A. an overpowering superego
B. an unrestrained id
C. dominance of the pleasure principle
D. balance among mental processes
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities - The authoritative source of definitions for mental disorders, that it is widely accepted and used among mental health professionals is which of the following?
A. American Psychiatric Association
B. American Psychological Association
C. DSM-5
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Who discovered that all mental process are not accompanied by mental imagery?
A. Willhelm Wundt
B. E. B. Titchner
C. J. B. Watson
D. Oswald Kulpe - In a 1991 National institute of Mental Health study, it was estimated that people with bipolar disorder cost the country how much?
A. Over 200,000 dollars
B. Over 30 million dollars
C. Over 40 billion dollars
D. Over 100 billion dollars - Which of the following psychologists is MOST likely to deal with the most severe mental health problems?
A. clinical psychologist
B. research psychologist
C. school psychologists
D. counselling psychologist - DSM – IV is the fourth edition of a manual listing categories of psychiatric disorders and the criteria that must be met in order for a mental health professional to diagnose a disorder. What is DSM short for?
A. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
B. Disorders and Statistical Mental illness
C. Disorders and Statistics in Mental Health
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - The study of mental processes such as thinking, perception information processing, etc. is a key element in_______psychology.
A. humanistic
B. cognitive
C. behavioral
D. biological - If correlational analyses indicate that higher levels of depression are related to poorer psychical health, can we infer that depression causes poor health?
A. No, because correlated variables do not indicated causal relationships
B. No, because correlated variables are not based on inferential statistics
C. Yes, because correlated variables indicated causal relationships
D. Yes, because correlated variables are based on inferential statistics - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation - According to Freud, the ego is governed by the:
A. pleasure principle
B. reality principle
C. ego ideal
D. partial ego principle
