Psychoanalytic Perspective Review

According to Freud, the unconscious is

• the thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories, of which we are largely unaware.

• a set of universal concepts acquired by all humans from our common past.

• a reservoir of deeply repressed memories that does not affect behavior.

• the personality structure that abides by the reality principle.

When 2-year old Matthew was told he would get no dessert until he finished the food on his plate, he threw his plate on the floor in a temper tantrum. Freud would have suggested that Matthew was unable to resist the demands of his

• id.

• ego.

• superego.

Although Garth wants to interact sexually with his girlfriend, he also wants to avoid premarital sex. Freud would have suggested that both desires might be partially satisfied by Gath's

• id.

• ego.

• superego.

Freud believed that __________ were the "royal road to the unconscious."

• hypnotic trances

• free associations

• dreams

• psychosexual stages

A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as

• fixation.

• free association.

• hypnosis.

• projection.

Who emphasized that slips of the tongue often reveal the personality dynamics that contribute to psychological disorders?

• Jung

• Freud

• Adler

• Maslow

Helen has had a terrible day at work. She cannot tell her boss off, so she goes home and yells at her husband instead. This would be an example of:

• displacement.

• rationalization.

• denial.

• regression.

Bryce often acts so daring and overly confident that few people realize he is actually riddled with unconscious insecurity and self-doubt. Bryce best illustrates the use of a defense mechanism known as

• regression.

• projection.

• displacement.

• reaction formation.

Abdul mistakenly believes that his classmates are unusally hostile. In fact, Abdul is the most quarrelsome and aggressive child in the school. According to psychoanalytic theory, Abdul's belief that his classmates are hostile is a

• projection.

• denial.

• reaction formation.

• repression.

Freud suggested that adults with a passive personality marked by a childlike dependency demonstrate signs of

• a phallic fixation.

• a genital fixation.

• an oral fixation.

• an anal fixation.