Exam 6: The Surrounded Self Ego of Psychoanalysis

A person is said to be "fixated" at some point along the developmental pathway if too much libido is invested there, whereas someone if they slip backward and become "stuck" at an earlier stage that they had previously left behind.

How is the preconscious defined?

Saying "whatever comes to mind" is an example of

In the tripartite model, the contains our instincts, impulses, and irrational feelings. It can be described as a "seething cauldron of emotion," and operates strictly by the pleasure-unpleasure principle.

According to Freud, a young man who plays and practices basketball for hours each day hoping to play like Michael Jordan is said to be

Which of the following is NOT a key ingredient of psychoanalysis?

Freud's ideal psychoanalyst is

Defense mechanisms protect the ego against

Talking, examining, and re-examining the ways in which the patient "resists" treatment by unconsciously trying to obstruct or divert the analysis is known as

If I refuse to pay my friend $20 that I owe him (thus withholding it from him), I am behaving in a manner which Freud would call

While an oral-incorporative personality is cheerful and overly dependent, someone who is cynical, pessimistic, and sarcastic could be said to be

A treatment method conceived by Freud for the alleviation of emotional problems is known as

The conscious is

According to Freud, what is a reality-oriented, thinking agency that promotes harmony within the mind and good relations with the external world?

Psychoanalytic therapy is most likely to include which technique?

The Oedipus complex is linked to

Which is NOT one of the four components of an instinct?

If you were involved in a tragic car accident and afterwards couldn't stop sucking your thumb, this would be an example of

An infant who is using wish fulfillment is using which thought process?

Freud's economic model