Humanities Homework Help

For this module, you will be reading Chapter 8 (it is relatively short), starting on p. 98 from Freud’s book Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety, available at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.470005/mode/2up (Links to an external site.)

Read the chapter and answer the following questions in your own words. Spelling and grammar count. Remember, this is Freud, so some of these ideas/theories may seem pretty “out there!”

1. What are the two “processes of discharge” in an anxiety state? (must list both for full credit)

2. How can we differentiate anxiety from other unpleasant states, such as mourning and pain?

3. According to Freud, an anxiety state is a reproduction of which significant life event? What is your reaction to this theory?

4. According to Freud, anxiety arises as a reaction to what state?

5. According to Freud, why might children be afraid of the dark?

6. What is the cause of “primal anxiety” at birth?