Freud Believed That He Could Exploit Certain Tendencies in His

question 75

Multiple Choice

Freud believed that he could exploit certain tendencies in his patients as a way of gaining insight into their unconscious. In which of the following ways could his relationship with his patients serve the function of revealing information about them without the patient consciously volunteering this information?

• A) One symptom disappears and is replaced by another.
• B) The patient reacts to the analyst as though she were some other important person in his life.
• C) Previously unconscious wishes and fears shift to a conscious level.
• D) The analyst tries to behave like a parent to the patient.

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