Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about Freud's model.
Hints
- Two options misassign a principle or a mechanism.
- The id runs on the PLEASURE principle, and attributing an impulse to another is PROJECTION, not repression.
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- B. Defense mechanisms are universal, not signs of weakness.
- D. An impulse the person cannot act on can be re-routed into work the culture rewards.
- E. The ego operates on the reality principle.
Why
The ego's reality principle, sublimation, and the universality of defenses are all true. The id runs on the pleasure principle (not reality), and attributing one's impulse to another is projection (not repression) - so those two are false.
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