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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 say is a type of mental pathology?

2. What is the patient nicknamed in "Obsessional Neuroses"?

3. What is a specific difficulty of Freud's research?

4. What does Freud state is the purpose for his work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud say about distortion between the patient and therapist?

2. Briefly describe the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

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

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

5. What is "Wild" Psycho-Analysis?

6. Briefly describe why Sigmund Freud is important to the field of psychology.

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

8. What does Freud say about repressed material?

9. What do the brief expositions at the beginning of "The Theory of Sexuality" address?

10. What does Freud suggest is important for the patient to do in therapy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what a totem animal is. How is the idea of a totem animal relevant to Freud's work in the field of psychology? Give examples from the book and refer to secondary sources if you need clarification.

Essay Topic 2

What does Freud mean when he refers to the term "Wild" psycho-analysis? What deems something as "wild" in the field of psychology? What does Freud mention about distortion between therapist and patient?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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