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For several months after he lost the job he had held for nearly 20 years,Mr.Ullomi frequently lost his temper and suffered periodic crying spells.His behavior is most clearly an example of


A) an Oedipus complex.
B) denial.
C) regression.
D) projection.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Eight-year-old Jack plays almost exclusively with the other boys at his grade school.Jack's behavior suggests that he is in the ________ stage of psychosexual development.


A) phallic
B) genital
C) latency
D) oral

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Brit is 15-months-old and is on a serious mission to explore his surroundings.His mother is concerned about his exploration of their home because she has noticed that he seems to put everything in his mouth.He bites,chews,and sucks on objects.According to Freud,Brit is in the ________ stage of development.


A) anal
B) oral
C) latency
D) phallic

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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________ are the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.


A) Psychosexual stages
B) Defense mechanisms
C) Fixations
D) Traits

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Personality is best defined as an individual's


A) characteristic pattern of thinking,feeling,and acting.
B) most noticeable characteristics.
C) biologically inherited temperament.
D) hidden thoughts and emotions.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to Freud,the unconscious is


A) the part of personality that cannot process information.
B) the thoughts,wishes,feelings,and memories of which we are largely unaware.
C) a set of universal concepts acquired by all humans from our common past.
D) a reservoir of deeply repressed memories that do not affect behavior.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Mark typically responds to stress in a calm and thoughtful manner.Chandler usually becomes agitated.The reactions of Mark and Chandler indicate that each has a distinctive


A) reaction formation.
B) collective unconscious.
C) Oedipus complex.
D) personality.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Neo-Freudians such as ________ were among the first to highlight a masculine bias in Freud's theories.


A) Carl Jung
B) Karen Horney
C) Alfred Adler
D) Henry Murray

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Freud suggested that slips of the tongue illustrate an incomplete


A) fixation.
B) displacement.
C) rationalization.
D) repression.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Freud's defense mechanism of ________ has been confirmed by recent research.


A) projection
B) repression
C) fixation
D) denial

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The role of repressed childhood conflicts in personality disorders is most clearly emphasized by the ________ perspective.


A) trait
B) social-cognitive
C) psychoanalytic
D) humanistic

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Using the defense mechanism of projection,a person experiences an internal


A) threat as if it were an external virtue.
B) virtue as if it were an external threat.
C) threat as if it were an external threat.
D) virtue as if it were an external virtue.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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It is finals week and Donna has two cumulative exams tomorrow.She has been studying,it seems,nonstop for the past few days and is currently in her dorm room studying.Her roommate tells her that she is studying too much and that she should go out to dinner with her.Donna replies,"No thanks.I plan to spend the evening sleeping ...uh,I mean studying." Donna's reply is an example of what Freud would call


A) a slip of the tongue.
B) denial.
C) rationalization.
D) projection.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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The main focus of pleasure during Freud's oral stage of psychosexual development centers around the


A) eyes.
B) mouth.
C) bowels.
D) breasts.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Tina smokes excessively.Freud might say that she is ________ in the oral stage of development.


A) fixated
B) repressed
C) primed
D) projected

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Compare and contrast the projective tests described in the text.Give an example of an appropriate use of each test and provide criticisms of the Rorschach test in particular.

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A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax,close his eyes,and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd.The therapist is using a technique known as


A) fixation.
B) free association.
C) projection.
D) hypnosis.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The ________ contains our partly conscious perceptions,thoughts,judgments,and memories.


A) id
B) ego
C) superego
D) personality

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In the ________ stage of development,sexual interests mature.


A) phallic
B) anal
C) genital
D) latency

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Six-year-old Marcel sees that his mother just baked some cookies.His immediate thought is to sneak a cookie before dinner,which is against his mother's wishes.Instead,he asks if he can have just one cookie.According to Freud,the desire for the cookie and the thoughts of sneaking a cookie come from the ________ seeking to satisfy the ________ principle.


A) id;pleasure principle
B) ego;pleasure principle
C) id;reality principle
D) ego;reality principle

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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