Explain how denial and repression differ from one another.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Denial involves not acknowledging unconscious content.
- Repression involves keeping unconscious impulses or wishes completely out of the consciousness.
- It differs from denial because in denial, someone acknowledges the possibility of the impulses and then discards them; in repression, people are not aware of the impulses.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements would be most difficult to falsify?
a. All swans are white. b. All cars require gasoline. c. All men are mortal. d. All birds fly.
If our perceptual system did not follow the organizing principle of constancy,
A. external stimuli would be unidentifiable. B. people would appear to change shape as they move in different directions. C. sensory information would be delivered to the brain in incomplete units. D. perceptual processing would be inefficient during times of stress.
Client-centered therapy has its roots in:
a) humanistic psychology. b) the medical model. c) psychoanalysis. d) the cognitive model.