Derek is an executive with a large financial company. Any time his investments do poorly, he throws a temper tantrum and breaks things. Then he starts shouting orders at his assistant. Which personality structure would Freud say is in charge?
a. id
b. superego
c. ego
d. preconscious
Ans: a. id
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A. The researchers made more accurate measurements at the 14-year-old time point. B. All eating disorders have a 3-year latency period that it takes them to fully develop. C. Factors associated with puberty - stress, hormones, and dieting - may be responsible. D. People with eating disorders dropped out of the study, biasing the results.
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a. the amount of stress-related arousal that the participants displayed b. the difficulty of the math problems c. the length of time it took to solve the problems that were presented d. who was present while the individual worked on the problems, their dog or a close friend
Experienced clinicians can reasonably determine whether or not people are faking amnesia
for their misdeeds. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Furomoto (1971 ) found that resistance to extinction for key pecking in pigeons
A) ?reached its maximum after about five reinforcements. B) ?reached its maximum after about 1,000 reinforcements. C) ?continued to increase as the number of reinforcements increased. D) ?began to decrease as the number of reinforcements increased.