1. According to Freud Wish fulfillment is best described as:
a) Secret desires of the subconscious that are repressed because they represent
socially unaccepted acts.
b) When ID represents unconscious desires driven by eros/libido or thanatos (death
and aggression) and these can also be fulfilled by imagination / fantasy.
c) Bringing unconscious desires to consciousness and acting on them in reality.
d) Finding a socially acceptable way to act on one’s desires.
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2. According to Freud, Psychic energy is a source of motivation in every person.
This energy is associated with:
a) With ID which represents innate forces and instincts.
b) With personality change which requires having abundant Psychic energy.
c) With LIbido/Eros and fear of Thanatos (death and aggression).
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, d) The energy that builds up when a person represses their subconscious desires
too long without properly releasing them either by acting on them or fantasizing.
3. According to Freud, Oedipus complex represents:
a) When girls realize that they don’t have penis and blame their mother for it (since
she also doesn’t have it, then they develop affection for their father and want him
to share his penis with her through sex.
b) When boys compete for the father's love with their mother.
c) Boys’ desire to possess their mothers and replace their fathers. Love for mother
transforms into sexual desire and feelings to father shift into hostility since he is
the rival for mother’s affection.
d) The rivalry between siblings (mostly boys) for their mother’s love.
4. Which stage is described by:
- Ego and Superego continue to emerge.
- Most of the child’s personality develops until this time.
- Sexual and aggressive drives are less active because Ego and Superego
emerged.
- Attention drifts to intellectual and social pursuits.
a) Gential stage
b) Phallic stage
c) Anal stage
d) Latency stage
5. A surgeon releases unacceptable aggressive energy in an appropriate way doing
his job, This is an example of the defense mechanism:
a) Displacement / relocation
b) Reaction formation
c) Sublimation
d) Projection
6. Which statement about the reinforcement schedules in operant conditioning is
correct?
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