According to Freud, the ego uses defense mechanisms in order to

According to Freud, the ego uses defense mechanisms in order to

A. reduce anxiety.
B. help the id get what it wants.
C. satisfy the superego's demands.
D. channel psychic energy into a socially productive action.

Question 2

The life instinct to which Freud attributed most of our behaviors is called

A. id.
B. neurotic impulse.
C. libido.
D. the structural model.

Question 3

In Freudian theory, libido is

A. an unlimited source of psychic energy.
B. a general term referring to all instincts.
C. a finite amount of psychic energy.
D. the same thing as Thanatos.

Question 4

An honors student is caught stealing money from his teacher's desk. The teacher tells the student to report after school to discuss the incident. However, when the student arrives later that day, he cannot remember doing what the teacher accuses him of. This is an example of

A. repression.
B. sublimation.
C. displacement.
D. denial.

Question 5

According to Freud, each of us is born with a(n)

A. sexual attraction for the opposite sex parent.
B. desire to die and return to the earth.
C. id, ego, and superego.
D. unlimited amount of psychic energy.

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