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The unconscious is least likely to be revealed through


A) The interpretation of dreams
B) Humor
C) Objective tests
D) Free association

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During psychoanalytic treatment, buried feelings may emerge from the unconscious. This is called


A) cathexis.
B) catharsis.
C) free association.
D) transference.

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Male and female superego development are different, according to Freud, because


A) fathers usually spend little time at home.
B) girls usually have better language skills than boys.
C) parents usually want to have a son, rather than a daughter.
D) boys have penises, but girls don't.

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Freud considered psychosis to be the experiencing of the unconscious in the raw.

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In the defense mechanism of __________, the person's own unacceptable impulse is instead thought to belong to someone else.


A) projection
B) isolation
C) identification
D) reaction formation

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Source, pressure, aim, and object are the four characteristics of instincts.

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Researchers have used projective tests to investigate each of the following motives with the exception of


A) Achievement motives
B) Affiliation motives
C) Intimacy motives
D) All the above

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Which of the following is not caused by unconscious forces, according to Freud?


A) psychosis
B) dreams
C) intentional actions
D) forgetting

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In psychoanalytic treatment, the patient is instructed to say only things that are sensible and rational, in order to practice good ego skills.

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In the analysis of Adolf Hitler, Henry Murray suggested that Hitler had higher levels of eros energy than thanatos energy.

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Defense mechanisms cannot be measured by psychological tests.

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Freud thought that it was normal and healthy for a woman to prefer a career to motherhood.

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"Glove anesthesia" has been shown to result from neurological damage.

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According to Freud's hedonic hypothesis, people seek


A) consciousness.
B) pleasure.
C) ego.
D) the opposite-sex parent.

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A person who uses projection as a defense mechanism perceives other people as having characteristics (such as dishonesty) that are actually the person's own unconscious wishes.

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Orderliness, parsimony, and obstinacy are characteristic of the


A) oral character.
B) anal character.
C) phallic character.
D) genital character.

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The ego operates according to the pleasure principle.

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What is the recovered memory controversy? What does available scientific evidence indicate?

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People with a repressive coping style


A) seldom become anxious.
B) usually outgrow this defensiveness.
C) use negative emotion as a cue to repress or forget material.
D) all of the above.

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Discuss the controversy over Freud's seduction hypothesis.

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