Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory and Defense Mechanisms Quiz

Sigmund Freud is credited as the founder of psychoanalysis.

The Id operates on the pleasure principle according to Freud.

Projection involves attributing one's own undesirable feelings to others.

Freud refers to the Ego as the 'reality principle'.

Sublimation involves redirecting unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable actions.

Repression involves pushing threatening thoughts or memories into the unconscious.

Freud's psychosexual stages primarily focus on the development of sexual instincts.

Regression involves reverting to an earlier stage of development.

The Superego ensures moral and ethical behavior in Freud's theory.

The latency stage occurs from age 6 to puberty in Freud's psychosexual development theory.

The primary focus of the Phallic stage is the formation of the Oedipus complex.