According to Seligman, when people believe that they are powerless to avoid punishment, they often exhibit
a. sublimation.
b. compensation.
c. learned helplessness.
d. reaction formation.
ANSWER: c
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a. Only an event that did actually happen b. Only an event that could easily have happened c. Sometimes even a very unlikely event d. No event at all that people hadn't already reported
In Freud's theory, what is the "ego"?
a. A set of biological drives that seek gratification b. The memory of rules and prohibitions that our parents taught c. The system that moves thoughts from the conscious mind into the unconscious d. The rational part of personality that makes decisions
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a. consists of the actual symbols and images that appear in the dream b. consists of the hidden or unconscious desires that cannot be expressed directly c. is a byproduct of the brain's trying to interpret random neural activity in the hindbrain d. is based on problems that were unresolved during the previous 24 hours
In the human growth sequence, which of the following is a CORRECT match between the period and age range?
a. embryonic----------first two weeks after conception b. neonatal----------two to eight weeks after conception c. fetal----------eight weeks after conception to birth d. germinal----------from birth to a few weeks after birth