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(1) primary process thinking

(2) secondary process thinking

(3) the ‘dreamwork’

(4) defence mechanisms

14. Which of the following statements is true of the Ego, according to Freud?

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) It exists prior to the Id

(2) It follows the ‘pleasure principle’

(3) It lends its libidinal energy to the Superego

(4) None of the above

15. Which Freudian defence mechanism does this statement illustrate: ‘I’m not jealous, you
are’?

Options - Correct answer: 1

(1) Projection

(2) Repression

(3) Sublimation

(4) Denial

16. Which of the following statements is false according to Freud’s genetic model?

Options - Correct answer: 3

(1) The oral stage roughly corresponds to infancy


(2) The anal stage is dominated by themes of control and shame

(3) The phallic stage ends with girls internalizing a harsher super-ego than boys

(4) The latency stage lasts from the end of the Oedipus complex until puberty

17. According to psychoanalytic theory, what is the ‘anal triad’?

Options - Correct answer: 1

(1) Obstinacy, orderliness, and parsimony

(2) Neatness, cleanliness, and perfectionism

(3) Compulsiveness, drive, and conscientiousness

(4) Stubbornness, attention to detail, and poor hygiene

18. One of these four lists contains concepts from Freud’s topographic, structural and
genetic models, in that order. Which is it?

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) Unconscious, ego, and repression

(2) Unconscious, id, and reaction formation

(3) Preconscious, superego, and regression

(4) Preconscious, superfly, and fixation

19. Neo-Freudians such as Erich Fromm and Karen Horney argued that …

Options - Correct answer: 3

(1) unconscious processes are unimportant

(2) Freud was wrong to emphasize intrapsychic conflict


(3) human motivations beyond sexuality and aggression must be recognized

(4) Freud was fundamentally correct on female sexual development

20. As a general rule, contemporary psychoanalytic theory …

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) pays more attention to interpersonal relationships

(2) does not rely on the concepts of psychic energy and instincts

(3) is relatively open to the findings of empirical psychology

(4) all of the above

21. Critics of psychoanalytic inference argue that it is …

Options - Correct answer: 1

(1) too dependent on subjective interpretation

(2) too rigorous

(3) too focused on psychological validity

(4) too cautious

22. Which of the following is not a weakness of psychoanalytic evidence?

Options - Correct answer: 2

(1) Its subjectivity

(2) Its limited quantity

(3) Its vulnerability to suggestion


(4) Its lack of public availability

23. Psychoanalytic theory is NOT often criticized for which of the following?

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) Being unfalsifiable

(2) Being unscientific

(3) Being deterministic

(4) Being simplistic

24. Which of the following psychological ideas and research topics can arguably be traced
back to psychoanalytic theorizing?

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) Attachment style

(2) Implicit attitudes

(3) The psychology of motivation

(4) All of the above

25. Psychoanalysis was developed to treat which mental disorder?

Options - Correct answer: 4

(1) Hypochondriasis

(2) Depression

(3) Neurosis

(4) Hysteria

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