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Psychoanalytic Theory Flashcards

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Freud’s three levels of consciousness are:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Topographic, structural, developmental
4/ Sober, great at pool, unconscious

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2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind

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According to Freud, which mechanism/process keeps certain thoughts from entering the conscious mind?

Subversion
Regression
Repression
Avoidance

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Repression

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According to Freud, ‘manifest content’ of dreams is…

1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer
2/ Content that has subsequently manifested in the dreamers reality
3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings
4/ Content that is explicitly phallic in nature

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1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer

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According to Freud, ‘latent content’ of dreams is…

1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer
2/ Content that has subsequently manifested in the dreamers reality
3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings
4/ Content that is explicitly phallic in nature

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3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings

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Freud’s topographic model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

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2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind

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Freud’s structural model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

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1/ Ego, super-ego, id

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Freud’s developmental model of the mind is characterised by:

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
4/ Cardinal, central, and secondary drives

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3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

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According to Freud, what is responsible for the pleasure principle?

1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego

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2/ The id

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According to Freud, what is responsible for the reality principle?

1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego

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3/ The ego

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According to Freud, what is the correct of psychosexual development?

1/ Oral, phallic, anal, latency, and genital stages
2/ Oral, genital, anal, latency, and phallic stages
3/ Oral, anal, latency, phallic, and genital stages
4/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

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4/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages

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According to Freud, what is the archetype of the oral stage?

1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy

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1/ Neediness

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According to Freud, what is the archetype of the anal stage?

1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy

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2/ Control

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According to Freud, which stage of psychosexual development is primarily responsible for the development of gender roles?

1/ Oral
2/ Anal
3/ Phallic
4/ Latency
5/ Genital stages
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3/ Phallic

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According to Freud, what energises the sexual drive?

1/ Hunger
2/ The phallic stage
3/ The oedipal complex
4/ The labido

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4/ The labido

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According to Freud, what is the developmental order of the structural model?

1/ Ego, super-ego, id
2/ Id, super-ego, ego
3/ Id, ego, super-ego
4/ Ego, Id, superego

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3/ Id, ego, super-ego

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘repression’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
4/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them

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4/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘reaction formulation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

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3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘projection’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

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2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘sublimation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

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1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘rationalisation’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

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4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘conversion’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

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3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘denial’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

A

2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘displacement’ is best characterised by:

1/ Taking it out on someone else
2/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

A

1/ Taking it out on someone else

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According to Freud, the defence mechanism ‘regression’ is best characterised by:

1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
2/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
3/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

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4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.

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According to Freud, defence mechanisms develop in which stage of psychosexual development?

1/ Oral
2/ Anal
3/ Phallic
4/ Latency
5/ Genital stages
A

4/ Latency

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In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by “transference”?

1/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the source of the conflict (often the mother)
2/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto their oedipus/electra complex
3/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the therapist
4/ The client transferring their conflict energy into their labido

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3/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the therapist

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In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by “abreaction”?

1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion
2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist
3/ The physical expression of emotion
4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

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1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion

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In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by “catharsis”?

1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion
2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist
3/ The physical expression of emotion
4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

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3/ The physical expression of emotion

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In a psychoanalytic therapy context, what is meant by “counter-transference”?

1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion
2/ The projection of thoughts/feelings onto a therapist
3/ The physical expression of emotion
4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

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4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client

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According to Freud, fixation at the oral stage will lead to:

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing

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According to Freud, fixation at the anal stage will lead to:

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control

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According to Freud, fixation at the phallic stage will lead to:

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships

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According to Freud, fixation at the latency stage will lead to:

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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According to Freud, fixation at the genital stage will lead to:

1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
5/ There is no fixation at this stage

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4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love

35
Q

Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is based on:

1/ Nomothetic data
2/ Idiographic data
3/ Introspection
4/ Ley lines

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2/ Idiographic data

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