Q 01/05

What clinical method and theory of mind is Freud the founder of?

A) Psychoanalysis

B) Gestalt psychology

C) Cognitive therapy

D) Behaviourism

Answer · why

A) Psychoanalysis

It treats conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and analyst.

Q 02/05

What are the three parts of the model of psychic structure Freud developed?

A) Id, ego and superego

B) Mind, body and spirit

C) Conscious, subconscious and soul

D) Instinct, reason and will

Answer · why

A) Id, ego and superego

He set the second topography out in The Ego and the Id in 1923, on top of his earlier conscious-preconscious-unconscious scheme.

Q 03/05

What did Freud call the sexualised psychic energy that invests mental processes?

A) Elan vital

B) Animus

C) Eros

D) Libido

Answer · why

D) Libido

He paired it with a death drive, the source of compulsive repetition, aggression and neurotic guilt.

Q 04/05

Which idea, built on his redefinition of sexuality to include infancy, became central to his theory?

A) The Electra complex

B) The Oedipus complex

C) The Cassandra complex

D) The inferiority complex

Answer · why

B) The Oedipus complex

It grew from his own self-analysis of hostility to his father and jealousy over his mother's affections.

Q 05/05

In which Moravian town, now Příbor in the Czech Republic, was Freud born on 6 May 1856?

A) Ostrava

B) Freiberg

C) Brno

D) Olomouc

Answer · why

B) Freiberg

He was born with a caul, which his mother saw as a lucky omen, in a rented room in a locksmith's house.