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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 did the nicknamed patient repeatedly suffer from in "Character and Anal Eroticism"?

2. What happens in the pre-pubescent period of child development?

3. At the end of the chapter, "The Theory of Sexuality," what does Freud want to accomplish?

4. What does the "Inversion, absolute, amphigenic and contingent" section address?

5. What reason is given for using the name Dora?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Charcot able to decipher in both men and women?

2. Briefly describe the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

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

4. What happens in radical transformation?

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

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

7. What did the doctor's find was making 'Dora' verge on suicidal behavior?

8. How does Freud describe Charcot?

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

10. What is "Wild" Psycho-Analysis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Freud's findings on bisexuality. What childhood factors contribute to one's sexual desire? What does Freud say about children at the age of five and twelve? How is that relevant to bisexuality?

Essay Topic 2

What does Freud's overall purpose of psycho-analysis seem to be? How does he demonstrate that motivation through his work and research? What is the most important factor to receive the maximum benefits of psycho-analysis therapy?

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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