29 Questions
What is the primary purpose of Sarah's repression in her romantic relationships?
To bury uncomfortable emotions and memories from past relationships
What is the underlying issue that Sarah's defense mechanisms prevent her from fully addressing?
Her underlying issues
What is the consequence of Sarah's repetitive patterns of conflict and dissatisfaction in her romantic relationships?
She repeats the same patterns of conflict and dissatisfaction
What is Sarah's profession?
Marketing Manager
What is the age of Sarah?
28 years old
What is the primary goal of the individual to ensure according to the structure of personality?
to ensure the survival of the individual
Which level of consciousness contains information that can be easily recalled?
Preconscious
What is the primary function of the ego in the structure of personality?
to mediate between id drives and superego demands
What is the characteristic of drives in Freud's drive theory?
they have a source in the body but are derived from different parts
Which structure of personality is driven by the pleasure principle?
Id
What is the primary function of the superego in the structure of personality?
to represent society's moral demands
What is the primary assumption of psychosocial conflict theory?
Humans experience conflict between their drives and societal demands
According to the biological and psychic determinism assumption, where are human drives localized?
In the id
What is the main idea behind the mechanistic assumption?
Human functioning can be understood through mechanical principles
What is the goal of the person, according to the psychosocial conflict theory?
To experience as much drive satisfaction and as few guilt feelings as possible
Which assumption describes the conflict that determines human behavior?
Psychosocial conflict
What is the term used to describe the gradual absorption of societal rules into the superego?
Psychic determinism
What is the process by which a person symbolically represents themselves with another person due to an unconscious desire?
Identification
What is the primary source of energy for the anal stage of development?
Anus and excretory canal
What is the term for 'slips of the tongue' or errors in speech, memory, or physical action that occur due to unconscious repressed thoughts or conflicts?
Parapraxes
What is the stage of development characterized by the lips and mouth being the primary source of sexual drive energy?
Oral stage
What is the result of repression of desires that can only be fulfilled in a distorted way during sleep?
Dreams
What is the age range for the phallic stage of development?
3 years to 6 years
What is a characteristic of individuals with an oral personality type?
Excessive optimism and narcissism
According to Freud, what is the primary cause of psychological disorders?
An imbalance in the structure of personality
What is the age range of the genital stage, according to Freud?
11 years and onwards
What is a characteristic of the genital character, according to Freud?
Strong ego and effective reality testing
What is the primary difference between the Oedipus and Electra complexes?
Boys have sexual desires towards mother, while girls have hatred towards mother
What is the result of successful coping with reawakened sexual conflict during the genital stage?
Use of displacement and sublimation
Test your understanding of Freud's views on the human psyche, including the assumption of psychosocial conflict, biological and psychic determinism, and the mechanistic assumption. Explore how individuals experience drives and societal demands in this psychology quiz.
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