Psychoanalytical Test

  1. Which term would best define the drive to find loving companionship?

    1. Libido 

    2. Companionship impulse 

    3. Mortido 

    4. Oedipus Complex 

    5. Romantic Fixation 


  1. Which of the following best describes the role of the unconscious mind?

    1. To process and recall memories that influence daily behavior

    2. To manage the background processing of stimuli 

    3. To negotiate the needs of the Ego and Superego

    4. To reduce the strain of preconscious processing

    5. To store unwanted or socially unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and urges


  1. A manipulative person who has a tendency to smoke would be described as having which of the following?

    1. Oral fixation 

    2. Anal expulsive fixation

    3. Electra Complex

    4. Anal retentive fixation

    5. Repressive fixation 


  1. What are the two states of consciousness directly related to the process of repression?

    1. The Preconscious and the Unconscious 

    2. The Ego and the Superego

    3. The Id and the Unconscious 

    4. The Id and the Ego

    5. The Conscious and the Unconscious


  1. Which theory of dreaming states that dreams are a glimpse into the unconscious mind and should be interpreted?

    1. Cognitive-developmental dream theory

    2. Activation-Synthesis dream theory 

    3. Psychoanalytical dream theory 

    4. Problem-Solving dream theory

    5. Sociobiological dream theory 


  1. In fully developed adults what is the role of the Ego?

    1. Suppress bodily urges and desires

    2. Make decisions that satisfy both Id and Superego to some degree

    3. Establish cognitive rationalization related to emotional stimuli 

    4. Encourage social norms

    5. Ensure bodily urges and desires are always satisfied 


  1. The decisions that are made using the morality principle are generally most aligned with which of the following?

    1. Superego 

    2. Preconscious

    3. Phallic stage 

    4. Anal expulsive fixation

    5. Id  


  1. The belief that a person enters into a hypnotic trance only because of social expectation best aligns with which theory of hypnosis?

    1. Transcendental Theory 

    2. Behavioral Theory 

    3. State Theory 

    4. Non-State Theory

    5. Psychosocial Theory 


  1. Which of the psychological personality traits is most closely associated with the unconscious mind?

    1. Ego 

    2. Latency

    3. Id 

    4. Subego

    5. Supergo 


  1. Which stage of sleep do we see the most active dreaming take place?

    1. Circadian sleep 

    2. NREM-2

    3. NREM-3

    4. Reticular Sleep

    5. REM 


  1.  According to Freud’s psychosexual stages of development, when do we develop our superego?

    1. Genital Stage 

    2. Oral Stage 

    3. Anal Stage 

    4. Phallic Stage

    5. Latent Stage 


  1.  Which of the stages of sleep is considered the most restful or deepest sleep?

    1. NREM-3 

    2. NREM-2 

    3. NREM-1 

    4. REM-1

    5. REM-4  

  2.  Which of the following social consequences is most related to the latent stage of psychosexual development?

    1. Personal identity and responsibility are established

    2. Individuals establish a reliance on others to support and aid personal growth 

    3. Meaningful romantic bonds are formed between opposite-sex partners 

    4. Individuals learn the norms and gender roles of their society

    5. All of the above 


  1. Dream analysis and relaxation therapy serve what purpose in psychoanalytical psychology?

    1. Both create an opportunity to develop trust between the therapist and the patient 

    2. Both provide insight into the preconscious giving insight into the patient’s lived experience

    3. Both distract from the dangerous unconscious desires that create fixations and repression 

    4. Both repress latent content into the conscious mind allowing for indirect healing

    5. Both allow the thoughts and feelings repressed in the unconscious to be addressed by the conscious mind 

 

  1. Newborns display unthinking and irrational behaviors meaning that they utilize this personality trait almost exclusively. 

    1. Superego 

    2. Id 

    3. Ego 

    4. Subego

    5. Montego 


  1. Introverted and reclusive actions and desires that lead to ostracising oneself from larger groups of people, including loved ones, would be best associated with which of the following?

    1. Libido

    2. Oedipus complex 

    3. Superego 

    4. Ego

    5. Mortido


  1.  Recalling memories to help rationalize and comprehend the current moment defines which of the following?

    1. Limbic processing 

    2. Problem-Solving Dream Theory 

    3. Unconscious 

    4. Deflection

    5. Preconscious


  1.  Which of the following defines the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming?

    1. Dreams are meaningless collections of electrical impulses that our brain attempts to rationalize

    2. Dreams represent unmet desires and experiencing fills the desire 

    3. Dreams are meant to synthesize previously unrelated information for you to act on while awake 

    4. Dreams are only meaningful if we choose to act on them

    5. Dreams outline previous experiences from fixated stages that should be redone to successfully transcend to later life stages


  1.  A person who did not move successfully through the second stage of psychosexual development and as a result has trouble with relinquishing control and could be described as “up-tight” is likely struggling with which of the following?

    1. Anal expulsive fixation

    2. Latent romantic fixation

    3. Oral manipulative fixation

    4. Anal retentive fixation

    5. Oral retentive fixation 

 

  1.  This is the rational part of your mind responsible for processing information and drawing reasonable conclusions.

    1. The brain 

    2. Superego

    3. The preconscious

    4. The subconscious

    5. The conscious