PYC2601 EXAM PACK Newly Updated 2021

PYC2601 EXAM PACK Newly Updated 2021

May/June 2013 Exam Question and Solutions QUESTION 1 Freud's theory is based on the assumptions that human beings a) determine their own personalities by the kind of moral choices they make b) are driven by persistent forces in the psyche which are in conflict with the norms of society c) function with the help of energy which is converted from a physical-biological form to psychic energy d) try to experience drive satisfaction in a goal-directed and meaningful way The correct answer is: 1) (a) 2) (b) 3) (b) & (c) 4) (b) & (d) The correct answer is (3) PB p52, 56 ‘Freud believes that the human psyche functions with the help of energy which is converted from a physical- biological form to psychic energy according to the familiar physical principle of energy transformation.’ Therefore (c) is correct. ‘According to Freud, the person is caught up in a constant conflict between drives within the psyche and the demands and norms of society...’ Therefore (b) is correct. The only option that incorporates both (b) and (c) is (3). Therefore the answer is (3). QUESTION 2 Freud asserted that the id, ego and superego function on different levels of consciousness. In view of this contention, which one of the following statements is correct? 1) The id functions on the unconscious level, the ego on the preconscious level and the superego on the conscious level 2) The id functions on the unconscious and preconscious levels and the ego and superego on the conscious level 3) The id functions primarily on the unconscious level but also on the preconscious level, and the ego and superego function equally on all three levels of consciousness 4) The id functions primarily on the unconscious level but also on the preconscious level, and the ego and superego function on all three levels of consciousness, although not to the same extent The correct answer is (4) PB p53 ‘The id functions almost exclusively on the unconscious level, although it can, at times, make its wishes felt in the pre-conscious level (in dreams for example). The ego and the superego function on all three levels of consciousness, although not to the same extent.’ Pg. 2 QUESTION 3 In Freudian terminology, cathexis refers to 1) The psychic energy that is transferred onto appropriate objects of drive satisfaction in a way that makes these objects attractive or desirable 2) A sexual climax 3) The release the ego experiences when it is freed from the conflicting interplay of the id, the physical reality and the superego 4) The cathartic relief of tension after a long build-up of tension due to delayed drive satisfaction The correct answer is (1) PB p91 ‘Cathexis: the ego’s attempt to establish, on rational grounds, whether or not an object is serviceable’ QUESTION 4 Thabo is faced with the conflict of sexually desiring his best friend's wife According to Freud, the most effective strategy Thabo could employ to deal with this conflict is to 1) Resist the temptation and repress his drive out of loyalty to his friend 2) Fully satisfy his desire by secretly having sex with his best friend's wife 3) Deny that he has any such desire by becoming convinced that his best friend's wife is actually quite unattractive 4) sublimate his desire for his best friend's wife by having sex with his own wife The correct answer is (4) PB p68, 69 ‘The mosteffective form of displacement, and therefore the mosteffectivedefense mechanism, is sublimation. Sublimation consists of finding displacement objects and actions which are regarded by society as culturally valuable. When a person employs sublimation he or she expresses his or her unacceptable ‘base’ drives in an acceptable or even valuable way, thereby raising these lower drives to something ‘sublime’.’