Here are 30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focusing on Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory, along with their answers.
Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
1. Freud's psychoanalytic theory is primarily concerned
with:
- a) Conscious
thoughts and behaviors
- b) Unconscious
motives and conflicts
- c) Social
learning and environment
- d) Biological and
genetic factors
- Answer: b)
Unconscious motives and conflicts
2. According to Freud, the structure of personality
includes:
- a) Id, Ego,
Superego
- b) Conscious,
Preconscious, Unconscious
- c) Introversion,
Extraversion, Ambiversion
- d) Openness,
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness
- Answer: a) Id,
Ego, Superego
. The Id operates on which principle?
- a) Reality
principle
- b) Pleasure
principle
- c) Morality
principle
- d) Consistency
principle
- Answer: b)
Pleasure principle
4. The Ego operates on which principle?
- a) Reality
principle
- b) Pleasure
principle
- c) Morality
principle
- d) Consistency
principle
- Answer: a)
Reality principle
5. The Superego represents:
- a) Basic
biological drives
- b) Rational
decision-making
- c) Moral
standards and ideals
- d) Immediate
gratification
- Answer: c) Moral
standards and ideals
6. Which part of the personality is responsible for
mediating between the Id and the Superego?
- a) Id
- b) Ego
- c) Superego
- d) Conscious mind
- Answer: b) Ego
7. Defense mechanisms are primarily used by which part of
the personality?
- a) Id
- b) Ego
- c) Superego
- d) Conscious mind
- Answer: b) Ego
8. Which defense mechanism involves attributing one’s own
unacceptable thoughts to others?
- a) Denial
- b) Projection
- c) Repression
- d) Sublimation
- Answer: b)
Projection
9. Which defense mechanism involves redirecting unacceptable
impulses into socially acceptable activities?
- a) Denial
- b) Projection
- c) Repression
- d) Sublimation
- Answer: d)
Sublimation
10. Repressing painful or unacceptable thoughts into the
unconscious is known as:
- a) Denial
- b) Displacement
- c) Repression
- d)
Rationalization
- Answer: c)
Repression
11. Which psychosexual stage is associated with weaning and
fixation on oral activities?
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Latency stage
- Answer: a) Oral
stage
12. The Oedipus complex is associated with which
psychosexual stage?
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Genital stage
- Answer: c)
Phallic stage
1. According to Freud, which stage involves dormant sexual
feelings and focus on social and intellectual skills?
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Latency stage
- Answer: d)
Latency stage
14. Which of the following concepts is central to Freud's
theory of personality development?
- a)
Self-actualization
- b) Psychosexual
stages
- c) Cognitive
schemas
- d) Operant
conditioning
- Answer: b)
Psychosexual stages
15. Which psychosexual stage is associated with toilet
training and control?
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Genital stage
- Answer: b) Anal
stage
16. In Freud’s theory, the final stage of psychosexual
development is:
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Genital stage
- Answer: d)
Genital stage
17. According to Freud, fixation at the oral stage might
result in:
- a) Excessive
cleanliness
- b) Overeating or
smoking
- c)
Aggressiveness
- d) Sexual
dysfunction
- Answer: b)
Overeating or smoking
18. Freud’s concept of libido refers to:
- a) A life
instinct focused on survival and reproduction
- b) An aggressive
drive
- c) A moral
standard
- d) A cognitive
schema
- Answer: a) A
life instinct focused on survival and reproduction
19. Which technique involves a patient saying whatever comes
to mind, without censorship?
- a) Dream
analysis
- b) Free
association
- c) Hypnosis
- d) Transference
- Answer: b) Free
association
20. The technique of dream analysis was used by Freud to
explore:
- a) Conscious
thoughts
- b) Repressed
memories
- c) Genetic
predispositions
- d) Behavioral
conditioning
- Answer: b)
Repressed memories
21. In Freud’s theory, the mechanism by which unacceptable
impulses are transformed into their opposites is called:
- a) Reaction
formation
- b) Regression
- c)
Rationalization
- d) Displacement
- Answer: a)
Reaction formation
22. Freud’s concept of the preconscious refers to:
- a) Thoughts
currently in awareness
- b) Thoughts that
are not currently in awareness but can be brought to consciousness
- c) Deeply
repressed memories
- d) Instinctual
drives
- Answer: b)
Thoughts that are not currently in awareness but can be brought to
consciousness
23. The term "penis envy" is associated with which
stage of Freud's theory?
- a) Oral stage
- b) Anal stage
- c) Phallic stage
- d) Latency stage
- Answer: c)
Phallic stage
24. According to Freud, the part of the mind that operates
on the reality principle is the:
- a) Id
- b) Ego
- c) Superego
- d) Conscious
mind
- Answer: b) Ego
25. The process by which children incorporate their parents’
values into their developing superegos is called:
- a)
Identification
- b) Fixation
- c) Repression
- d) Displacement
- Answer: a)
Identification
26. According to Freud, the primary focus of the anal stage
is:
- a) Oral
activities like sucking and biting
- b) Control over
bowel and bladder elimination
- c) Exploration
of the genital area
- d) Developing
social and intellectual skills
- Answer: b)
Control over bowel and bladder elimination
27. Freud's concept of the death instinct is referred to as:
- a) Libido
- b) Thanatos
- c) Eros
- d) Anima
- Answer: b)
Thanatos
28. Which defense mechanism involves reverting to behaviors
from an earlier stage of development?
- a) Reaction
formation
- b) Regression
- c)
Rationalization
- d) Displacement
- Answer: b)
Regression
29. The Electra complex is the female counterpart to which
male complex?
- a) Oedipus
complex
- b) Inferiority
complex
- c) Identity
complex
- d) Dependency
complex
- Answer: a)
Oedipus complex
30. Freud believed that dreams are:
- a) Random neural
activity
- b) Wish
fulfillments
- c)
Manifestations of conscious thoughts
- d) Influenced by
daily experiences only
- Answer: b) Wish
fulfillments
These questions cover a broad range of concepts and key
elements of Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory.
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