PSYC 305: Midterm 2 David King-UBC
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Criticisms of Freud's psychanalytic theory - Answer no experimentation/hypothesis testing
negative view of human nature
inherently sexist theories
Freud's lasting contributions - Answer the unconscious
defense mechanisms
narcissism trait
childhood development
psychoanalysis
Analytical Psychology - Answer Carl Jung
- based on symbolism, mysticism, occultism, and the collective unconscious, archetypes
psychoanalytic theory - Answer Sigmund Freud
- unconscious mind
- libido
- defence mechanisms
- early childhood experiences
Psychic determinism - Answer nothing happens by chance
- everything we think/do is an expression of our mind (unconscious/conscious)
what are Basic Instincs (Freud) - Answer strong innate forces that provide all of the energy in
the psychic system, primary motives of human behaviour
we are only aware of our urges for love, sex, and aggression (Libido, Mortido)
we are not aware of the underlying instincts to those urges (Thanatos, Eros)
which are the four basic instincs (Freud) - Answer Eros: Life instinct
,- leads to libido
Libido: energy/drive
Thanatos: death instinct
- leads to mortido
Mortido: Energy/drive
Free Will (Jung) - Answer goal-directedness and free will largely determine human behaviour,
NOT unconscious processes
Topographical Model of the Mind - Answer conscious, preconscious, unconscious
Structural Model (personality) of the Mind - Answer Id
Ego
Superego
Id - Answer most primitive part of the mind, source of all drives and urges; seeks immediate
gratification; includes basic instincts
Ego - Answer Executive of personality; constrains id to reality; understand that urges of id are
often in conflict with physical and social realities
Superego - Answer internalizes ideal, values, and morals of parents and society; one's
"conscience"; manifests as feelings of guilt, shame, or pride in response to ego
Collective Unconscious (Jung) - Answer innate (genetically-determined) psychological
concepts and mechanisms that allow us to respond to universal phenomena (similar to
instincts)
Motivated (freudian) view of unconscious - Answer urges and undersirable thoughts/feelings
are buried in the unconscious
Cognitive view of unconscious - Answer information perceived may get into the unconscious
and influence us, but it's not buried and its not very powerful
Subliminal priming - Answer concepts may be perceived and influence us, without our even
knowing it
, - no clear evidence this has much of an effect on behaviour
Anxiety (Freud) - Answer an unpleasant state indicating that the EGO is being threatened
- Objective anxiety
- Neurotic anxiety
- Moral anxiety
objective anxiety - Answer real, external threat to a person
Neurotic anxiety - Answer direct conflict between id and ego
moral anxiety - Answer conflict between ego and superego
defence mechanisms (Freud) - Answer ways for the ego to COPE with anxiety
- primary goal is tension reduction
- typically happen unconsciously
- distort, transform, or falsify reality in some way
all Freudian defence mechanisms - Answer repression
denial
rationalization
displacement
projection
reaction formation
regression
sublimation
repression - Answer preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or urges from reaching
conscious awareness
denial - Answer insisting things are not the way they seem; not seeing facts
rationalization - Answer reasoning, making excuses for outcomes
displacement - Answer redirecting threatening impulses to less-threatening target
Study Guide Exam with Actual
Answers 2026 Updated.
Criticisms of Freud's psychanalytic theory - Answer no experimentation/hypothesis testing
negative view of human nature
inherently sexist theories
Freud's lasting contributions - Answer the unconscious
defense mechanisms
narcissism trait
childhood development
psychoanalysis
Analytical Psychology - Answer Carl Jung
- based on symbolism, mysticism, occultism, and the collective unconscious, archetypes
psychoanalytic theory - Answer Sigmund Freud
- unconscious mind
- libido
- defence mechanisms
- early childhood experiences
Psychic determinism - Answer nothing happens by chance
- everything we think/do is an expression of our mind (unconscious/conscious)
what are Basic Instincs (Freud) - Answer strong innate forces that provide all of the energy in
the psychic system, primary motives of human behaviour
we are only aware of our urges for love, sex, and aggression (Libido, Mortido)
we are not aware of the underlying instincts to those urges (Thanatos, Eros)
which are the four basic instincs (Freud) - Answer Eros: Life instinct
,- leads to libido
Libido: energy/drive
Thanatos: death instinct
- leads to mortido
Mortido: Energy/drive
Free Will (Jung) - Answer goal-directedness and free will largely determine human behaviour,
NOT unconscious processes
Topographical Model of the Mind - Answer conscious, preconscious, unconscious
Structural Model (personality) of the Mind - Answer Id
Ego
Superego
Id - Answer most primitive part of the mind, source of all drives and urges; seeks immediate
gratification; includes basic instincts
Ego - Answer Executive of personality; constrains id to reality; understand that urges of id are
often in conflict with physical and social realities
Superego - Answer internalizes ideal, values, and morals of parents and society; one's
"conscience"; manifests as feelings of guilt, shame, or pride in response to ego
Collective Unconscious (Jung) - Answer innate (genetically-determined) psychological
concepts and mechanisms that allow us to respond to universal phenomena (similar to
instincts)
Motivated (freudian) view of unconscious - Answer urges and undersirable thoughts/feelings
are buried in the unconscious
Cognitive view of unconscious - Answer information perceived may get into the unconscious
and influence us, but it's not buried and its not very powerful
Subliminal priming - Answer concepts may be perceived and influence us, without our even
knowing it
, - no clear evidence this has much of an effect on behaviour
Anxiety (Freud) - Answer an unpleasant state indicating that the EGO is being threatened
- Objective anxiety
- Neurotic anxiety
- Moral anxiety
objective anxiety - Answer real, external threat to a person
Neurotic anxiety - Answer direct conflict between id and ego
moral anxiety - Answer conflict between ego and superego
defence mechanisms (Freud) - Answer ways for the ego to COPE with anxiety
- primary goal is tension reduction
- typically happen unconsciously
- distort, transform, or falsify reality in some way
all Freudian defence mechanisms - Answer repression
denial
rationalization
displacement
projection
reaction formation
regression
sublimation
repression - Answer preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or urges from reaching
conscious awareness
denial - Answer insisting things are not the way they seem; not seeing facts
rationalization - Answer reasoning, making excuses for outcomes
displacement - Answer redirecting threatening impulses to less-threatening target
