Which of the Following Is the Most Accurate Description of How

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most accurate description of how U.S. citizens see the Monroe Doctrine?

• A) The Monroe Doctrine justifies U.S. expansion into Latin America.
• B) The Monroe Doctrine guarantees that communism cannot enter into Latin America.
• C) The Monroe Doctrine is rather useless in expanding or protecting U.S. policies toward Latin America.
• D) The Monroe Doctrine is so dated that became ineffective as a policy in the 1890s.
• E) The Monroe Doctrine was seen as protection for Latin America from European colonization and the intervention of Europe in the governments of the Western Hemisphere.

Identify and describe various defense mechanisms such as repression, projection, reaction formation, and sublimation.

Understand Freud's emphasis on sexual and aggressive impulses and their impact on personality development.

Grasp the potential outcomes of unresolved unconscious conflicts, including anxiety and fixation.

Understand the effect of trauma on memory and the role of the unconscious in storing repressed memories.

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

A stage in Freudian psychosexual development, roughly between the ages of three and six, where the libido centers on the genital area.

Neo-Freudians

Psychologists who were influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories but developed their own distinct psychological theories and ideologies, often emphasizing social and cultural factors over biological bases of personality.

Freud's Theory

A set of psychoanalytic theories developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasize the roles of unconscious motivations, childhood experiences, and sexual and aggressive drives in shaping personality.

Self-actualizers

Individuals who have realized and fulfilled their potential, achieving self-fulfillment and peak experiences as described by Maslow.