A relaxation technique in which a person focuses attention on a single thought or
image and avoids distraction by other thoughts, is called
a. deep relaxation
b. progressive muscle relaxation
c. yoga
d. meditation
e. systematic desensitization
d
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Freud's theory stressed that "neurosis" and "hysteria" were caused by repressed memories, motives and conflicts with these hidden forces remaining active in the personality and causing people to develop
a. learned helplessness. b. rigid ego defenses and compulsive, self-defeating behavior. c. incongruence between the real self and the ideal self. d. a loss of meaning in their lives so their self-awareness becomes disjointed.
One of the side effects of electroconvulsive therapy is ____________
A) short-term amnesia B) tardive dyskinesia C) temporary blindness D) depression
The primary goal of Phil Zimbardo's 1972 Stanford Prison Experiment was to:*
a. evaluate what individual characteristics would make the best prison guards. b. determine if specific personality types contributed to more prison riots. c. determine the psychological influence of prison life on inmates and guards. d. evaluate the effects of gender on prison behavior.
Secretly watching other people have sex or spying on people who are nude in order to achieve sexual arousal is known as ______
a. voyeurism c. pedophilia b. fetishism d. exhibitionism