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Psychoanalytic approaches to personality: Modern
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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

Most modern psychoanalysts focus their attention more on
A)the id.
B)childhood sexual desires.
C)childhood relationships.
D)childhood aggressive urges.
2

The outcome of Gary Ramona's court case (discussed in chapter 7) was
A)a conviction for abuse.
B)a dismissal due to the statue of limitations.
C)a large monetary award to Mr. Ramona.
D)a large monetary award to Mr. Ramona's daughter.
3

Most modern memory researchers agree that memory is
A)objective.
B)constructive.
C)not fallible.
D)not to be trusted when dealing with emotional events.
4

Which of the following concepts is most consistent with Freud's ideas?
A)motivated unconscious
B)cognitive unconscious
C)priming
D)subliminal perception
5

Freud and Erikson disagreed about
A)the degree of emphasis that should be placed on the unconscious.
B)the number of developmental stages.
C)when personality development ended.
D)all of the above.
6

During adolescence, most people are in the _____ stage.
A)integrity versus despair
B)identity versus role confusion
C)autonomy versus shame and self-doubt
D)initiative versus guilt
7

Horney argued that contrary to Freud's idea of penis envy, little girls envied boys'
A)attachments.
B)social power.
C)narcissism.
D)fear of success.
8

Narcissists have _____ self-esteem.
A)high
B)low
C)fragile
D)no
9

Object relations theorists are more interested in _____ than Freud was.
A)social relationships
B)sex
C)aggression
D)all of the above
10

In the strange situation procedure, _____ infants seem indifferent to the mother.
A)securely attached
B)avoidantly attached
C)ambivalently attached
D)separation anxiety