AP BIOLOGY

THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM

DEFENSE MECHANIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is believed that Freud’s theories are reflective of ____
A
his relationship with his father.
B
his relationship with his uncle.
C
his strict educational upbringing in Iowa.
D
His relationship with his mother.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sigmund had a special relationship with his mother. As he got older and more informed about psychological things, he analyzed his feelings and relationship dealing with his mother. “. He came to realize that, as a boy, he had wanted to marry his mother, and saw his father as a rival for her love.

Detailed explanation-2: -Psychoanalytic theory according to Freud (1926), attributed the development of attachment to the satisfaction of the child’s instinctual drives by the mother. Freud stated that the emotional bond between mother and child forms as a result of the infant’s attachment to the mother as provider of food.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the world of the unconscious, beneath even the most loving and caring involvement are feelings, fantasies, and ideas that are negative, hateful, and destructive. Freud recognized that this mixture of love and hate in close relationships is part of human nature and not necessarily pathologic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oedipus complex is a theory of Sigmund Freud, and occurs during the Phallic stage of psychosexual development. It involves a boy, aged between 3 and 6, becoming unconsciously sexually attached to his mother, and hostile towards his father (who he views as a rival).

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