Why Freud Matters
Before we get down to cramming the bleak boring bones of the exam, let’s get inspired by
the real passion and outrageousness of the material.
When understanding the revolutions in thought that occurred in the late 19th to early 20th
century, Darwin, Marx and Freud were the giants who outraged, challenged and ultimately inspired
their own generations and many more to come – right up to today.
Darwin displaced humanity from the center of creation.
Marx overturned the social and moral order, putting dialectic class struggle in its place. He
is still upsetting people to this day.
Freud overthrew Cartesian dualism (the mind being Spiritual, and the body material.) This was
shocking, transgressive, and seminal. Before you even get to start talking about sex and
sexuality.
Anatomy is destiny.
Sigmund Freud
5 Exam multiple choice questions
Read before studying and guess the answers.
QUESTION 1
Which of the following statement/s about the development of the ego is/are
INCORRECT, according to Freud’s theory?
(1) The ego begins to develop during the first year of life and is fully developed by the age of six.
(2) The ego begins to develop during the first year of life and continues to do so throughout a
person’slife.
(3) The ego begins to develop during the first year of life and continues to do so provided the
individualdoes not become fixated at a particular stage.
(4) The ego begins to develop during the genital stage and continues to do so
throughout theremainder of a person’s life.
Question 2
Last week Tuesday things went terribly wrong for Ntswaki at work. When she got home, she
attacked her husband and their children verbally for no apparent reason. The following day she
accused them ofbeing mean and inconsiderate. Which defence mechanism was Ntswaki using
according to Freud?
According to Freud, one of the differences between healthy and psychologically disturbed
people is inthe types of defence mechanisms the two employ to cope with psychic conflicts.
Compared to disturbed individuals, psychologically healthy people are more successful at
employing the defence mechanisms of .
(1) displacement and sublimation
(2) displacement and identification
(3) reaction formation and sublimation
(4) identification and rationalisation
QUESTION 4
Margie visits a therapist about her sudden compulsion to clean everything in sight. She cleans
her house twice a day and cannot relax if there is so much as an unwashed plate in sight. She
tells the therapist she is a devoted Christian and enjoys a close, warm relationship with her
boyfriend. Althoughthe couple is comfortable about their decision to abstain from sexual
relations until after marriage, Margie’s compulsion for cleanliness and neatness is causing
disunion in the relationship.
According to Freud, Margie could be described as
experiencing .
(1) neurotic anxiety
(2) reality anxiety
(3) neurotic and moral anxiety
(4) moral anxiety
QUESTION 5
Mr Wilson is described by his colleagues and staff as a perfectionist and a shrewd
businessman who has an amazing knack for saving his company vast sums of money. He is
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