Freud's Personality Structure Quiz
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Which defense mechanism involves excusing one's behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect?

  • Rationalization (correct)
  • Regression
  • Substitution
  • Denial
  • What does displacement involve as a defense mechanism?

  • Acting the opposite of what one thinks or feels
  • Ventilating intense feelings towards less threatening persons (correct)
  • Modeling actions and opinions of influential others
  • Moving back to a previous developmental stage
  • Which defense mechanism involves substituting a socially acceptable activity for an unacceptable impulse?

  • Identification
  • Introjection
  • Sublimation (correct)
  • Reaction formation
  • What is the defense mechanism where one moves back to a previous developmental stage to feel safe or have needs met called?

    <p>Regression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which defense mechanism involves acting the opposite of what one truly thinks or feels?

    <p>Reaction formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which defense mechanism does one fail to acknowledge an unbearable condition or reality?

    <p>Denial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Erik Erikson's theory, how many psychosocial stages of development are there?

    <p>8</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of psychoanalysis according to the text?

    <p>Discussing the causes of the client's unconscious and repressed thoughts, feelings, and conflicts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a technique used in psychoanalysis as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Cognitive-behavioral therapy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the driving force of human behavior according to Freud's theory of psychosexual development?

    <p>Libido</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used for the phenomenon where the client displaces attitudes and feelings onto the therapist that were originally experienced in other relationships?

    <p>Transference</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used for the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness?

    <p>Suppression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of the human personality seeks instant gratification and is associated with innate desires and pleasure-seeking behavior?

    <p>Id</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which level of awareness involves perceptions, thoughts, and emotions that exist in a person's awareness?

    <p>Conscious</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Freud, which technique involves discussing a client's dreams to discover their true meaning?

    <p>Dream Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the human personality is responsible for balancing and mediating between the desires of the Id and the moral concepts of the Superego?

    <p>Ego</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Freud, where do thoughts and emotions reside that motivate a person even though they are totally unaware of them?

    <p>Unconscious</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What psychoanalytic technique involves the therapist asking a client to respond quickly with the first thing that comes to mind?

    <p>Free Association</p> Signup and view all the answers

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