Freud Quizam #2
1. What key Freudian term is in the title of the first reading from this week?
a. Catharsis
b. Id
c. Libido
d. Fixation
2. Freud begins the first reading with a discussion of neuroses brought on by ______.
a. previous traumatic experiences
b. nightmares
c. the Oedipus complex
d. hypnosis
3. From Freud’s perspective, what are symptoms (e.g., obsessive compulsive behaviors)?
a. regressions
b. expressions of unconscious meaning
c. manifestations of neurological (physical) problems
d. Oedipal strivings
4. In the first reading, Freud describes the process of psycho-analysis as ___________.
a. essentially religious
b. archeology of the soul
c. wish fulfillment
d. removing amnesias
5. What two words are in the title of the second reading?
a. Oedipus and Electra
b. Fantasy and Fact
c. Regression and Sensing
d. Resistance and Repression
6. What is the fundamental rule in psychotherapy according to Freud?
a. obey your conscience
b. catharsis-catharsis-catharsis
c. say everything that comes to mind
d. don’t project
7. As described in the 2nd reading, if a client shows a great deal of resistance, then Freud
____________.
a. takes it as a clue that he is on to something important
b. backs off until the client is ready
c. hypnotizes the patient
d. uses free association to overcome the resistance
8. In the 2nd reading Freud uses an analogy to describe his model of the psyche. What is it?
a. a charioteer driving two wild horses
b. an archeological dig site with different layers of excavation
c. an iceberg
d. a watchman who guards the entranceway between two rooms
9. Freud concludes that all Hysteria and all obsessional neuroses are the result of __________.
a. superego strivings
b. jealousy
c. sexual frustrations
d. religious beliefs
10. What is the 3rd reading about, generally speaking?
a. the Oedipus conflict
b. homosexuality
c. the sexual life of humans
d. dream interpretation
11. Freud argues that we can learn a lot about human sexuality if we examine people with fetishes,
feelings of homosexuality, and other minority sexual behaviors. ( true / false)
12. Freud argues that children cannot be described as sexual until their early teen years.
( true / false)
13. Freud states that there are many more latent homosexuals than manifest homosexuals.
( True / False )
Notes
14. Suppose a sexually frustrated husband with no children spends his time building a massive
treehouse in his backyard. Freud might argue that the man’s behavior represents a defense
mechanism. What type of defense mechanism?
a. regression
b. sublimation
c. isolation
d. reaction formation
15. Saul is on his way to murder Christians. Something happens along the way and he becomes the
greatest messenger of Christianity the world has ever known. Which defense mechanism might
characterize Saul’s behavior and conversion?
a. substitution
b. sublimation
c. reaction formation d. intellectualization
16. What is “dream work” according to Freud?
a. It is when Freud helps the client uncover the meaning of his/her dreams
b. It is when the client interprets his/her own dreams
c. It is when the psyche hides the meaning of the dream (the latent content) under the
apparent meaning (the manifest content) of the dream.
d. It is when the person attempts to have a “waking dream” in Freud’s office
17. Freud draws upon this idea when explaining how the ego and superego are created over the life
of the psyche.
a. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
b. Oedipus redux
c. Teleology
d. Phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny
18. According to Freud, this is the developmental stage in which the child has his/her first real
struggle against his/her parents’ wishes.
a. Latency
b. Anal
c. Phallic
d. Oral
19. From the perspective of Freud’s theory, which of the following is true?
a. women have weak superegos
b. the superego wants what the id wants
c. the superego is born out of a boy’s love and admiration for his father
d. the superego develops during the anal stage of psychosexual development
20. The Id ___________.
a. serves reality and the superego
b. is rigid and unbending (it wants what it wants)
c. is immoral and wicked
d. develops out of the ego during the anal stage of psychosexual development