20 Questions
According to Freud, the death instinct (Thanatos) is associated with:
Fear, hate, and self-destructive behaviors
Which structure of personality is ruled by the reality principle?
Ego
What term is used by Freud to describe the defense mechanisms that help individuals cope with anxiety?
Defense mechanisms
Children create defense mechanisms to manage the pressures from which structures of personality?
Id and superego
In psychoanalysis, what does the therapist attempt to build when the client projects past patterns from significant early relationships onto the counselor?
Transference relationship
According to the psychodynamic theory, how do unconscious and conscious factors affect the functioning of a person?
Unconscious and conscious factors deeply influence the person in personal and dynamic ways.
What do all psychodynamic approaches consider important in the development of personality?
Early child-rearing practices
Which therapy is steeped in biological determinism according to the provided text?
Psychoanalysis
What did Freud suggest we are born with, according to the text?
Raw psychic energy called instincts
According to psychodynamic theory, what interacts with instincts and inherent personality structures to produce one's personality?
Parenting styles within the first five or six years of life
Freud dominated the psychodynamic field for almost a century.
False
All psychodynamic approaches consider examining the past as unimportant in the therapeutic process.
False
Psychoanalysis is not associated with biological determinism.
False
According to Freud, instincts greatly affect behavior.
True
According to Freud, the life instinct (Eros) meets basic needs for love and intimacy, sex, and survival for the individual and the species.
True
Freud suggested that all of one's psychic energy becomes focused on differing erogenous zones that correspond to the unfolding biological development of the child.
True
In psychoanalysis, the therapist attempts to build a transference relationship, in which the client projects past patterns from significant early relationships onto the counselor.
True
According to Freud, the death instinct (Thanatos) seeks our demise and dissolution, and fear, hate, self-destructive behaviors, and aggression toward others reflect this instinct.
True
Psychoanalysis is considered a deterministic approach because consciousness is considered the 'tip of the iceberg,' implying that most of our motivations are unconscious and the result of the intricate relationship among how the structures of personality (id, ego, and superego) are developed.
True
The ego, ruled by the reality principle, deals logically and rationally with the world as it attempts to mediate behaviors.
True
Test your knowledge of psychodynamic theory, pioneered by Sigmund Freud and still influential today. Explore the concepts of unconscious influences, early child-rearing practices, and their impact on personality development.
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