Theories of Personality Freud

The ego-ideal consists of

good or correct behaviors children learn from their parents.

Freud revised his view of the structure of personality to include the

all of these

The defense mechanisms

all of these

The id functions to

all of these

In the defense mechanism of rationalization, a/n

behavior is reinterpreted to make it more acceptable.

Which of the following is not one of the three types of anxiety proposed by Freud?

frustration anxiety

All of the following are defense mechanisms except

cathexis

Because people do not have the same childhood experiences, the nature of the ____ varies from person to person.

ego and superego

Each of Freud's psychosexual stages is defined by a/n ____ of the body.

erogenous zone

Neurotic anxiety results from a conflict between

id and ego

Moral anxiety results from the conflicting demands of

id and superego

The ego constantly tries to compromise between the demands of

id, reality, and the superego

Repression as a defense mechanism

is extremely difficult to eliminate, once used.

Freud's name for psychic energy manifested by the life instincts is

libido

The task of the ego is to ____ id impulses.

postpone, delay, or redirect

Hallucinatory or fantasy experience concerned with wish fulfillment is known as

primary-process thought