PSY/250 Unit 2 Quiz — Freud and the Psychodynamic Approach

Psychology

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A man who is furious at his supervisor says nothing at work, then comes home and berates his roommate over a trivial matter. This best illustrates:

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A. Displacement — the impulse is redirected toward a less threatening target

B. Projection — attributing his own anger to the roommate

C. Sublimation — channeling the impulse into a valued activity

D. Reaction formation — behaving as the opposite of the impulse

According to the structural model, which component operates on the reality principle and mediates among competing demands?

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A. The ego

B. The id

C. The superego

D. The preconscious

Freud regarded which defense mechanism as the only fully adaptive one, because it channels an unacceptable impulse into socially valued work?

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A. Sublimation

B. Repression

C. Rationalization

D. Denial

The most fundamental scientific objection to Freudian theory is that:

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A. It is largely unfalsifiable — opposite outcomes can both be explained after the fact, so no observation can disconfirm it

B. It has no applied value in clinical settings

C. It generated very little subsequent research

D. It denies the existence of unconscious processes

In Freud's account, the superego forms primarily as a result of:

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A. Resolution of the Oedipus complex through identification with the same-sex parent

B. Fixation at the oral stage due to early weaning

C. The emergence of the reality principle in infancy

D. The onset of the genital stage at puberty

Which of the following are legitimate strengths of the psychodynamic tradition? (Select all that apply.)

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A. High heuristic value — it generated an enormous body of subsequent research and theory

B. Applied value — it is the origin of modern talk therapy

C. The existence of unconscious mental processes has since found empirical support

D. Its central propositions are precisely operationalized and readily falsifiable

E. It was built on a large, representative, carefully sampled dataset

Explain why the claim 'a man who is excessively neat is anal-retentive, and a man who is excessively messy is anal-expulsive' poses a falsifiability problem. What would a falsifiable version of this claim require?

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