Understanding Psychological Terms Quiz
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What term is used to describe the development of a character trait to an extreme degree to conceal the presence of an opposite character trait?

  • Repression
  • Overcompensation (correct)
  • Regression
  • Hallucination
  • Which term refers to the inability to function on a socially mature level of behavior, leading to going backward to an earlier level of behavior?

  • Hallucination
  • Regression (correct)
  • Repression
  • Delusion
  • What represents a morbid, uncontrollable impulse to set fires?

  • Regression
  • Pyromania (correct)
  • Overcompensation
  • Hallucination
  • Which of the following represents deriving sexual satisfaction by inflicting pain upon others?

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

    What term is used to describe mental forces that influence development and motivate behavior?

    <p>Psychological drives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of 'amnesia'?

    <p>A partial or complete loss of memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to 'the expression of an emotional conflict as a physical symptom'?

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

    What is 'delusion' in psychiatric terms?

    <p>A false belief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for 'the inability to identify the date, time, place, etc.'?

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

    'Loss of feeling of personal identity with one’s self' refers to which term?

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

    Which stage of the personality according to the text is described as dealing with reality?

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

    Which term is described as 'self-centered'?

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

    Which part of the personality, as per the text, seeks pleasure aggressively and is compared to an animal in man?

    <p>Pleasure Principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what stage of development is the personality completely dominated by powerful emotional drives and lacks control as per the text?

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

    What aspect of the personality is associated with operating entirely at the unconscious level and not governed by time, space, or logic?

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

    Which stage of personality development involves rejecting the pleasure principle and adopting the reality principle?

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

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