Multiple Choice
According to the psychodynamic perspective, Freud believed that preschool children developed a(n) ______ toward the opposite-sex parent.
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11. Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
Multiple Choice
According to the psychodynamic perspective, Carl Jung emphasized the importance of which of the following in personality functioning?
A
Operant conditioning
B
Classical conditioning
C
Self-actualization
D
The collective unconscious
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Identify the key concept in the question: Carl Jung's contribution to the psychodynamic perspective on personality functioning.
Recall that the psychodynamic perspective focuses on unconscious processes and early experiences shaping personality.
Understand that Carl Jung introduced the idea of the 'collective unconscious,' which refers to shared, universal memories and archetypes inherited across humanity.
Compare the options given: operant conditioning and classical conditioning are behavioral concepts, self-actualization is a humanistic concept, and the collective unconscious is a psychodynamic concept specific to Jung.
Conclude that the correct emphasis in Jung's theory is on the collective unconscious as a fundamental element in personality functioning.
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