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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other phrase does Freud use for the state of repression?
(a) Covert denial.
(b) Incapacity of consciousness.
(c) Inaccuracy of consciousness.
(d) Overt denial.

2. How does the woman who is married in the theater dream feel about having married so young?
(a) Fulfilled.
(b) Owned.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Anxious.

3. What does a child want when being put to sleep by his mother?
(a) Another kiss.
(b) A dream chaser.
(c) A schedule of events.
(d) A trip to the zoo.

4. What is the mother awakened by, according to Burdach?
(a) The fear of the dark.
(b) The presence of ghosts.
(c) The city sirens.
(d) The whimpereing of her child.

5. What are the wishes and fantasies of waking life called?
(a) Coersions.
(b) Lapses in judgment.
(c) Daydreams.
(d) Excursions.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ego is mainly concerned with _____.

2. What sort of element does Freud say plays a part in constructing the explanation of dream work?

3. What does the symbol of a room mean?

4. Certain _____ occur in dream content when a person is asleep.

5. Freud sees it as impossible not to recognize a causal relationship between _____ and the state of repression.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is displacement the most striking of all dream performances?

2. What is the difference between adults and children in terms of the knowledge of reality?

3. What type of dream that expresses a desire is invariably accompanied by a feeling of dread and why?

4. Why is the boy in the story by Baldwin Groller considered a "bad boy"?

5. What are the foundational elements of the origin of many psychological processes, and how are they observed?

6. What is the difference between internal and external stimulus?

7. How do people compensate for not knowing the meaning of aspects of dreams?

8. What is a syllogism and how does it relate to Freud's theory of dream calculations?

9. What types of symbols exist in dreams?

10. How are forgetting and suppression related?

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