Exam 5 questions

Question 1

Freud used this term to refer to unconscious psychic energy that originated in the Id

Answer 1

libido

Question 2

this psychologist is well known for her pioneering work on the nature of “false memory syndrome”

Answer 2

Elizabeth Loftus

Question 3

Freud argued that personality, at its root, was this type of phenomenon

Answer 3

biological

Question 4

the psychodynamic view of the mind is based on this mechanical model

Answer 4

hydraulics

Question 5

one of the criticisms of Freudian theory is that it overemphasizes this aspect of human behavior

Answer 5

sex

Question 6

this type of “content” in a dream refers to the dream’s underlying, symbolic meaning

Answer 6

latent

Question 7

this humanistic psychologist was the originator of person-centered therapy

Answer 7

Carl Rogers

Question 8

Jung called these “waking dreams” and argued that their content tells us important things about specific aspects of human nature that apply to all people, regardless of their culture

Answer 8

myths

Question 9

Freud, together with this individual, considered the notion that cocaine might influence human sexual behavior through the excitation of “genital spots” in the nose

Answer 9

Wilhelm Fleiss

Question 10

this neo-Freudian emphasized how social factors affected female personality development

Answer 10

Karen Horney

Question 11

in Popper’s terms, psychoanalytic theory lacks this essential element of scientific theories

Answer 11

falsifiability

Question 12

unlike Freud, many neo-Freudians emphasized the development that happens after this developmental period

Answer 12

adolescence

Question 13

the work of this individual is typically considered to be the bridge between existential philosophy and existential psychology

Answer 13

Heidegger

Question 14

this neo-Freudian believed that the parent-child relationship was the most important of all human relationships

Answer 14

Klein

Question 15

along with stable/unstable, this dimension of personality was considered important by Jung

Answer 15

extraversion/introversion

Question 16

this humanistic psychologist argued that human needs were arranged in a hierarchy

Answer 16

Abraham Maslow

Question 17

this type of amnesia is claimed to be due to the unconscious repression of traumatic childhood events

Answer 17

dissociative amnesia

Question 18

this Gestalt principle is involved in the creation of the illusion of movement (think motion pictures)

Answer 18

phi phenomenon

Question 19

this type of anxiety is said to occur as a result of one’s fear of death

Answer 19

existential anxiety

Question 20

in addition to Freud’s personal unconscious, Jung postulated that there was also this type of unconscious

Answer 20

collective unconscious

Question 21

what is probably the major influence of Freudian theory on psychological thought?

Answer 21

Freud drove the field toward the realm of uncontrollable, unconscious, irrational impulses

Question 22

what is false memory syndrome and how is it related to certain therapeutic practices?

Answer 22

occurs when a memory of an event that didn’t happen to an individual is introduced or suggested and the individual believes it really happened. this is how repressed memories surface following repressed memory therapy

Question 23

according to Gestalt theory, what is transpositional learning?

Answer 23

occurs when an organism learns one principle or relationship and subsequently applies it to other, similar situations. see: Kohler’s chickens and dark spot relationship

Question 24

Sartre captured the basic idea behind existential philosophy with this famous three word catch phrase

Answer 24

existence precedes essence

Question 25

in what way was Erikson’s stage theory different from Freud’s?

Answer 25

Erikson included post-adolescent development into adulthood and old age

Question 26

in what way did Freud modify his seduction theory?

Answer 26

he later postulated that hysteria could be caused not only by sexual abuse in childhood, but also fantasies of abuse

Question 27

List 4 neo-Freudians

Answer 27

1. Karen Horney
2. Carl Jung
3. Alfred Adler
4. Anna Freud
5. Klein
6. Erikson

Question 28

humanistic psychology is also called third force psychology. what are the other two forces?

Answer 28

1. behaviorism

2. Freudian psychodynamics

Question 29

what is sublimation, according to psychodynamic theory?

Answer 29

the process by which urges of the id (socially unacceptable) are redirected into behaviors that align with the values of the superego

Question 30

what are the three types of anxiety, according to Freud?

Answer 30

moral anxiety
regular anxiety
neurotic anxiety