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    Psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud

    This quiz explores the personality theory of psychoanalysis, in particular reference to how Freud conceptualized of this theory.

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    The majority of psychoanalysis is based upon the idea that there are two primary drives which motivate behavior. According to Freud, these drives are:

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    Freud believed that there were 3 provinces of the mind, which are:

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    According to Freud's psychoanalysis, there are 3 different types of anxiety:

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    _______________ is a defense mechanism characterized by the repression of one impulse and the expression of its exact opposite.

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    This defense mechanism is characterized by an individual incorporating positive qualities of another person into their own ego in order to reduce their own feelings of inferiority.

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    Freud's psychosexual stages of development occur in this order:

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    Maturity, according to Freud, was reached when:

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    Parapraxes is the official term for what is more commonly known as

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    Freud described dreams as:

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    An active process of psychoanalytic therapy will likely involve: