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Freud Quiz Challenge - How Much Do You Know? | People

No thinker has had a more profound impact on the intellectual thought of the twentieth century than the great Sigismundus.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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20,885

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which individual was NOT a follower of Freud who later defected? Hint

Stekel

Charcot

Jung

Adler

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Freud's biographer? Hint

Ernest Jones

Sandor Ferenczi

Karl Abraham

Wilhelm Reich

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which case did Freud use to illustrate his theory of infantile sexuality? Hint

Little Hans

The Rat Man

Dr. Schreber

Dora

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which is NOT a work by Freud? Hint

Moses and Monotheism

The Future of an Illusion

Totem and Taboo

Man's Search for Meaning

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Question 5 of 10

5. Freud's collaborator on his first work, 'Studies in Hysteria', was Hint

Otto Rank

Wilhelm Fliess

Theodore Reik

Josef Breuer

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which is NOT a core principle of Freudian thought? Hint

The primacy of 'free will'

Unconscious Motivation

Repression

The power of instinct

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is NOT a key component of Freudian therapy? Hint

Free Association

Hypnotic Regression

Overcoming Resistance

Resolving Transference

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Question 8 of 10

8. One of Freud's more controversial theories is the existence of 'death instincts'. Freud referred to these instincts as Hint

Parapraxes

The Electra Complex

Counter-transference

Thanatos

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where did Freud spend most of his life? Hint

Vienna

Zurich

Berlin

Prague

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which statement is NOT true? Hint

Freud's wife was Martha Bernays

Freud engaged in scientific experimentation with cocaine

Freud believed that dreams were wish fulfillments

Freud rejected the concept of 'defense mechanisms' and sublimation

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which individual was NOT a follower of Freud who later defected?

Answer: Charcot

Many fine minds ultimately left Freud and went their own way - including the three named above. Charcot was not one of the followers; he was prominent before Freud and was one of Freud's teachers.

2. Who was Freud's biographer?

Answer: Ernest Jones

The others were also followers.

3. Which case did Freud use to illustrate his theory of infantile sexuality?

Answer: Little Hans

All were cases, but it was Little Hans' fear of horses that Freud used to demonstrate his theory.

4. Which is NOT a work by Freud?

Answer: Man's Search for Meaning

This was written by Viktor Frankl.

5. Freud's collaborator on his first work, 'Studies in Hysteria', was

Answer: Josef Breuer

Fliess was a friend; the others were followers.

6. Which is NOT a core principle of Freudian thought?

Answer: The primacy of 'free will'

Free will is antagonistic to the notion of unconscious motivation.

7. Which is NOT a key component of Freudian therapy?

Answer: Hypnotic Regression

Freud tried hypnosis, but abandoned it in favor of free association.

8. One of Freud's more controversial theories is the existence of 'death instincts'. Freud referred to these instincts as

Answer: Thanatos

Parapraxes are 'Freudian slips'. The other terms are also Freudian concepts.

9. Where did Freud spend most of his life?

Answer: Vienna

He came there when young, and in his old age fled from the Nazis.

10. Which statement is NOT true?

Answer: Freud rejected the concept of 'defense mechanisms' and sublimation

These ideas are in fact central to his thought.

Source: Author robert362

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