According to Freud, to Reduce Anxiety, Avoid Punishment, and Maintain

question 162

Multiple Choice

According to Freud, to reduce anxiety, avoid punishment, and maintain parental affection, children identify with parents, internalizing their standards of right and wrong, thus forming the

• A) alter ego.
• B) ego.
• C) superego.
• D) id.

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Definitions:

Divergent Thinking

Expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions.

Fixation

(1) in thinking, the inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an obstacle to problemsolving. (2) in personality theory, according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the secondmonth

Divergent Thinking

A thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

New Perspective

Fresh outlook or approach towards understanding or addressing an issue or concept.