- Freud proposed that __ as a person matured, causing him or her to progress through the universal psychosexual stages.
a. modeling and imitation of an individual’s parents occurred
b. one had to face a series of social challenges
c. the focus of libidinal energy shifted from one body area to another
d. adaptations to environmental circumstances occurred
- According to Freud, the way parents handle their children’s _ helps shape their offspring’s personalities and psychological well-being.
a. sibling rivalry and power struggles
b. differing temperaments
c. innate curiosities about the world
d. sexual and aggressive drives
- Which of the following is the correct sequence of Freud’s stages of psychosexual development?
a. oral, phallic, anal, genital, latency
b. anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency
c. oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
d. oral, anal, latency, phallic, genital
- According to Freud, __ can prevent a child from moving on to the next stage of development.
a. too little or too much gratification
b. the Oedipus and Electra complexes
c. imprinting
d. being too eclectic in one’s attachment
- LaShonda is an infant who meets her needs through sucking and is beginning to define herself by seeing how her actions affect her mother. According to Freud, LaShonda is in the _ stage.
a. oral
b. latency
c. sensorimotor
d. trust versus mistrust
- The need to toilet train requires children to control biological urges, which places them in conflict with adult society during Freud’s __ stage of psychosexual development.
a. phallic
b. anal
c. preoperational
d. latency
- Gordon was overwhelmed by strict toilet training when he was young and grew up to become the typical “anal character,” who is
a. overly trusting and wants others to care of him.
b. argumentative with a “biting personality.”
c. orderly, stubborn, and overly neat.
d. narcissistic and needs constant attention.
- Elise likes her apartment to be neat and orderly at all times. In fact, she gets upset if anything on her shelves are out of place or have the least “speck” of dust. She plans all of her activities and stubbornly expects others to go along with her plans. According to Freud, Elise’s was most likely fixated or “stuck” at which stage of psychosexual development?
a. oral stage
b. anal stage
c. latency stage
d. phallic stage
- Freud viewed the personality as having three components that take shape during the first three psychosexual stages. Which of the following is NOT one of these three components?
a. superid
b. ego
c. superego
d. id
- Freud viewed the personality as having three components that take shape during the first three psychosexual stages. Which of the following is the correct order in which they develop?
a. id, ego, superego
b. ego, id, superego
c. ego, superego, id
d. id, superego, ego