Chapter 2 MC

Question 1

The twin cornerstones of psychoanalytic motivation are

a. sex and security.
b. safety and security.
c. hunger and sex.
d. sex and aggression

Answer 1

d

Question 2

Freud began his self-analysis shortly after

a. he broke off his relationship with Fliess.
b. he broke off his relationship with Jung.
c. his mother died.
d. his father died.

Answer 2

d

Question 3

As a youth and young man, Freud was strongly motivated to

a. win fame by making a great discovery.
b. overtake his older brother Julius.
c. practice medicine on the poor people of Vienna.
d. become a rabbi and move to New York.

Answer 3

a

Question 4

What analogy did Freud use to illustrate the relationship between the ego and the id?

a. rider and horse
b. groom and bride
c. chicken and egg
d. hammer and anvil

Answer 4

a

Question 5

The id serves the __________ principle.

a. pleasure
b. reality
c. moralistic
d. idealistic

Answer 5

a

Question 6

Which regions of the mind have no direct contact with the external world?

a. id and superego
b. id and ego
c. id only
d. ego and superego

Answer 6

a

Question 7

Which of these is a manifestation of both sex and aggression?

a. anxiety
b. narcissism
c. sadism
d. love

Answer 7

c

Question 8

A masochist receives sexual pleasure from

a. inflicting pain on others.
b. joining a credit union.
c. receiving pain inflicted by others.
d. watching other people undress.

Answer 8

c

Question 9

Freud called the mouth, anus, and genitals

a. Oedipal strivings.
b. erogenous zones.
c. the aim of the sexual instinct.
d. the aim of the aggressive instinct

Answer 9

b

Question 10

The guilt a person experiences after violating personal standards of conduct is called ________ anxiety.

a. realistic
b. neurotic
c. manifest
d. moral

Answer 10

d

Question 11

According to Freud, anxiety is felt by the

a. id.
b. ego.
c. superego.
d. conscience.

Answer 11

b

Question 12

Defense mechanisms protect the ego against

a. feelings of shame.
b. guilt.
c. anxiety.
d. public disgrace.

Answer 12

c

Question 13

In Freudian theory, anxiety

a. reduces repression.
b. triggers repression.
c. increases repression.
d. is caused by repression.

Answer 13

b

Question 14

After a drive or image has been repressed, it

a. may remain unchanged in the unconscious.
b. could force its way into consciousness in an unchanged form.
c. could be expressed in a disguised or distorted form.
d. any of the above.

Answer 14

d

Question 15

With this defense mechanism, a repressed desire finds an opposite and exaggerated expression.

a. fixation
b. reaction formation
c. sublimation
d. projection

Answer 15

b

Question 16

A completely weaned child goes back to the bottle after a younger sister is born. This return to a more infantile pattern of behavior expresses a

a. reaction formation.
b. fixation.
c. regression.
d. projection.

Answer 16

c

Question 17

Chad has great admiration for his history teacher. He attempts to imitate this teacher’s lifestyle and mannerisms. This is an example of

a. displacement.
b. sublimation c. projection.
d. introjection.

Answer 17

d

Question 18

This defense mechanism, unlike the others, usually results in some benefit to society.

a. projection
b. fixation
c. sublimation
d. regression

Answer 18

c

Question 19

To Freud, the most crucial stage of development is

a. infancy.
b. latency.
c. genital.
d. maturity.

Answer 19

a

Question 20

The anal triad consists of all these characteristics EXCEPT

a. miserliness.
b. aggressiveness.
c. stubbornness.
d. compulsive neatness.

Answer 20

b

Question 21

Freud believed that differences between boys and girls in psychosexual development are due to

a. parental expectations.
b. cultural experiences.
c. anatomy.
d. hormones.

Answer 21

c

Question 22

For boys, the castration complex

a. takes the form of penis envy.
b. shatters the Oedipus complex.
c. comes before the Oedipus complex.
d. all of these are correct.
e. none of these is correct.

Answer 22

b

Question 23

For girls, the castration complex

a. takes the form of penis envy.
b. shatters the Oedipus complex.
c. comes after the Oedipus complex.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.

Answer 23

a

Question 24

For boys,
a. the Oedipus complex comes before the castration complex.
b. the castration complex takes the form of castration anxiety.
c. the Oedipus complex is solved when they identify with their father—at around age 5 or 6.
d. none of these.
e all of these are correct.

Answer 24

e

Question 25

Freud believed that, with few exceptions, the unconscious meaning of dreams is an expression of

a. early childhood traumas.
b. wish-fulfillments.
c. experiences of the day before.
d. feelings of inferiority.

Answer 25

b

Question 26

Psychoanalytic therapy is most likely to include this technique.

a. homework assignments
b. free association
c. interpretation of early recollections
d. an active, aggressive therapist

Answer 26

b

Question 27

During the past dozen or so years, psychoanalysis has received most research support from

a. operant conditioning.
b. sociology.
c. religion.
d. neuroscience.

Answer 27

c