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ashley

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One problem with Freud's published case histories is that they:
 
  a. simply repeat the notes he took during the sessions with patients.
  b. are based primarily on statements made under hypnosis.
  c. sometimes differ from the notes he made after each session with a patient.
  d. are based primarily on dream analyses.

Question 2

Freud used the case study method for his psychological research. One of the disadvantages of this method is that:
 
  a. he used a small and unrepresentative sample of those he studied.
  b. it was impossible to probe into his patients' childhood years.
  c. he could not find consistencies and patterns, which were important to develop his theory.
  d. it could not point out any particular causal factor in neurotic behavior.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: There were discrepancies between Freud's notes on his therapy sessions and the case histories he published, which supposedly were based on these notes. The published version of a particular case did not agree with the notes Freud made after his sessions with the patient.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: A criticism of Freud's research is that it is based on a small and unrepresentative sample of people, restricted to himself and those who sought psychoanalysis with him. It is difficult to generalize from this limited sample to the population at large.



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