When an individual unintentionally constructs memories of events that never occurred, often influenced by another person's suggestions, these are called _____
a) repressed memories.
b) false memories.
c) psychological recreation.
d) confabulations.
Answer: b
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a. a congenital insensitivity to pain. b. psychological factors, such as anxiety reduction, control, and attention. c. the increase in unpleasant emotions that result in enhanced resilience. d. their tendency to focus directly on the pain being experienced.
The idea that the human mind is a blank slate at birth originally comes from _____ and was later used by _____
a. Descartes; Aristotle b. Aristotle; Locke c. Galen; Locke d. Aristotle; Descartes
Anxieties associated with death may be found in
a. death-related attitudes about my own dying b. death-related attitudes about my own death c. death-related attitudes about what will happen to me after my death d. death-related attitudes about the dying, death, or bereavement of someone else e. all of these
According to most scholars, increased emotionality in adolescence can be attributed to
a. raging hormones. b. cognitive and environmental factors. c. the generation gap. d. storm and stress.