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Psychodynamic Theories
Freud: Psychoanalysis
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True or False



1

Psychoanalytic doctrine is based in part on Freud's analysis of his own dreams.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Freud regarded himself mostly as a philosopher.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Freud's data were based mostly on experimental investigation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

Freud's lifelong friendship with his brother Julius greatly influenced the final shape of psychoanalysis.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

Unlike many of his other theories, Freud never changed his famous seduction theory.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Freud believed that people are motivated mostly by unconscious urges.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Ideas that are not conscious but that can become so quite easily are said by Freud to belong to the preconscious.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

The superego serves the idealistic and moralistic principles.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

Freud's two great instincts or drives were sex and aggression.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

The aim of an instinct is to seek pleasure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Neurotic anxiety stems from the ego's dependence on the id.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Defense mechanisms defend the id against anxiety.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

Reaction formations are the most basic of the defense mechanisms because they underlie all other defense mechanisms.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

The permanent attachment of libido onto an earlier stage of development best describes the defense mechanism of fixation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

Sublimations often benefit society.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16

The principal source of frustration during the oral period is weaning.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17

For boys, the Oedipus complex occurs prior to the castration complex.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18

For girls, the Oedipus complex occurs prior to the castration complex.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19

Prior to 1900, Freud's practice of psychotherapy was much more passive than it would become decades later.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20

Freud's theory rates high on falsifiability.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE