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PSY 207 ch. 9 practice quiz pt. 2

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Defense mechanisms have all of these properties EXCEPT they
A. operate unconsciously
B. require psychic energy
C. are the result of ego functioning
D. are secondary processes
D. are secondary processes
Diana refuses to believe that her boyfriend broke up with her. From a Freudian perspective what defense mechanism may be operating?
A. Repression
B. Denial
C. Projection
D. Reaction formation
B. Denial
_____ describes channeling an unacceptable impulse to a more acceptable target.
A. repression
B. denial
C. projection
D. displacement
D. displacement
The death instinct is also called
A. Eros.
B. thanatos.
C. wham.
D. Zeus.
B. thanatos.
During the _____ stage, a child receives pleasure from expelling or retaining feces.
A. oral
B. anal
C. phallic
D. latency
B. anal
If a person is fixated at a particular stage, he or she
A. has less psychic energy for other activities
B. will resolve that stage in adulthood
C. will be schizophrenic
D. will be better adjusted as an adult
A. has less psychic energy for other activities
Freud lived most of his life in
A. London.
B. Munich.
C. Vienna.
D. New York.
C. Vienna.
_____ is a psychoanalytic therapist's attempts to describe a patient's unconscious conflict
A. Interpretation
B. Transference
C. Projection
D. Insight
A. Interpretation
_____ is the process in which boys imitate and take on the values of their father.
A. Identification
B. Castration anxiety
C. Fixation
D. Penis envy
A. Identification
When we see negative qualities that we possess in others, it could be the result of
A. displacement.
B. projection.
C. reaction formation
D. denial
B. projection.
A patient in psychoanalytic therapy may avoid understanding their unconscious conflicts by engaging in the process of
A. resistance
B. projective techniques
C. insight.
D. sublimation.
A. resistance
If a man invests most of his death instinct in a socially acceptable behavior (like football), Freud would expect that person to be
A. less aggressive in other ways.
B. more aggressive in other ways.
C. fixated in the oral stage.
D. fixated in the anal stage.
A. less aggressive in other ways.
Which of the following would most likely be an indicator of the id operating on an individual's behavior?
A. David has to have it, and have it right now.
B. Andrew knows he has to wait for his turn.
C. Mike will wait to have twice as much later.
D. James will wait to find out what his parents think.
A. David has to have it, and have it right now.
The life instincts are typically called
A. libido.
B. Eros.
C. lustatos.
D. catharsis.
A. libido.
During the phallic stage, little _____ fall in love and want to have sex with their _____.
A. boys; mothers
B. girls; mothers
C. boys; fathers
D. All of these.
A. boys; mothers
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