Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the

A. ego.
B. defense mechanism.
C. superego.
D. id.


Answer: C

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Which of the following accounts for the longer duration of depression relative to the duration of learned helplessness effects?

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A. helping the user move to another "stage of change." B. helping the user "hit bottom." C. confronting the user with all of the bad consequences of his or her behavior. D. finding alternative activities to draw the user away from the substance.

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radio. All the lyrics to Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" come to you - but at the same time, you easily find your way to your destination. This suggests: (a) acoustic coding and visual/spatial coding are interrelated (b) acoustic coding and visual/spatial coding are independent of each other (c) music is a mnemonic device (d) there are no intrusion errors in visual/spatial coding

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