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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 will therapists insist upon in a situation like 'Dora'?

2. What does Freud mention happens when a person endeavors to practice psychoanalysis, but has little experience?

3. According to Freud, what does a patient need to do during therapy?

4. Why was the Psycho-Analytic Society formed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud say happens to children at twelve years old?

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

3. What is "Wild" Psycho-Analysis?

4. Who was 'Dora'?

5. What happens in the pre-pubescent latency period?

6. What does Freud's paper published in 1908 address?

7. What does Freud say is the main concern of people's dreams dealing with psycho-therapy?

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

9. Describe what Freud refers to as periodic depression.

10. What is happening to Anna O. that is making her sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss 'Dora' and her therapy's contribution to the field of psychology. Why was Freud puzzled about Dora? What did Freud discover about a patient's therapy in relation to their family? Give specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between pleasure the principle and the reality principle? Why do people that live under the pleasure principle confuse fantasy for fact? Give examples from the book and explain what ramifications this difference might have on a patient.

Essay Topic 3

Considering Freud's contribution to the field of psychoanalysis, why do you think Freud hated philosophy so much? In what ways is his disdain for philosophy paradoxical? Do you think if Freud were alive today, he would see his view of philosophy as paradoxical?

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