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According to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the __________ functions according to the moral principle. 

Disorders characterized by excessive worrying, fear of losing control, nervousness, and the inability to relax are known as anxiety disorders.

Which of the following Freudian psychic structures is present in a person at birth and functions according to the pleasure principle? 

__________ is/are patterns of behavior or mental processes that are connected with emotional distress or significant impairment in functioning.

This disorder defined by recurrent, anxiety provoking thoughts or images that seem irrational and beyond control (obsessions) and seeming irresistible urges to engage in thoughts or behaviors that tend to reduce anxiety (compulsions) is known as panic disorder.

Maslow argued that people have a hierarchy of needs, the highest of which is the need for __________.

________ can be defined as the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another. 

Emotions are defined as feeling states with physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components – the greater the arousal, the greater and more intense the emotion.

This disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is characterized by a person appearing to have two or more distinct identities or personalities that may alternately emerge.

This psychic structure begins to develop during the first year of life, characterized by self-awareness, planning, and delay of gratification. It functions according to the reality principle.