Psychoanalytic Theory Flashcards
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
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
According to Freud, which mechanism/process keeps certain thoughts from entering the conscious mind?
Subversion
Regression
Repression
Avoidance
Repression
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
1/ Content that has been recalled by the dreamer
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
3/ Content that has been interpreted by a skilled interpreter, revealing the true symbolic meanings
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
2/ Conscious mind, preconscious mind, unconscious mind
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
1/ Ego, super-ego, id
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
3/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
According to Freud, what is responsible for the pleasure principle?
1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego
2/ The id
According to Freud, what is responsible for the reality principle?
1/ The genital stage
2/ The id
3/ The ego
4/ The super-ego
3/ The ego
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
4/ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
According to Freud, what is the archetype of the oral stage?
1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy
1/ Neediness
According to Freud, what is the archetype of the anal stage?
1/ Neediness
2/ Control
3/ Mistrust
4/ Sexual deviancy
2/ Control
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
3/ Phallic
According to Freud, what energises the sexual drive?
1/ Hunger
2/ The phallic stage
3/ The oedipal complex
4/ The labido
4/ The labido
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
3/ Id, ego, super-ego
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
4/ Avoidance of painful thoughts by prevention of the memories that prompt them
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
3/ Doing the opposite of what you want (e.g. loving someone but acting like you hate them)
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
2/ Blaming someone else for what is your fault
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
1/ Diverting energy from the sex drive into artistic work
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
4/ Creating an excuse to avoid doing something
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.
3/ Physical symptoms as a result of anxiety about an activity or event
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.
2/ Continuing an activity even though events render it unacceptable now
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.
1/ Taking it out on someone else
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.
4/ Adopting characteristics of a more elementary psychological state.
According to Freud, defence mechanisms develop in which stage of psychosexual development?
1/ Oral 2/ Anal 3/ Phallic 4/ Latency 5/ Genital stages
4/ Latency
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
3/ The client projecting their thoughts/feelings onto the therapist
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
1/ The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion
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
3/ The physical expression of emotion
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
4/ The thoughts/feelings of a therapist inhibiting the therapeutic process to the detriment of the client
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
3/ Excessive enjoyment of food, gum, smoking, chewing
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
1/ Stinginess, extreme neatness, rigid or OCD behaviour; coping with demands for control
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
2/ Guilt feelings, problems with intimacy & romantic/sexual relationships
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
5/ There is no fixation at this stage
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
4/ Inability to progress to unselfish/romantic love
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is based on:
1/ Nomothetic data
2/ Idiographic data
3/ Introspection
4/ Ley lines
2/ Idiographic data
