Lesson 4

Question 1

Was his mother’s special favorite – her golden-haired Siggie

Answer 1

Sigismund “Sigmund” Schlomo Freud

Question 2

Fave child of Freud

Answer 2

Anna

Question 3

Wife of Freud whom he had 6 children

Answer 3

Martha Bernays

Question 4

set of psychological theories and therapeutic techniques that are based on the
work and theories of Sigmund Freud

Answer 4

psychoanalysis

Question 5

belief that all people
possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories.

Answer 5

psychoanalysis

Question 6

Freud compares the human mind to an ______________ (topographic model of consciousness)

Answer 6

iceberg

Question 7

contains our current
thoughts and perceptions

Answer 7

conscious mind

Question 8

much bigger than the
conscious level;

Answer 8

preconscious mind

Question 9

forms the bulk of the
human mind;

Answer 9

unconscious mind

Question 10

contains memories and stored
knowledge that are not part of current thoughts
but can readily be brought to mind if the need
arises

Answer 10

preconscious mind

Question 11

contains thoughts, desires and
impulses of which we remain largely unaware of;

Answer 11

unconscious mind

Question 12

contains fears, unacceptable sexual desires, violent motives, irrational wishes,
immoral urges, selfish needs, and shameful experiences

Answer 12

unconscious mind

Question 13

all our thoughts, emotions & actions have causes which
lies in the unconscious level of the mind

Answer 13

psychological determinism

Question 14

3 major aspects of personality, which interact to govern human behavior

Answer 14

id, ego, superego

Question 15

the “selfish beast” part of the personality;

Answer 15

id

Question 16

consists of basic,
primitive & innate urges such as sex and aggression

Answer 16

id

Question 17

operates according to the “pleasure principle” - seeks pleasure and avoids pain

Answer 17

id

Question 18

executive director of the personality

Answer 18

ego

Question 19

uses its cognitive abilities to manage and control the id and balance
its desires against the restrictions of reality and the superego

Answer 19

ego

Question 20

operates according to the “reality principle” – brings the individual
pleasure within the norms of society

Answer 20

ego

Question 21

enforces moral restrictions and battles against id impulses

Answer 21

superego

Question 22

“relentless policeman” and continues to insist that we do
the “right thing”

Answer 22

superego

Question 23

consists of ideals & morals which we have imbibed from our parents &
society, in general

Answer 23

superego

Question 24

ego calls on a number of strategies to resolve the conflict between its demands for
reality, the wishes of the id, and the constraints of the superego - what do you call these strategies?

Answer 24

defense mechanisms

Question 25

ego’s protective methods for reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

Answer 25

defense mechanisms

Question 26

the ego shifts feelings toward an unacceptable object to another, more acceptable object; redirection of an emotional response from a dangerous object to a safe one

Answer 26

displacement

Question 27

– the ego replaces an unacceptable impulse with a socially acceptable one; the threatening unconscious impulses are channeled into socially acceptable forms of behavior

Answer 27

sublimation

Question 28

– the ego transforms an unacceptable moƟve into its opposite

Answer 28

reaction formation

Question 29

the ego seeks the security of an earlier developmental period in face of stress

Answer 29

regression

Question 30

the ego pushes unacceptable impulses out of awareness, back into the unconscious mind

Answer 30

repression

Question 31

the ego replaces a less acceptable motive with a more acceptable one; conjuring up socially acceptable reasons for thoughts or actions based on unacceptable motives

Answer 31

rationalization

Question 31

the ego attributes personal shortcomings, problems and faults to others

Answer 31

projection

Question 31

the ego refuses to acknowledge anxiety–producing realities

Answer 31

denial

Question 32

– psychosexual energy; includes both our biological and sexual drives

Answer 32

libido

Question 33

parts of the body that have especially strong pleasure – giving qualities at particular stages of development

Answer 33

erogenous zones

Question 34

occurs when the individual remains locked in earlier stage of development because needs are under or over gratified which can result to various types of psychological disorders

Answer 34

fixation

Question 34

(0-18 months) – pleasure is derived from oral activities such as nursing, thumb sucking & putting anything they can reach in their mouths

Answer 34

oral stage

Question 34

(18-36 months) – pleasure is focused primarily in the anal zone, & is derived from the eliminative functions associated with it.

Answer 34

anal stage

Question 34

(3-6 years) – pleasure is centered in the genital region as the child discovers that self-stimulation is enjoyable

Answer 34

phallic stage

Question 34

the male child’s development of an intense desire to replace the parent of the same sex & enjoy the affecƟons of the opposite sex parent.

Answer 34

oedipus complex

Question 35

the female child’s development of an intense desire to replace the parent of the same sex & enjoy the affecƟons of the opposite sex parent.

Answer 35

electra complex

Question 35

– little girls’ feelings of envy upon seeing the male organ & realizing that they do not possess it

Answer 35

penis envy

Question 35

children recognize and idenƟfy with the same sex parent and strives to be like him/her leading to the resolution of these complexes

Answer 35

from ages 5-6

Question 35

(6–11 yrs.) – development continues but the sexual urges are largely repressed & so are relatively quiet

Answer 35

latency stage

Question 35

(11 years – adulthood) – pleasure is again focused on the genitals but this time lust is blended with affection & the person becomes capable of adult love in its fullest meaning.

Answer 35

genital stage

Question 36

Freud therapeutic techniques

Answer 36

talk therapy free association hypnosis dream analysis