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Psychodynamic Theories
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1. When Freud abandoned the ________________ theory, he dramatically changed the course of psychoanalysis.
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2. Freud’s heavy emphasis on _______________ motivation allows for opposing explanations for the same observation.
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3. As a young man, Freud was driven by a desire to win _______________ by making a great discovery.
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4. Freud believed that our _________________ endowment, or inherited unconscious images, sometimes influences our behavior.
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5. Unconscious images may become __________________ after being distorted, disguised, or otherwise transformed.
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6. The _______________ serves the pleasure principle.
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7. The superego has two parts, the _______________ and the conscience.
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8. A _______________ receives sexual pleasure from inflicting pain on other people.
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9. According to Freud, the two great instincts are ____________ and aggression.
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10. __________________ anxiety results from the ego’s relationship with the superego.
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11. Defense mechanisms protect the ______________ against the pain of anxiety.
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12. A ________________ formation is marked by the repression of one impulse and the ostentatious expression of its exact opposite.
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13. The defense mechanism whereby a person redirects unwanted urges onto another person or object is called _________________.
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14. _______________ involves the repression of the sexual instinct and the substitution of cultural or social accomplishments.
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15. The ______________ stage is divided into three substages: oral, anal, and phallic.
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16. According to Freud, the _________________ stage may lead to compulsive neatness, obstinacy, and miserliness in some people.
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17. Freud believed that _________________ differences are responsible for different psychosexual development in boys and girls during the phallic stage.
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18. The castration complex takes the form of ______________________ for girls.
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19. The castration complex takes the form of ________________________ for boys.
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20. The proper resolution of the __________________________ results in the emergence of a mature superego for both girls and boys.