According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s module on Freud, Sigmund Freud’s work on transference and trauma argues which of the following points ?

A. There is an undeniable “tension between the death-instinct and the sexual instincts.”
B. Repetition-compulsion does not help to come to terms with one’s own mortality.
C. Most victims of trauma do not exhibit “the compulsion of the human psyche to repeat traumatic events over and over again.”
D. Talk therapy will not help cure one’s psychological neuroses concerning past trauma.

Correct Answer: There is an undeniable “tension between the death-instinct and the sexual instincts.” ✔

Last Updated: August 21, 2020