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Personality Theory Ch. 10 Questions and AnswersMatch each defense mechanism to the corresponding function.
a) prevent detection of the source of anxiety
b) take a shameful impulse and enact the opposite
c) create a seemingly logical reason for doing something shameful
d) redirect forbidden impulses onto a safe target
e) attribute an unwanted impulse in oneself to other people
1) Repression
2) reaction formation
3) displacement
4) projection
5) rationalization
**** a) prevent detection of the source of anxiety
1) Repression
b) take a shameful impulse and enact the opposite
2) reaction formation
c) create a seemingly logical reason for doing something shameful
5) rationalization
d) redirect forbidden impulses onto a safe target
3) displacement
e) attribute an unwanted impulse in oneself to other people
4) projection
By psychoanalytic standards, both Marcus and Amy are fixated or psychologically
"stuck." In the last two years, Marcus has had more than three dozen sexual partners;
he has likely developed a fixation in the _______ stage of psychosexual development.
Amy, on the other hand, is obsessed with her professors' approval to the extent that she
is late on her assignments because her work is not perfect; she has likely developed a
fixation in the _______ stage. **** phallic; anal
Match each of Freud's key ideas to the modern psychoanalytic concept with which it is
most closely associated.
a) Only some of what the mind does is accessible to conscious awareness.
b) The mind's processing ability is limited.
c) The brain consists of different regions with specific processes.
1. psychic determinism
2. internal structure of the mind
3. psychic energy **** a) Only some of what the mind does is accessible to conscious
awareness.
1. psychic determinism
b) The mind's processing ability is limited.
3. psychic energy
c) The brain consists of different regions with specific processes.
, 2. internal structure of the mind
Match each type of thinking to the corresponding central goal.
a) the immediate gratification of every desire
b) understanding what is rational, practical, and prudent
1. secondary process thinking
2. primary process thinking **** a) the immediate gratification of every desire
2. primary process thinking
b) understanding what is rational, practical, and prudent
1. secondary process thinking
Generally speaking, what is the function of a parapraxis? **** to manifest unconscious
conflict in one's behavior
What is the definition of psychic determinism? **** the idea that everything that
happens in a person's mind, and thus everything a person thinks and does, has an
identifiable cause
Freud developed the psychoanalytic approach of _______, in which patients solved
their problems simply by _______. **** free association; talking
According to Freud, what is the essence of mental health? **** to love and to work
What approach to psychotherapy did Freud establish that is also known as the "talking
cure"? **** free association
Which of the following are true statements regarding Freud's lasting views about
dreams?
a) Dreams are a way for unconscious thoughts to become conscious.
b) Dreams have meanings that are unique for every individual.
c) Dreams are the result of primary process thinking.
d) Dreams are random firings of neurons during the REM sleep stage.
e) Dreams can be interpreted based on a formal dream dictionary. **** a) Dreams are a
way for unconscious thoughts to become conscious.
b) Dreams have meanings that are unique for every individual.
Which of the following are internal structures of the mind, according to psychoanalytic
theory?
a) Thanatos
b) libido
c) id
d) phallic stage
e) anal stage
f) ego
g) oral stage
h) superego **** c) id
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