EMCC Psychology final| 70 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

The study of the effects drugs have on the brain and behaviour is referred to as _____________________. correct answer: neiropsychology A relatively stable and enduring pattern of thoughts, feelings, and actions is known as an individual's __________________________. correct answer: personality Freud used the term ____________________ to refer to the thoughts and information that a person is currently aware of or is remembering. correct answer: conscious Freud used the term ____________________ to refer to thoughts and information that exist just beneath the surface of awareness and that can easily be brought to mind. correct answer: preconscious Freud used the term ____________________ to refer to thoughts, motives, and memories that are blocked from normal awareness but that can still exert great influence. correct answer: unconscious According to Freud, the __________ is concerned with immediate gratification and the avoidance of discomfort correct answer: id According to Freud's theory, the _________________ principle asserts that the only motivation for behavior is the immediate gratification of needs. correct answer: pleasure According to Freud, the rational part of the psyche that deals with reality and tries to meet the needs of the other two mental structures is called the __________________________. correct answer: ego The _____________ principle is used by the ego as it tries to meet the demands of the id and events and objects in the real world. correct answer: reality According to Freud, when a child learns the rules and values of parents and society, and incorporates them into his or her own psyche, that child has developed his or her ______________________. correct answer: superego The first and most basic defense mechanism, which blocks unacceptable impulses from coming into awareness, is called __________________. correct answer: repression The five developmental periods during which particular kinds of pleasures must be gratified for personality development to proceed normally are known as _________________________ correct answer: Freud's psycosexual stages of development