Describe some of the ways in which Anna Freud, Heinz Kohut, and Melanie Klein extended and modified traditional Freudian theory.

How did Freud define instincts? How do instincts connect the body's needs with the mind's wishes?

What is the difference between ego control and ego resiliency? Describe some personality characteristics of people who score high in ego control.

How does research on subliminal perception support Freud's views on the unconscious?

Describe examples of research conducted on the concepts of the Freudian slip, the ego, and catharsis.

What criticisms have been made of the case study method?

Which of the propositions in Freud's theory have received empirical support?

Describe two aspects or contents of dreams. Discuss research conducted to test Freud's ideas about dream contents.

What kind of information can be revealed by free association? What are resistances?

What are Freud's views on the relative influences of heredity and environment? What is Freud's position on the issue of free will versus determinism?

In your opinion, how would boys and girls reared by a single mother resolve these conflicts?

How do boys and girls resolve the conflicts of the phallic stage of psychosexual development?

In what ways did Freud's theory reflect his childhood experiences and his personal conflicts about sex?

Why was the observation of the double-slit interference pattern more convincing evidence for the wave theory of light than the observation of diffraction?