1. True or False: The main purpose of a projective test is to reveal unconscious thoughts and tensions.
2. How have contemporary researchers evaluated the validity of the psychodynamic perspective on personality?
● The modern psychodynamic perspective on personality incorporates some aspects of Freudian theory, such as the connection between personality and unconscious thought processes.
● Freud’s theory was not scientific and was based on interpretations of reports from a nonrepresentative group of patients. Several of Freud’s original claims (for example, the Oedipus complex creating gender identity in boys) have been disproved by more recent psychological research.