What is attachment? Explain the view of Sigmund Freud on attachment in infants.
What will be an ideal response?
Attachment is a close emotional bond between two people. According to Freud, infants become attached to the person or object that provides oral satisfaction. For most infants, this is the mother because she is most likely to feed the infant.
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When the interests of the individual and the interests of the group are at odds with each other, a(n) __________ dilemma exists.
A. phenomenological B. dynamic C. intergroup D. social
In Jung's theory, inferring what underlies sensory inputs is
a. sensing. b. signal detection. c. intuition. d. thinking abstractly.
One factor that did not seem related to the amount of obedience exhibited in the Milgram obedience study was the
a. participant's sex. b. proximity of the learner to the teacher. c. location of the study. d. physical presence of the experimenter.
Members of some societies endure cutting, burning, whipping, and piercing of the skin that would be agonizing to most people. This is best explained by a difference in pain tolerance that is due to
a. the age and gender of the persons. b. the differences in body chemistry. c. the learned attitudes of different cultures. d. whether the pain avoidance is episodic or occurs in cycles.