Latency
D) Collectivism
E) Isolationistic

Question 69

The practicing of sex-role behavior in the company of same-sex peers is characteristic of the _____ of psychosexual development.

A) Oral stage
B) Latency period
C) Anal stage
D) Regression period

Question 70

Judy and Troy exchange class rings and try to spend each lunch period together. The behavior of these two young "love birds" is characteristic of the _____ stage.

A) Prelove
B) Primary affective
C) Early emotional
D) Genital
E) Intimacy

Question 71

Rick and Janet have been married for 15 years. They share the household chores and support each other in their outside interests. They are sensitive to each other's emotional and sexual needs. Such behavior is characteristic of:

A) The fantasy family syndrome
B) Genital sexuality
C) An open marriage
D) Co-dependent couples
E) Romantic realism

Question 72

Freud's proposed psychosexual stages were:

A) Symbolic rather than literal in nature
B) Literal rather than symbolic in nature
C) The foundation for adult personality
D) a & c
E) b & c

Question 73

Based on object relations theory, a nursery school teacher who scolds a child severely each time he makes a mistake would be:

A) Classified into a "good" vs. "bad" object category
B) Seen as a source of comfort as a result of object reversal transformation
C) Internalized by the child in a manner that could affect his feelings for authority figures in the future
D) a & c
E) a, b & c

Question 74

Sam is someone who seems to have a very shallow sense of self, requires constant reassurance from others, and is very self-absorbed. Sam's object relations therapist considers him to characterize the:

A) Self-centeredness syndrome
B) Narcissistic personality disorder
C) Identity-absence disorder
D) Existential-identity disorder

Question 75

Edward uses his natural talent for drawing and interests in tinkering with electronics to establish a sense of self by pursing a career in designing video images for computer games. According to Kohut's view of personality based on object relations, Edward is exhibiting his_____ self.

A) Dual
B) Balanced
C) Collective
D) Bipolar
E) Divided

Question 76

As police chief, Mattie tries to balance her desire for power with her desire to make the city a safer place for the citizens of the town. Mattie's behavior reflects an expression of her:

A) Tripolar self
B) Secondary-level identity
C) Dual-self
D) Bipolar self
E) Reflective self

Question 77

In trying to establish an identity, a child's parents, school teacher, and soccer coach are likely to be considered:

A) Self-objects
B) Points of object reference
C) Objects of relational focus
D) Self-identity indicators

Question 78

Jane's parents come to cheer for her at her soccer games and take her to judo lessons twice a week in order to help her establish confidence and a sense of identity. Jane's parents are demonstrating a high degree of:

A) Empathic reflection
B) Empathic understanding
C) Empathic mirroring
D) Empathic monitoring

Question 79

In her acceptance speech for mayor, Sandra credits her success to the tremendous social support given to her by her family and friends and the building of her self-esteem by running for office in all of the community organizations to which she belonged while in high school. Sandra's healthy personality is characteristic of the:

A) Narcissistic personality
B) Self-focus of attention philosophy
C) Empathic self
D) Autonomous self
E) Egogenic identity orientation

Question 80

John sees his father as a source of much of his frustration and hostility, which serves to motivate him to work even harder so that he can be more successful than his father, which he hopes will result in receiving his respect. According to object relations theory, his view of his father and its impact on his thoughts and behavior are an example of a(n):

A) Abstracting schema
B) Behavior abstraction
C) Reflective construction
D) Deconstructive cognition
E) Working representation