An Archaic Practice of Chipping Holes in a Patient's Skull

question 13

Multiple Choice

An archaic practice of chipping holes in a patient's skull to allow demons to escape is called:

• A) prefrontal lobotomy.
• B) cingulotomy.
• C) trephining.
• D) exorcism.

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Definitions:

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the relatively rational part of the mind that balances the competing claims of the id, the superego, and reality.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the repository of the drives, the emotions, and the primitive, unconscious part of the mind that wants everything now.

Psychic Determinism

The assumption that everything psychological has a cause that is, in principle, identifiable.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A psychological theory and therapeutic method developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts as the drivers of human behavior.