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tichca

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Freud made _____ an important part of his personality theory, asserting that it is fundamental to the development of all neurotic and psychotic behavior.
 
  a. pleasure
  c. disgust
  b. guilt
  d. anxiety

Question 2

The ego-ideal, which is the second part of the superego, consists of:
 
  a. those behaviors for which children are punished.
  b. good or correct behaviors for which children are praised.
  c. the reality principle and its strivings for the ideal ego.
  d. ideals and principles the ego has rejected.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Freud made anxiety an important part of his personality theory, asserting that it is fundamental to the development of all neurotic and psychotic behavior. He suggested that the prototype of all anxiety is the birth trauma.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: The superego consists of a set of forcesa powerful and largely unconscious set of dictates or beliefsthat we acquire in childhood: our ideas of right and wrong. The second part of the superego is the ego-ideal, which consists of good, or correct, behaviors for which children have been praised.



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