Anna Freud's 4 years of psychoanalysis with her father led one of the historians to call this:

a. "an experience of being bored and left alone."
c. "odd states of mind not intelligible to consciousness."
b. "an impossible and incestuous treatment."
d. "collections of marginally neurotic episodes."


ANS: B
FEEDBACK: At 22, Anna Freud began 4 years of psychoanalysis with her father. One historian called it "an impossible and incestuous treatment . . . an Oedipal acting-in at both ends of the couch."

Psychology

You might also like to view...

If you look at the professors whom you know, you might chuckle at them

They may be very smart but don't understand the real world. According to Robert Sternberg, they may be lacking a bit of practical intelligence. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

Explain the differences in infant-directed speech in various cultures.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

The amount of effort required to engage in the alternative behavior together with the schedule of reinforcement for the alternative behavior is referred to as:

a. response cost b. response efficiency c. an establishing operation d. a behavioral contingency

Psychology

The ugly duckling story is similar to the experience of the enlightenment because, when the duckling realized that he was a swan,

a) he realized that nothing had changed. b) he knew that he was better than the ducks. c) he felt out of sorts. d) he was eager to follow the other swans.

Psychology