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PCN-107 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Preconsciousness - correct answer-Freud/Psychoanalysis: The
___________________
houses all memory that has been lost to consciousness but can
be accessed and remembered with relative ease
Consciousness - correct answer-Freud: Psychoanalysis: all of our
feelings, thoughts, fantasies, and behaviors of which we are
aware, is a small part of what Freud believed motivates the
individual
Unconsciousness - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: more
primitive mind, however, is the true motivator of our underlying
desires and wants. The _____________________ is driven by
our id energy, which is comprised of our instincts
Defense Mechanisms - correct answer-Freud/ psychoanalysis: we
are inherently driven to satisfy our needs, placing restraints is
unnatural and will inevitably lead to neurotic and even psychotic
behavior as the individual attempts to control his or her urges
through the use of ______________. Healthy when assist the
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individual in functioning in adaptive ways in society; however, they
become pathological when they are overused and result in
behaviors that impair
everyday living.
Anxiety - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: Moral, Neurotic,
Realistic
Psychosexual Stages of Development - correct answer-Freud/
Psyschoanalysis: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital stages
Oedipus Complex - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: desire
to sleep with or possess one's mother and kill one's father
Dream Analysis - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis:
_________ are a projection of our unconscious and represent
symbolic images of our desires and wishes
ID - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: All of the psychic
energy from our life and death instincts comprise the ___—or
more literally, "the it." We are born all ____, and Freud believed
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that the _____, sometimes called the primitive mind,
unconsciously motivates almost all of our behaviors. The ___
operates from raw, irrational impulses called primary process, and
is fueled by the pleasure principle, whose aim is to reduce tension
through the simplest means possible
Ego - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: without an id, the
_____ has no function. Called the "I" by Freud, the ______
develops sometime after the infant is born as the child begins to
wrestle with the external world of reality. Partly conscious, but
also operating out of the precociousness and unconscious, the
manner in which the _____ functions is often called secondary
process (created secondarily after the id has formed). The main
function of the ____ is to temper the id by finding socially
acceptable ways to meet the demands of the id.
Superego - correct answer-Freud/ psychoanalysis: MORAL
IMPERATIVES (our moral compass) internalization of the moral
imperatives of our parents and other significant others, and led to
the development of a personal conscience. Freud believed that
the _______ emerged from the individual's Oedipal struggle.
Operates out of unconscious and precociousness. Contains the
"beast within."
PCN-107 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Preconsciousness - correct answer-Freud/Psychoanalysis: The
___________________
houses all memory that has been lost to consciousness but can
be accessed and remembered with relative ease
Consciousness - correct answer-Freud: Psychoanalysis: all of our
feelings, thoughts, fantasies, and behaviors of which we are
aware, is a small part of what Freud believed motivates the
individual
Unconsciousness - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: more
primitive mind, however, is the true motivator of our underlying
desires and wants. The _____________________ is driven by
our id energy, which is comprised of our instincts
Defense Mechanisms - correct answer-Freud/ psychoanalysis: we
are inherently driven to satisfy our needs, placing restraints is
unnatural and will inevitably lead to neurotic and even psychotic
behavior as the individual attempts to control his or her urges
through the use of ______________. Healthy when assist the
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individual in functioning in adaptive ways in society; however, they
become pathological when they are overused and result in
behaviors that impair
everyday living.
Anxiety - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: Moral, Neurotic,
Realistic
Psychosexual Stages of Development - correct answer-Freud/
Psyschoanalysis: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital stages
Oedipus Complex - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: desire
to sleep with or possess one's mother and kill one's father
Dream Analysis - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis:
_________ are a projection of our unconscious and represent
symbolic images of our desires and wishes
ID - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: All of the psychic
energy from our life and death instincts comprise the ___—or
more literally, "the it." We are born all ____, and Freud believed
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that the _____, sometimes called the primitive mind,
unconsciously motivates almost all of our behaviors. The ___
operates from raw, irrational impulses called primary process, and
is fueled by the pleasure principle, whose aim is to reduce tension
through the simplest means possible
Ego - correct answer-Freud/ Psychoanalysis: without an id, the
_____ has no function. Called the "I" by Freud, the ______
develops sometime after the infant is born as the child begins to
wrestle with the external world of reality. Partly conscious, but
also operating out of the precociousness and unconscious, the
manner in which the _____ functions is often called secondary
process (created secondarily after the id has formed). The main
function of the ____ is to temper the id by finding socially
acceptable ways to meet the demands of the id.
Superego - correct answer-Freud/ psychoanalysis: MORAL
IMPERATIVES (our moral compass) internalization of the moral
imperatives of our parents and other significant others, and led to
the development of a personal conscience. Freud believed that
the _______ emerged from the individual's Oedipal struggle.
Operates out of unconscious and precociousness. Contains the
"beast within."
