By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

2. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

3. To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:

   A. double-blind
   B. single-blind
   C. self-fulfilling prophesy
   D. representative sampling

4. According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic elements of personality are id, ego and super-ego. These three are respectively represented as:

   A. Biologically, psychological and social dimensions
   B. Unconscious, conscious and self-identity dimensions
   C. Oral stage, latency period and genital stage
   D. Preconscious, subconscious and unconscious

5. Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:

   A. The way we feel can determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur
   B. The way we feel can be determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur
   C. Feeling angry anxious or happy might impact on any of the other types of cognition, changing the way we respond
   D. A dispositionally calm person will not become anxious even when the elevator they are travelling in becomes stuck between floors

6. Identify the assertion from those given below, with regard to damage to the brain’s hemispheres:

   A. Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe
   B. Patients with hemi-neglect may ignore the entire left half of the world
   C. The right hemisphere might be able to support bilateral spatial attentional processes
   D. When the left hemisphere is damaged the right may be able to take over processes that would normally depend on the left hemisphere

7. The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

   A. identical twins reared together
   B. identical twins reared apart
   C. fraternal twins reared together
   D. non-twins reared together

8. The architects of the “Psychoanalytic theory” was:

   A. Freud
   B. Cattell
   C. Kundu
   D. None of these

9. A key element of Carl Rogers’ personality theory is the concept of:

   A. meta-needs
   B. the self or self-image
   C. self-reinforcement
   D. the pleasure principle

10. In psychology, the correct conception of motivation was first described in terms of instinctive behavior. On whose theory was this concept largely based?

    A. Hume
    B. Descartes
    C. Darwin
    D. James