Staying home from the football game to work on a term paper is an example of

a) repression.
b) subconscious thinking.
c) primary process thinking.
d) secondary process thinking.


d

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The many studies on motivation can be best summarized by the statement:

a. "motivation is a biological process" b. "motivation is a cognitive process" c. "motivation is learned" d. "motivation is multidimensional"

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The ______ model of mental illness explains that disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia are caused by chemical imbalances, faulty genes, abnormal brain structures, or some combination of those causes

a) biological b) psychodynamic c) naturalistic d) cognitive-behavioral

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In some studies, subjects are not assigned to particular conditions; instead subjects are selected because they are already living under these conditions (e.g., alcohol consumers and alcohol nonconsumers). Such studies are

A) quasiexperiments. B) case studies. C) true experiments. D) randomized experiments. E) unethical.

Psychology

Strong evidence of a treatment effect in a time series with nonequivalent control group design is indicated by

A. discontinuity in the comparison group but not in the treatment group. B. discontinuity in the treatment group but not in the comparison group. C. discontinuity in both the treatment group and the comparison group. D. discontinuity in neither the treatment group nor the comparison group.

Psychology