Chapter 2 – Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory – Flashcards
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            Freud found that dreams
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        yielded valuable information concerning the nature of the person's conflicts and the mechanisms by which they are concealed from awareness.
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            According to Freud, instincts have four basic components. They are
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        source, aim, impetus, and object.
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            The reaction of the patient to the therapist with the feelings and behavior previously shown toward earlier authority figures is called
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        transference.
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            The aspect of personality thought by Freud to be rooted in a person's biology and to consist primarily of unconscious sexual and aggressive instincts is the
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        id
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            The energy associated with the life instincts is called
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        libido
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            In Freud's judgment, instincts are
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        changeable
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            The aspect of personality that is responsible for appropriate interaction with the environment is the
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        ego
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            The ego defense mechanism that involves unconscious attempts to keep undesirable id impulses from reaching consciousness is
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        repression
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            The ego defense mechanism involving the person's refusal to perceive an unpleasant event in external reality is
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        denial
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            The ego defense mechanism that involves the substitution of acceptable ideas for unacceptable ones is called
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        displacement
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            The ego defense mechanism that involves the transformation of unacceptable impulses into creative and socially acceptable ones is called
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        sublimation
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            The defense mechanism wherein a person protects his or her ego by attributing his or her own undesirable characteristics to others is called
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        projection
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            The defense mechanism involving the conversion of an undesirable impulse into its opposite is called
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        reaction formation
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            The defense mechanism that involves the justification of one's behavior through the use of plausible, but inaccurate, excuses is called
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        rationalization
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            The defense mechanism that allows the person to protect himself or herself against unbearable pain by using dissociations between thoughts and feelings is called
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        intellectualization
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            The defense mechanism in which a person who thinks or acts on an undesirable impulse makes amends by performing an action that nullifies the undesirable action is called
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        undoing
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            The defense mechanism involving the use of contradictory behaviors to gain some satisfaction for an undesirable impulse is called
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        compromise formation
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            The aspect of personality that concerns the learning of the values and ideals of society is the
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        superego
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            The state of psychosexual development wherein one is practically all id and cannot distinguish between the self and the environment is the
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        oral stage
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            The stage of development wherein the ego processes are being differentiated from the id, along with the assertion of independence, is called the
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        anal stage
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            The stage during which the superego develops as an outgrowth of the resolution of the Oedipus complex during which the values of parents and their attitudes toward society are internalized is called the
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        phallic stage
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            The stage during which sexual energy is sublimated or channeled into other pursuits is called the
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        latency stage
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            The stage wherein one makes satisfactory adjustments in love and work is called the
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        genital stage
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            Bornstein argues that therapists trained in classical psychoanalysis should abandon the concept of
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        free association
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            The character type described as exceptionally stingy, orderly, and obstinate is the
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        anal character
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            The character type described as reacting to castration anxiety by behaving recklessly, resolutely, and in a self-assured manner is the
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        phallic character
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            The character type described as having modified socially unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable ones by finding satisfying careers and performing creatively is the
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        genital character
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            The "Rat-Man" involved the case of a young man who was
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        obsessive-compulsive
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            In Freudian theory, feelings of sexual pleasure that have their source in the individual's control over expulsion and retention of feces involve
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        anal eroticism
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            Freud's theory
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        is very comprehensive
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            Freud called people who were sexually mature and capable of orgasm
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        genital characters
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            Freud maintained that the ego
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        comes into existence to forward the aims of the id
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            The superego has two components, according to Freud
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        ego-ideal and conscience
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            The ego-ideal functions to
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        aid the individual as he/she strives for perfection in certain areas of life
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            The Oedipal conflict is strongest during the
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        phallic stage
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            According to Freud, men have a more highly developed sense of ethics and justice than women because
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        the resolution of the Oedipal conflict is more definite and clear cut in men than in women
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            A study by Tribich and Messer showed the greatest conformity behavior (to a psychiatrist's influence attempts) by
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        oral characters
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            Freud's theory
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        fails to meet the parsimony criterion
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            The defense mechanism that involves the conscious blocking of unpleasant memories from awareness is called
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        suppression
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            A driving force that attaches itself to an idea or behavior is called a(n)
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        cathexis
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            In Freudian theory, the phenomenon in which the patient redirects unconscious feelings of anger and hostility based on conflicts with authority figures in early childhood toward the therapist is called
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        negative transference
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            Research by Masling, Price, Goldband, and Katkin showed that oral types experienced aversive arousal when
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        socially isolated
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            Research by Masling, O'Neill, and Katkin on high oral types found that
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        they experienced more stress in an interaction with an impersonal individual than in an interaction with a warm, personal individual
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            Research by Juni, Masling, and Brannon on high oral types found that
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        people high in orality used greater physical contact as a means of helping others solve a problem than people low in orality
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            Eysenck's data on the effectiveness of psychoanalytic therapy showed that
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        72% of patients who were not treated by means of any formal therapy were much improved or cured within 2 years of the onset of their illness
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            When Jerome never pays for anyone else's dinner and yet criticizes others for being stingy for not paying his dinner bill, he is using the defense mechanism of
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        projection
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            Anxiety is a highly unpleasant state that signals danger to the
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        ego
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            Researchers have consistently found that orally dependent people
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        are more interpersonally sensitive and likely to ask for help from others when they have problems
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            The punitive aspect of the superego is the
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        conscience
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            The adult characterized by envy and suspiciousness is called a(n)
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        oral aggressive character
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            The death instinct is called
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        thanatos
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            Slips of the tongue are called
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        parapraxes
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            For Freud, the major derivative of the death instinct is
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        aggression
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            For Freud, the restraining forces located in the ego are called
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        anticathexes
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            In Freud's view, the phallic stage occurs during the
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        fourth and fifth years
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            The emotional cleansing that occurs when a person vents his emotions and feelings is called
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        catharsis
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            Freud began to use free association with his patients when he learned that
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        he could not hypnotize many of them
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            If Jim continually boasts of his many female "conquests", a Freudian might argue that he has not resolved conflicts that originated in the
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        phallic stage
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            If Harry continually looks to others to help him solve his problems, he is likely to have unresolved conflicts with origins in the
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        oral stage
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            If Sam cannot vent his anger on his boss, he may then vent it on his dog. This behavior probably reflects
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        displacement
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            The ____________________ principle maintains that people always strive to maximize pleasure and minimize pain.
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        pleasure
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            For Freud, control of our impulses becomes possible when the ____________________ is differentiated from the id.
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        ego
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            ____________________ is the construct Freud used to describe the individual's internalization of societal values.
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        Superego
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            ____________________ is an attempt by the ego to keep undesirable id impulses from reaching consciousness.
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        Repression
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            An individual's active and conscious attempt to stop anxiety-provoking thoughts by simply not thinking about them is called ____________________.
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        suppression
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            Freud believed that the goal of all life is ____________________.
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        death
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            ____________________ are the driving forces in personality.
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        Cathexes
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            The ideal type of person is the ____________________.
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        genital character
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            The ____________________ is the dream we remember in the morning.
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        manifest dream
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            People with strong dependency needs are at greater risk for ____________________ than nondependent individuals.
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        depression
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            True or False  The conscious refers to those ideas and sensations of which we are unaware.
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        False
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            T or F The id operates according to the pleasure principle.
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        True
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            T or F The ego is formed separately from the id.
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        False
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            True or False  The driving forces in personality are called cathexes.
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        True
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            True or False  A movement from mature behavior to immature behavior is called regression.
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        True
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            True or False  The dependent personality type is someone who is always passive and submissive.
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        False
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            True or False  The child is highly negativistic in the genital stage.
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        False
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            True or False  Oral characters tend to be vain, arrogant, and negativistic.
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        False
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            True or False  Dreams are disguised attempts at wish-fulfillment.
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        True
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            True or False  Transference is characterized by patients' ambivalent attitudes toward their parents.
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        True