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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud find causes symptoms of mental illness to subside?

2. According to Freud, around what does the study of psychoanalysis revolve?

3. What does Freud find as the link of most neuroses?

4. What does Freud say is needed to understand human sexuality in "The Theory of Sexuality"?

5. What does Freud hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

2. What happens in radical transformation?

3. What symptoms did 'Dora' have after experiencing a sexual trauma?

4. What does Freud suggest about children under five years old?

5. What are the three sexual preferences Freud discusses in great length and briefly describe them.

6. What two feelings greatly support the therapy process dealing with transference?

7. What does Freud repeatedly write that he believes is innate in all of us?

8. What are some of the conditions to having an effective psycho-analysis?

9. How does Freud describe Charcot?

10. Explain what was paradoxical about Freud's attitude toward philosophy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Freud seem to view homosexuality? Discuss Freud's inclusion about Leonardo DaVinci and Michelangelo's sexual orientation. Why do you think Freud included this section on celibacy to sexual preference or desire?

Essay Topic 2

Considering neuroses and hysteria, discuss these symptoms and their relation to sexually related experiences. What does Freud conclude about the anxiety from neuroses in women? Give specific examples of his research in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

What does Freud discuss as being a common factor in the male homosexuals he analyzed? What does he mention in regards to a homosexual's mother and father?

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