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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 as the link of most neuroses?

2. What is 'Dora's' problem?

3. What characteristics make the "talking" or "listening" cure method most effective?

4. What does each section pertain to in "The Theory of Sexuality"?

5. In the chapter "Dreams," how are therapeutic symptoms achieved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Rat Man, the patient who has obsessional neurosis?

3. Briefly describe the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

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

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

6. Describe what Freud refers to as periodic depression.

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

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

9. Who was 'Dora'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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