The Work of Sigmund Freud

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Task 1: The Work of Sigmund Freud

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) This radio talk is delivered by ___________.

a. a radio announcer b. Sigmund Freud c. Eric Watkis
(2) Sigmund Freud developed his system of ___________, while he was studying cases of ________. a. psychoanalysis; mental illness b. psychoanalysis; memory illness c. psychology; mental illness
(3) The Psychopathology of Everyday Life was published in ___________. a. 1940 b. 1914 c. 1904

2. Give a list of the chapter headings of Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.
a. Forgetting of
b. Forgetting of
c.
d. Mistakes in
e. Mistakes in

3. Complete the following statements according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) By examining details of the patient's life, he found that the illness could often
some definite
within the person
.
(2) But he discovered, too, that many of
observed in mentally ill patients were also
, to a lesser degree,
.
(3) This led him to the realization that
between
person is not nearly as
as was once believed.
(4) We repress
because that memory is
.
(5) Freud demonstrates that there are
many of
we make.

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Task 1: The Work of Sigmund Freud

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) This radio talk is delivered by ___________.

a. a radio announcer b. Sigmund Freud c. Eric Watkis
(2) Sigmund Freud developed his system of ___________, while he was studying cases of ________. a. psychoanalysis; mental illness b. psychoanalysis; memory illness c. psychology; mental illness
(3) The Psychopathology of Everyday Life was published in ___________. a. 1940 b. 1914 c. 1904

2. Give a list of the chapter headings of Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.
a. Forgetting of
b. Forgetting of
c.
d. Mistakes in
e. Mistakes in

3. Complete the following statements according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) By examining details of the patient's life, he found that the illness could often
some definite
within the person
.
(2) But he discovered, too, that many of
observed in mentally ill patients were also
, to a lesser degree,
.
(3) This led him to the realization that
between
person is not nearly as
as was once believed.
(4) We repress
because that memory is
.
(5) Freud demonstrates that there are
many of
we make.