One of the major psychological defenses we use against emotional threats involves an unconscious forgetting known as
a. repression.
b. suppression.
c. redintegration.
d. elaborative processing.
ANSWER: a
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a. formal operational thinking b. extrinsic motivation c. hypothetico-deductive reasoning d. coordination of theory with evidence
Hypothesis is to _____ as theory is to _____
a. an organized system of assumptions and principles that attempts to explain certain phenomena and how they are related; a prediction regarding the outcome of a study b. a prediction regarding the outcome of a study; an organized system of assumptions and principles that attempts to explain certain phenomena and how they are related c. not used in science; used in science d. used in science; not used in science
Which statement should be the easiest to evaluate if we use pragmatic reasoning schema?
a. If a bird builds its nest on the ground, then it has a red wing. b. If there is an A on one side, then there is a 2 on the other side. c. If an employee is injured, then the company must pay compensation. d. If we go to Birmingham, then we could go by train.
Prenatal stress results in fear of novel environments due to __________.
A. enlargement of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala B. reduction of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala C. enlargement of the medial nucleus of the hippocampus D. reduction of the medial nucleus of the hippocampus