Question

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about Freud’s theories.

Freud’s search for an all-encompassing theory of the mind was deeply grounded in the tenets of nineteenth-century [ ] By stressing the [ ], Freud’s theories fed a growing [ ] about the value and [ ] of human reason. Likewise, they brought to fore a powerful [ ] of the constraints imposed by the [ ] and social codes of Western civilization.

1. confidence
2. philosophy
3. anxiety
4. critique
5. scientific
6. possibilities
7. rational
8. support
9. science
10. irrational
11. limits
12. moral

Answer 1

Freud’s search for an all-encompassing theory of the mind was deeply grounded in the tenets of nineteenth-century science. By stressing the irrational, Freud’s theories fed a growing anxiety about the value and limits of human reason. Likewise, they brought to fore a powerful critique of the constraints imposed by the moral and social codes of Western civilization.