UBC Psyc 305 Exam 2 Test Questions
and All Solved Solutions 2026-2027
Edition.
psychic energy - Answer energy within motivating human activity (Freud)
instincts (2 from freud later changed to one- like instinct) - Answer self-preservation instincts
and sexual instincts
libido - Answer life instinct
thanatos - Answer urge to destroy, harm or aggress toward others to oneself
death instinct
preconscious - Answer easy retrievable information (what had for breakfast)
blindsight - Answer injury/stroke cases blindness but eyes still bring info to brain, brain centre
fails recognition
deliberation without attention - Answer wish issue to unconscious mind, where thought is
deliberated, leads to a "sudden" decision
id - Answer primitive, urges, selfish, pleasure principle
pleasure principle - Answer immediate gratification, no logics used in decision
primary process thinking - Answer example: dreams and fantasies
thinking without anchor in reality or logical thought
wish fulfillment - Answer something inaccessible irl is made up in the mind by id. image is
temporarily satisfying
ego - Answer brings id to reality by redirection.
, develops at 2-3 yrs of age
secondary process thinking - Answer engaged in by the ego
development and devising of strategies to problem solve and obtain satisfaction
superego - Answer part of personality that internalizes society's views, morals, etc
creates guilt, shame, embarrassment
ego depletion - Answer self control results in decrease of psychic energy
objective anxiety - Answer fear in response to real external threat (big man in dark alley)
neurotic anxiety - Answer direct conflict between id and ego
ego loses control over i
ex big man admits he's scared of dark impulsively
moral anxiety - Answer conflict between id/ego and superego
defence mechanisms - Answer coping strategies for anxiety and threats to self esteem
repression - Answer memories/info pushed to unconscious
denial - Answer info pushed out of consciousness but retrievable
fundamental attribution error - Answer attribute flaws to other things ("the test was too
hard", NOT "i was unprepared")
displacement - Answer displacing inappropriate urge, etc. onto another target (less
threatening)
rationalization - Answer reasoning/ making excuses
and All Solved Solutions 2026-2027
Edition.
psychic energy - Answer energy within motivating human activity (Freud)
instincts (2 from freud later changed to one- like instinct) - Answer self-preservation instincts
and sexual instincts
libido - Answer life instinct
thanatos - Answer urge to destroy, harm or aggress toward others to oneself
death instinct
preconscious - Answer easy retrievable information (what had for breakfast)
blindsight - Answer injury/stroke cases blindness but eyes still bring info to brain, brain centre
fails recognition
deliberation without attention - Answer wish issue to unconscious mind, where thought is
deliberated, leads to a "sudden" decision
id - Answer primitive, urges, selfish, pleasure principle
pleasure principle - Answer immediate gratification, no logics used in decision
primary process thinking - Answer example: dreams and fantasies
thinking without anchor in reality or logical thought
wish fulfillment - Answer something inaccessible irl is made up in the mind by id. image is
temporarily satisfying
ego - Answer brings id to reality by redirection.
, develops at 2-3 yrs of age
secondary process thinking - Answer engaged in by the ego
development and devising of strategies to problem solve and obtain satisfaction
superego - Answer part of personality that internalizes society's views, morals, etc
creates guilt, shame, embarrassment
ego depletion - Answer self control results in decrease of psychic energy
objective anxiety - Answer fear in response to real external threat (big man in dark alley)
neurotic anxiety - Answer direct conflict between id and ego
ego loses control over i
ex big man admits he's scared of dark impulsively
moral anxiety - Answer conflict between id/ego and superego
defence mechanisms - Answer coping strategies for anxiety and threats to self esteem
repression - Answer memories/info pushed to unconscious
denial - Answer info pushed out of consciousness but retrievable
fundamental attribution error - Answer attribute flaws to other things ("the test was too
hard", NOT "i was unprepared")
displacement - Answer displacing inappropriate urge, etc. onto another target (less
threatening)
rationalization - Answer reasoning/ making excuses
