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INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY (EXAM 4) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY (EXAM 4)QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Reaction Formation - Answer-Transformation of anxiety-provoking emotion to it's
opposite
"Being homosexual is not comfortable for me...."
"...so I'll denounce it!"
"I know I'm a racist, but that doesn't make me feel good..."
"...so I'll talk about how much I love minorities!"
Projection - Answer-Unconscious attribution of negative characteristics to others
"I'm not angry!!! You're the one who is angry!!!"
"Everyone is out to get me!"
Displacement - Answer-Directing an impulse from a socially unacceptable target to a
more acceptable target
You break your bat cause you can't break the umpire!
You practice karate instead of kicking your little brother!
Freud's Theory of Personality Development - Answer-Personality goes through stages
characterized by focus on certain erogenous zones
Sexually arousing zones
Sexuality begins in very early childhood
How we progress through these stages is critical!
Oral Stage - Answer-Birth to 12 - 18 months
Sexual pleasure derives from eating and drinking
Too much / too little gratification: fixation
Fixation at this stage: needs constant reassurance from others
Anal Stage - Answer-18 months - 3 years
Sexual pleasure derives from expelling waste
, Children can't relieve themselves wherever they want - anxiety results!
Fixation at this stage:
Anal personalities: neat, organized, stubborn
Phallic Stage - Answer-3 years - 6 years
Sexual pleasure derives from the penis (males) or the clitoris (females)
Development of sexual attraction to opposite-sex parent!
Latency Stage - Answer-6 years - 12 years
Sexual impulses retreat into the unconscious:
Girls have cooties...
Boys are icky...
This totally goes out the window when puberty hits!
Genital Stage - Answer-12 years and up
Sexual impulses reawaken and normal romantic attractions develop!
If you proceeded as expected, expect normal relationships...
...if not, expect difficulty with intimate relationships.
Oedipus Complex - Answer-Boy loves his mother and wants to eliminate his father
Castration anxiety
Identify with the aggressor
Assume father's personality
Electra Complex - Answer-Girl loves her father and wants to eliminate her mother
Penis envy
No fear of castration, so no need to resolve this promptly
Have a son
Problems With Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer-It's Unfalisbiable
Reaction formation
Ad-hoc explanations
There is No Support for it's Predictions
No correlation between potty-training and perfectionism
Grunbaum, 1984
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