WGU D564 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT V3
NEWEST 2026 | D564 THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY OA FINAL
1. A client constantly interrupts therapy sessions to talk about their childhood
memories of feeding and weaning. According to Freud, this client may be fixated
at which psychosexual stage?
A) Oral
B) Anal
C) Phallic
D) Genital
Answer: A) Oral
Rationale: The oral stage (0–18 months) centers on feeding, sucking, and weaning.
Fixation here leads to excessive dependence, oral behaviors (smoking, overeating),
or preoccupation with mouth-related themes.
2. Sarah feels an overwhelming urge to shoplift, but she knows it is wrong. She
decides to volunteer at a charity shop instead to channel this urge. Which
Freudian concept best explains this?
A) Projection
B) Sublimation
C) Reaction Formation
D) Displacement
Answer: B) Sublimation
Rationale: Sublimation is a mature defense mechanism where unacceptable
impulses are channeled into socially acceptable behaviors (volunteering instead of
stealing).
3. A man who unconsciously feels intense hostility toward his father is overly
polite and submissive to every older male authority figure. This is an example of:
A) Rationalization
B) Regression
,C) Reaction Formation
D) Projection
Answer: C) Reaction Formation
Rationale: Reaction formation involves behaving in the exact opposite way of one's
true, unacceptable feelings. Hostility becomes exaggerated politeness/submission.
4. According to Freud, which structure of the personality operates on the
"pleasure principle" and demands immediate gratification?
A) Ego
B) Superego
C) Id
D) Collective unconscious
Answer: C) Id
Rationale: The Id is entirely unconscious and driven by the pleasure principle
(seeking pleasure, avoiding pain). The Ego (reality principle) and Superego
(morality) develop later.
5. A client reports feeling intense guilt after having a sexual dream. Freud would
argue this guilt is a conflict between the Id and the:
A) Ego
B) Superego
C) Reality principle
D) Libido
Answer: B) Superego
Rationale: The Superego represents internalized morals and ideals. It punishes the
Ego with guilt when the Id's impulses (sexual dreams) arise.
6. A child is severely punished for thumb-sucking. According to Freud, this
conflict occurs during which stage?
A) Oral
B) Anal
C) Phallic
D) Latency
Answer: A) Oral
, Rationale: Thumb-sucking is a primary oral-stage behavior. Conflict during this
stage (weaning or punishment) can lead to oral fixation.
7. A student fails an exam and tells the professor, "The test was unfair, and the
room was too noisy." This defense mechanism is:
A) Denial
B) Projection
C) Rationalization
D) Displacement
Answer: C) Rationalization
Rationale: Rationalization involves creating logical but false excuses to justify
unacceptable behavior or failure.
8. Freud's concept of "penis envy" was criticized and revised by which neo-
Freudian theorist?
A) Carl Jung
B) Alfred Adler
C) Karen Horney
D) Erik Erikson
Answer: C) Karen Horney
Rationale: Horney strongly rejected Freud's penis envy, countering with "womb
envy" – the idea that men envy women's ability to bear children.
9. According to Freud, unresolved conflicts during the Phallic stage (ages 3–6)
lead to which of the following in adulthood?
A) Anal retentiveness
B) The Oedipus or Electra complex
C) Fixation on orderliness
D) Difficulty with trust
Answer: B) The Oedipus or Electra complex
Rationale: The Phallic stage is when the Oedipus (boys) and Electra (girls)
complexes occur, involving unconscious desires for the opposite-sex parent.
10. A woman who strongly identifies with her mother and exhibits nurturing,
traditional feminine behaviors has successfully resolved which conflict?
NEWEST 2026 | D564 THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY OA FINAL
1. A client constantly interrupts therapy sessions to talk about their childhood
memories of feeding and weaning. According to Freud, this client may be fixated
at which psychosexual stage?
A) Oral
B) Anal
C) Phallic
D) Genital
Answer: A) Oral
Rationale: The oral stage (0–18 months) centers on feeding, sucking, and weaning.
Fixation here leads to excessive dependence, oral behaviors (smoking, overeating),
or preoccupation with mouth-related themes.
2. Sarah feels an overwhelming urge to shoplift, but she knows it is wrong. She
decides to volunteer at a charity shop instead to channel this urge. Which
Freudian concept best explains this?
A) Projection
B) Sublimation
C) Reaction Formation
D) Displacement
Answer: B) Sublimation
Rationale: Sublimation is a mature defense mechanism where unacceptable
impulses are channeled into socially acceptable behaviors (volunteering instead of
stealing).
3. A man who unconsciously feels intense hostility toward his father is overly
polite and submissive to every older male authority figure. This is an example of:
A) Rationalization
B) Regression
,C) Reaction Formation
D) Projection
Answer: C) Reaction Formation
Rationale: Reaction formation involves behaving in the exact opposite way of one's
true, unacceptable feelings. Hostility becomes exaggerated politeness/submission.
4. According to Freud, which structure of the personality operates on the
"pleasure principle" and demands immediate gratification?
A) Ego
B) Superego
C) Id
D) Collective unconscious
Answer: C) Id
Rationale: The Id is entirely unconscious and driven by the pleasure principle
(seeking pleasure, avoiding pain). The Ego (reality principle) and Superego
(morality) develop later.
5. A client reports feeling intense guilt after having a sexual dream. Freud would
argue this guilt is a conflict between the Id and the:
A) Ego
B) Superego
C) Reality principle
D) Libido
Answer: B) Superego
Rationale: The Superego represents internalized morals and ideals. It punishes the
Ego with guilt when the Id's impulses (sexual dreams) arise.
6. A child is severely punished for thumb-sucking. According to Freud, this
conflict occurs during which stage?
A) Oral
B) Anal
C) Phallic
D) Latency
Answer: A) Oral
, Rationale: Thumb-sucking is a primary oral-stage behavior. Conflict during this
stage (weaning or punishment) can lead to oral fixation.
7. A student fails an exam and tells the professor, "The test was unfair, and the
room was too noisy." This defense mechanism is:
A) Denial
B) Projection
C) Rationalization
D) Displacement
Answer: C) Rationalization
Rationale: Rationalization involves creating logical but false excuses to justify
unacceptable behavior or failure.
8. Freud's concept of "penis envy" was criticized and revised by which neo-
Freudian theorist?
A) Carl Jung
B) Alfred Adler
C) Karen Horney
D) Erik Erikson
Answer: C) Karen Horney
Rationale: Horney strongly rejected Freud's penis envy, countering with "womb
envy" – the idea that men envy women's ability to bear children.
9. According to Freud, unresolved conflicts during the Phallic stage (ages 3–6)
lead to which of the following in adulthood?
A) Anal retentiveness
B) The Oedipus or Electra complex
C) Fixation on orderliness
D) Difficulty with trust
Answer: B) The Oedipus or Electra complex
Rationale: The Phallic stage is when the Oedipus (boys) and Electra (girls)
complexes occur, involving unconscious desires for the opposite-sex parent.
10. A woman who strongly identifies with her mother and exhibits nurturing,
traditional feminine behaviors has successfully resolved which conflict?
