PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION PREMIUM REVIEW CONTENT

PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
PREMIUM REVIEW CONTENT

●● Free Association
Answer: in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in
which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter
how trivial or embarrassing.


●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in
treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions


●● Unconscious
Answer: according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary
psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware


●● Id
Answer: contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that,
according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives.

, The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate
gratification


●● Ego
Answer: the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that,
according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego,
and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's
desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain


●● Superego
Answer: the part of the personality in Freud's theory that is responsible
for making moral choices


●● Pleasure Principle
Answer: the principle upon which the id operates, demanding immediate
gratification of its urges


●● Reality Principle
Answer: tendency of the ego to postpone gratification until it can find an
appropriate outlet


●● Psychosexual Stages