While many mental health professionals believe that paraphilias begin with a learning experience in which a person associates sexual arousal or orgasm with an unusual object or situation or person, others contend that paraphilias may result when
a. parents are heard being abusive during sex.
b. family members are naked.
c. courtship behaviors are not properly expressed.
d. Internet porn dominates the learning process.
c
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According to Freud, some mental events are unavailable to us under most circumstances. What are these events called?
a. nonconscious. c. preconscious. b. unconscious. d. subconscious.
Based on the results of Milgram's studies where a "teacher" gave fake electric shocks to a "learner," we can conclude that the tendency to obey authority __________
a) was very strong in 1963 but not nearly as strong in today's modern world. b) is stronger if the authority figure is a male than it is if the figure is a female. c) is strong, but can be weakened if more than one individual resists. d) is stronger for females than it is for males.
Children's first experience with death is often that of a parent.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Girls often receive ratings and evaluate themselves as more helpful, cooperative, and sympathetic than boys. When their actual behavior is considered, they are
A) also more helpful. B) less helpful. C) not consistently different from boys in their level of helping behaviors. D) less helpful if their friends are observing.