PSY 550 FINAL EXAM 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ latency (6years-puberty).
Answer: a phase of dormant sexual feelings (dormant)
◉ genital (puberty on).
Answer: maturation of sexual interests (sexual maturity)
◉ fixation.
Answer: the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, stuck
at a stage
◉ Oedipus(boys)/Electra(girls) Complex.
Answer: child desires opposite-sex parent and competes with same-
sex parent
◉ Penis envy and Castration Anxiety.
Answer: girls- penis envy when they realize they don't have a penis
(feel inferior)
,boys- castration anxiety, fear the loss of their genitalia as
punishment for Oedipal desires
◉ repression.
Answer: the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings
from the conscious mind and into the unconscious
ex: repressing memory of a traumatic sexual experience
◉ regression.
Answer: retreating to an earlier psychosexual stage, where some
psychic energy remains fixated (acting younger) ex: little boy sucks
thumb on first day of kindergarten
◉ displacement.
Answer: shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more
acceptable or less threatening object or person
ex: little girl kicks dog cause mom put her in timeout
◉ reaction formation.
Answer: switching impulses into their opposites (opposite behavior)
ex: repressing angry feelings and displaying exaggerated friendliness
◉ projection.
, Answer: disguising one's ow threatening impulses by attributing
them to others
ex: the thief thinks everyone else is a thief
◉ sublimation.
Answer: a process by which negative urges, drives, and behaviors
are channeled into more socially acceptable behaviors (redirecting
to a positive outlet)
ex: working out, exercise, other physical activities
◉ jung's personality theory.
Answer: placed less emphasis on social factors and agreed with
Freud that the unconscious exerts a powerful influence
◉ collective unconscious.
Answer: a common reservoir of images or archetypes derived from
our species' universal experiences (shared human memories)
◉ archetypes.
Answer: the common images derived from our species' universal
experience (universal symbols)
◉ Adler's personality theory.
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ latency (6years-puberty).
Answer: a phase of dormant sexual feelings (dormant)
◉ genital (puberty on).
Answer: maturation of sexual interests (sexual maturity)
◉ fixation.
Answer: the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, stuck
at a stage
◉ Oedipus(boys)/Electra(girls) Complex.
Answer: child desires opposite-sex parent and competes with same-
sex parent
◉ Penis envy and Castration Anxiety.
Answer: girls- penis envy when they realize they don't have a penis
(feel inferior)
,boys- castration anxiety, fear the loss of their genitalia as
punishment for Oedipal desires
◉ repression.
Answer: the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings
from the conscious mind and into the unconscious
ex: repressing memory of a traumatic sexual experience
◉ regression.
Answer: retreating to an earlier psychosexual stage, where some
psychic energy remains fixated (acting younger) ex: little boy sucks
thumb on first day of kindergarten
◉ displacement.
Answer: shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more
acceptable or less threatening object or person
ex: little girl kicks dog cause mom put her in timeout
◉ reaction formation.
Answer: switching impulses into their opposites (opposite behavior)
ex: repressing angry feelings and displaying exaggerated friendliness
◉ projection.
, Answer: disguising one's ow threatening impulses by attributing
them to others
ex: the thief thinks everyone else is a thief
◉ sublimation.
Answer: a process by which negative urges, drives, and behaviors
are channeled into more socially acceptable behaviors (redirecting
to a positive outlet)
ex: working out, exercise, other physical activities
◉ jung's personality theory.
Answer: placed less emphasis on social factors and agreed with
Freud that the unconscious exerts a powerful influence
◉ collective unconscious.
Answer: a common reservoir of images or archetypes derived from
our species' universal experiences (shared human memories)
◉ archetypes.
Answer: the common images derived from our species' universal
experience (universal symbols)
◉ Adler's personality theory.
