The Oedipus complex, the psychosexual conflict that occurs at the phallic stage of development, is characterized by a three- to five-year-old boy who

a. represses his need for genital self-stimulation

b. loves his mother but has feelings of anger and envy toward his father.
c. loves his father but has feelings of anger and envy toward his mother.
d. fantasizes about tragic Greek heroes.


b

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Which of the following concepts did some of the developers of the original frustration aggression hypothesis use to explain why frustrated people sometimes fail to show signs of aggression?

A. Reaction formation and displacement B. Displacement and sublimation C. Sublimation and denial D. Repression and denial

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Without treatment, about _____% of people who experienced an episode of major depression will experience at least one reoccurrence of the disorder.

A) 20 B) 40 C) 60 D) 80

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What results when new information enters short-term memory and overwrites or pushes out information that is already there?

a. encoding c. chunking b. maintenance d. interference

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Heraclitus believed that the original element was ____

a. earth c. fire b. air d. water

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