PSYC 375 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND

PSYC 375 FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS AND

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According to Sigmund Freud, what happened during the fourth stage of psychosexual development? What was it called? - ---

Answers----latency stage: from sixth year til puberty, sexual

activity is all but eliminated from consciousness because of the intense repression in the phallic stage so find pleasure in friendship and schoolwork, curiosity

According to Sigmund Freud, what happened during the fifth stage of psychosexual development? What was it called? - ---

Answers----genital stage: puberty until the rest of life,

puberty causes sexual desires to be too strong to repress so they begin to manifest in desire for the opposite sex

What was the war on Sigmund Freud's work? - ---Answers--- -Nazis had labeled psychoanalysis as jewish science so his books were banned in germany, they destroyed his personal library and burned all his books in vienna, left Vienna when the gestapo took interest in his family but had to leave his sisters behind, moved to Paris with his daughter Anna & wife Martha then traveled to London where he restarted his research and practice and stayed until he died at 83

What are the 2 themes of Sigmund Freud's legend? - --- Answers----(1) theme of a solitary hero struggling against enemies and triumphing in the end; legend exaggerates the 1 / 4

extent and role of anti-semitism and the hostility of academic and victorian prejudices (2) clotting our of the greatest part of the scientific and cultural context in which psychoanalysis developed hence the theme of absolute originality of the achievements

What are the 9 commonly cited criticisms and contributions of Sigmund Freud's work? - ---Answers----(1) that psychoanalysts were continually introducing their assertions with the statement, "We know from psychoanalytic experience that ... ," and then leaving the burden of proof to others; (2) that Freud's disciples refused to listen to opinions that did not coincide with their own; (3) that they never published statistics on the success of their method; (4) that they persisted in claiming that only those who had used the psychoanalytic method had the right to challenge Freud; (5) that they saw all criticism as a form of "neurotic resistance"; (6) that psychoanalysts tended to ignore all work that had been done before them and then proceeded to make unwarranted claims about their own originality; (7) that they frequently addressed themselves to the wider lay audience as if their theories were already a proven fact, thus making their opponents seem narrow-minded and ignorant; (8) that so-called wild analysts, or individuals without proper training, were analyzing patients in irresponsible ways; and 2 / 4

(9) that Freud's followers were becoming a sect, with all of the prominent features of one, including a fanatical degree of faith, a special jargon, a sense of moral superiority, and a predilection for marked intolerance of opponents.

Briefly describe the life and work of Anna Freud (1895-1982)? - ---Answers----Became the official spokesperson for psychoanalysis after her father's death. In addition to perpetuating traditional psychoanalytic concepts, she extended them into new areas such as child psychology, education, and child rearing. By elaborating on autonomous ego functions, she encouraged the development of ego psychology.

What was Ego Psychology as established by Anna Freud? - --- Answers----Psychology that emphasizes the autonomous functions of the ego and minimizes the conflicts among the ego, id, and superego. Emphasized the importance of the ego more in child analysis because kids don't recall early traumatic experience like adults

Describe Anna Freud's concept of developmental lines? - --- Answers----A concept introduced by Anna Freud describing the major adjustments that typify the transition between childhood and adolescence and young adulthood; attempts by the child to adapt to life's demands and describe normal development

What were the 2 new ego defence mechanisms established by Anna Freud? - ---Answers----(1) Altruistic surrender: a 3 / 4

person avoids personal anxiety by vicariously living the life of another person.

(2) Identification with the aggressor: the fear caused by a

person is reduced by adopting the feared person's values. Now referred to as Stockholm syndrome

Describe Melanie Klein's (1882-1960) conflicts with Anna Freud? - ---Answers----- departed from Freud's psychoanalysis by emphasizing pre-oedipal development and de-emphasized biological drives and the importance of relationships, especially the mother-child relationship

• during the oral stage, child was focused on the moms breast;

if seen as good, it satisfies the life instincts and stimulates feeling of love and creativity; if seen as bad, satisfies the death instinct and stimulates feelings of hate and destruction.

• believed you could psychoanalyst kids much earlier than

other PAs by analyzing their play at as young as 2

Describe Erik Erikson's relationship with Anna Freud and his accomplishments? - ---Answers----A psychoanalyst best known for his stage theory of life span development and his psychological biographies; ego developed strength as it progresses through the 8 psychosocial stages of development.Qualified by Anna Freud. Erikson reshaped developmental psychology and helped popularize gerontology

What was Carl Jung (1875-1961)'s view on libido? - --- Answers----saw it as a pool of energy that could be used for positive growth throughout one's lifetime, rather than a sexual energy

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