Author Question: Nathan is 37 years old. He smokes and drinks excessively and is constantly putting his hand to his ... (Read 114 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Nathan is 37 years old. He smokes and drinks excessively and is constantly putting his hand to his mouth. What might Freud have said about Nathan?

A. Nathan had an excessive amount of psychic energy fixated during the resolution of his Oedipus complex.
B. Nathan had some traumatic experiences during the oral stage of development.
C. Nathan has a weak superego.
D. Nathan has not yet resolved his Oedipus complex.

Question 2

According to Freud, fixation results in

A. adult personality characteristics related to the stage at which the fixation occurred.
B. an increase in the amount of psychic energy available to the adult ego.
C. either castration anxiety or penis envy, depending on the gender of the child.
D. an increase in Freudian slips.