, May/June 2015:
QUESTIONS ON FREUD'S THEORY:
QUESTION 1:
Freud's theory of drives is based on the assumption that
a) unconscious energy is limited and a shortage of energy can occur
b) surplus drive energy may give rise to discomfort, tension and even pain
c) energy cannot become dissipated and disappear by itself
d) drive energy is subject to the principle of energy conservation
e) some drives are entirely antisocial and may be dangerous for society
The correct answer is:
1) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are all true
2) (a), (b) (d) and (e) are true
3) (b), (c), (d) and (e) are true (PB p. 52 – 56)
4) (a), (c), (d) and (e) are true
QUESTION 2:
According to Freud's theory of the structure of the psyche, the superego exerts constant
pressure on the (a) ________ and makes use of energy derived from the (b) ________ drive(s)
1) (a) ego (b) life
2) (a) id (b) death
3) (a) ego (b) death (PB p.55)
4) (a) id (b) life
QUESTION 3:
A circus owner employs an animal tamer on condition that the animal tamer teaches his
wild, uncontrollable tiger to perform tricks in the arena within three months, otherwise he
will be dismissed. If this metaphor represents the structure of the personality, which of the
following represents the ego in terms of Freud's theory?
1) The circus owner
2) The animal tamer (PB p.58)
3) The arena
4) The tiger
QUESTION 4:
Based on the metaphor presented in Question 3, the tiger represents the
1) Ego
, 2) id (PB p.58)
3) Super ego
4) The Id and the ego
QUESTION 5:
Complete the following sentences. The ego functions according to the (a), ____ and the (b) __
This means that the ego (c) ___.
1) secondary process (b) reality principle (c) delays satisfaction of its drives and evaluates
and weighs up situations (PB p.54)
2) reality principle (b) seeks immediate and complete satisfaction of its drives (c) primary
process
3) attempts to find suitable reinforcers to satisfy its drives (b) secondary process (c) moral
principle
4) primary process (b) reality principle (c) does not take the demands of the physical and
social reality into account
QUESTION 6:
Which of the following children appear to be in the phallic stage of psychosexual
development?
1) Cathy is approaching puberty. She shows no interest in boys and has set up her mother
as a role model
2) Lisa has just reached puberty and has suddenly become sexually aware. She and her
friends are preoccupied with what boys think of them
3) Peter has not yet reached puberty and derives pleasure from fantasy intimate
relationships
4) John has suddenly become very aggressive towards his father and spies on his mother
when she undresses (PB p.74)
QUESTION 7:
Jerry asks an attractive girl for a date when she turns him down, he comments to his friends
that he did not really want to go out with her and that she is really rather plain from close
up. Jerry is invoking the defence mechanism of:
1) reaction formation (PB p.64)
2) denial
3) conversion
4) rationalization
QUESTION 8:
A young mother has an overactive young son and he seems to subject her to a lot of stress.
She appears to be exaggeratedly protective, and constantly warns him that he might hurt
, himself. Freud would probably argue that the mother's behaviour suggests that she is
manifesting the defence mechanism of (a) and that she (b).
1) (a) sublimation (b) is suppressing her own aggressive feelings towards her child
2) (a) reaction formation (b) secretly wishes to hurt her child herself (PB p.64)
3) (a) resistance (b) denial
4) (a) is avoiding aggressive drives (b) is refusing to accept normal social activity
QUESTION 9:
Johnny is prone to violent outbursts. After a particularly fierce argument with his father, he
complains that his arm has gone lame, but there are no physical symptoms of any
abnormality. In terms of Freud's theory, it can be argued that Johnny is using the defence
mechanism of ______ because he unconsciously wants to hit his father.
1) denial or negation
2) fixation
3) undoing
4) reaction formation (PB p.62)
QUESTION 10:
Freud holds that neuroses derive from an unconscious desire to deceive the ego and in this
respect they are similar to the (a) content of dreams and to (b) __.
1) (a) latent (b) cathexes
2) (a) manifest (b) cathexes
3) (a) latent (b) parapraxes
4) (a) manifest (b) parapraxes (PB p.80)
QUESTIONS ON THE SOCIAL COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY:
QUESTION 11:
According to Bandura, psychologists should acknowledge the process of learning through:
a) direct experience
b) the unobservable aspects of personality
c) self-regulation
d) behaviour and the development of the psyche
The correct answer is:
1) (a) & (b)
2) (c) & (d)
3) (a) & (c) (PB p.312)
4) (b) & (d)
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