GRE Psychology - Clinical

Clinical Psychology is the study of the theory assessments and treatment of ________ and emotional disorders.

• mental

• physical

• nutritional

• environmental

Who is the originator of Psychoanalytic theory?

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

Psychoanalytic theory views conflict as central to human nature. Conflict is between drive vying for expression. Individuals are motivated by drive reduction. Revised theory and said that true conflict was between ________ and Thanatos. First Freud preferred topographic model of mental life in which conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes). Freud revisited model of mental life and concluded it as structural; mental life has particular organization rather than layers.

• Eros

• Libido

• Id

• Superego

Who believed the human biggest conflict was between libido and ego?

• Freud

• Jung

• Adler

• Erikson

Libido is defined as ________.

• sexual force

• mental energy

• physical strength

• emotional intelligence

Eros is the ________ instinct, including sex and love.

• life

• death

• fear

• anger

Thanatos is the ________ instinct, including self destructive behavior.

• death

• life

• pleasure

• growth

Name the three components of the mind according to Freud.

• id, ego, superego

• conscious, subconscious, unconscious

• thought, feeling, behavior

• mind, brain, soul

The Id operates on the ________ principle (unconscious wishes).

• Pleasure

• Reality

• Moral

• Cognitive

The Ego operates on the ________ Principle (coping and defense mechanisms).

• Reality

• Pleasure

• Moral

• Fantasy