10 MCQ on psychoanalytic theory with answers
Which of the following is the founder of psychoanalytic theory?
- a) Sigmund Freud
- b) Carl Jung
- c) Alfred Adler
- d) Erik Erikson
- Answer: (a) Sigmund Freud
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main components of personality in psychoanalytic theory?
- a) Id
- b) Ego
- c) Superego
- d) Self
- Answer: (d) Self
The id is the part of the personality that is:
- a) Rational and logical
- b) Driven by pleasure and instincts
- c) Concerned with social norms and expectations
- d) All of the above
- Answer: (b) Driven by pleasure and instincts
The ego is the part of the personality that:
- a) Is in control of all thoughts and behaviors
- b) Mediates between the id and the superego
- c) Is concerned with social norms and expectations
- d) All of the above
- Answer: (b) Mediates between the id and the superego
The superego is the part of the personality that:
- a) Is in control of all thoughts and behaviors
- b) Mediates between the id and the ego
- c) Is concerned with social norms and expectations
- d) All of the above
- Answer: (c) Is concerned with social norms and expectations
Which of the following is NOT a defense mechanism?
- a) Regression
- b) Repression
- c) Rationalization
- d) Sublimation
- Answer: (c) Rationalization
Regression is a defense mechanism in which:
- a) A person returns to an earlier stage of development
- b) A person represses their thoughts and feelings
- c) A person rationalizes their behavior
- d) A person sublimates their urges into socially acceptable activities
- Answer: (a) A person returns to an earlier stage of development
Repression is a defense mechanism in which:
- a) A person returns to an earlier stage of development
- b) A person represses their thoughts and feelings
- c) A person rationalizes their behavior
- d) A person sublimates their urges into socially acceptable activities
- Answer: (b) A person represses their thoughts and feelings
Rationalization is a defense mechanism in which:
- a) A person returns to an earlier stage of development
- b) A person represses their thoughts and feelings
- c) A person rationalizes their behavior
- d) A person sublimates their urges into socially acceptable activities
- Answer: (c) A person rationalizes their behavior
Sublimation is a defense mechanism in which:
- a) A person returns to an earlier stage of development
- b) A person represses their thoughts and feelings
- c) A person rationalizes their behavior
- d) A person sublimates their urges into socially acceptable activities
- Answer: (d) A person sublimates their urges into socially acceptable activities
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