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Psychoanalytic approaches to personality: Classical
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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

According to the intrapsychic approach, the way to help someone with psychological problems is
A)to prescribe medications.
B)to weaken the id.
C)to encourage the superego.
D)to make the unconscious conscious.
2

Freud left Vienna because
A)his colleagues didn't respect his work.
B)he had cancer.
C)the Nazis had invaded Austria.
D)none of the above
3

In Freud's later writings, he described the two major instincts as
A)animus and anima.
B)self preservation and sex.
C)life and death.
D)death and thanatos.
4

According to Freud, the _____ is the largest part of the mind.
A)conscious mind
B)preconscious mind
C)unconscious mind
D)none of the above
5

Silverman's subliminal psychodynamic activation studies
A)applied laboratory methods to psychodynamic theories.
B)proved the existence of repression.
C)proved the existence of the superego.
D)showed that Freud's idea of the unconscious was wrong.
6

Which part of the mind constrains the id to reality?
A)the superego
B)the unconscious
C)the preconscious
D)the ego
7

The _____ contains the internalized ideals of society.
A)id
B)ego
C)superego
D)preconscious
8

People who constantly punish themselves probably suffer from
A)moral anxiety.
B)neurotic anxiety.
C)a weak superego.
D)reaction formation.
9

When people behave in exaggerated ways that are opposite to their impulses, they are exhibiting
A)reaction formation.
B)projection.
C)repression.
D)none of the above
10

Defense mechanisms
A)are always maladaptive.
B)are always adaptive.
C)are adaptive only in children.
D)can be helpful in some situations.
11

Freud would describe a stingy or stubborn adult as fixated at the _____ stage.
A)oral
B)anal
C)phallic
D)genital
12

The term _____ refers to what the content of dreams actually represents.
A)latent content
B)free association
C)penis envy
D)manifest content