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Psychodynamic theories
In two pages, review Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Freud's psychoanalytic theory Contribution to the field
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Exam 3 –November 8, 2004
1. Joleen’s friends describe her as being emotionally reserved most of the time but also able to become extremely angry every once and awhile. When she is angry at one of her friends, she usually does not confront them with her problem and instead behaves in a cold and distant manner. Sometimes, however, she will blow up in anger at them a week or two later. Which of the following would most likely be Freud’s evaluation of Joleen?
a. Freud would claim that she is engaging in sublimation behaviors to protect herself.
b. He would categorize her as anal expulsive and claim that it is due to unresolved issues she had during her anal stage of life.
c. Freud would call her phallic defensive because of the conflicts she had with her parents between the ages of 3 and 5 (possibly even sexual abuse).
d. He would say that she is obsessed with oral sensations, like talking, because she developed normally through the oral stage of life.
e. Freud would claim that she is in love with her father.
2. What aspect of personality has been found to be a reliable predictor of marital dissatisfaction, poor reports of health, and depression?
a. introversion
b. low openness
c. extraversion
d. low agreeableness
e. neuroticism
3. Lexi and Petri are identical twins who were separated at birth and grew up with very different families. Lexi is a skilled student who has three close friends and a loving boyfriend. Her adoptive family had difficulties accepting her when she was an infant and never really appreciated her until she reached puberty. Petri is also a good student and is very well liked in her sorority. Her adoptive family adored Petri until the family dissolved in a messy divorce when Petri was 16. Based on the core model of personality, who probably has higher self esteem, Lexi or Petri?
1. Lexi, because having a significant other (her boyfriend) is the most important thing for self esteem.
2.
Who suggested that “we feel sorry because we cry . . . afraid because we tremble”?
B. "No, I don't recommend that Amy attend this IEP meeting. At 17, she's too busy with her friends and school activities to be interested in such a meeting."
a.) “She said I was wild and that I had no direction in life” (59).
Freud starts his report by informing the readers of the incompleteness of his analysis and preparing them for a fragmented case. He admits that though the two dreams of Dora were recorded immediately after his session, “the case history itself was only committed to writing from memory, after the treatment was at an end […] thus the record is not absolutely – phonographically - exact” (4). Already, it becomes clear that the case will be based off of potentially invalid information. Freud attempts to defend this cause of skepticism by stating that the recollection remained fresh and heightened in his mind by his personal interest in the case (4). Freud clearly recognizes the opportunity for criticism due to the lack of information and accompanying lack of validity in his arguments, but he’s more intent on completing the report and proving his sexual desire and dream interpretat...
A. I will talk to you about overpopulation of deer in Alabama, while convincing you why
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Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2013). Theories of personality (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.
B. Roger is raping this pig even though she is already in agonizing pain he still does it.
C. Looks as if they have hearing problems although their hearing has been checked and is fine.
A. I asked my friend his opinion and he replied, “It’s their own fault. They do it to themselves by being lazy or with their drug habits.”
Bio-Psychologists study the principles of biology as it relates to the comprehension of psychology in the field neuroscience that underlies ones emotions, ideology, and actions (Brittanica). Based upon the conduction of research, the relationship between the brain and ones behavior extends to the physiological process in one’s intellect. Scientists are cognizant that neurotransmitters function as a significant role in mood regulation and other aspects of psychological problems including depression and anxiety. A biological perspective are relevant to psychology in three techniques including: the comparative method, physiology, and the investigation of inheritance (Saul Mc. Leod).
From a psychoanalytic perspective, one could say that these issues stemmed from the anal psychosexual stage of her infancy (between 1 and 3 years of age) (3). Robert even comments, "you strike me as a woman that won 't do anything she doesn 't want to do" (4). The phrase "anal retentive", comes from Freud theory that if a child that experiences a conflict in the anal psychosexual stage, then they may develope personality traits that are aqauinted with a child 's efforts dealing with using the bathroom. These traits being: being methodical, stubbornness, and being controlling.
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B. i ask that you should think about these precautions and take them into thought