Patrick is shy and cautious, and while the other kids play outside, he remains indoors. He watches the kids from his bedroom window, wishing he were cool enough to join them. According to Alfred Adler, what is Patrick suffering from?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Patrick probably has an inferiority complex, the belief that one is of lower status or weaker than others.
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A) Growing hair B) Daydreaming C) Suppressing thoughts D) Smoking
A new police chief is sworn in. The city has been plagued with street crime and a poor relationship with the community. He has pledged to reduce crime and improve public satisfaction. If the chief wants to pursue an intelligence-led policing strategy, he would:
A. require his officers to obtain bachelor's degrees. B. improve relations with the local media. C. increase surveillance of known criminal organizations. D. research successful police methods from other cities.
The American Psychological Association (APA) __________
a) supports animal research. b) does not support animal research. c) supports research with rodents but not with other animals. d) stopped supporting animal research in 1986.
Polina participated in a short-term memory experiment. The experimenter read aloud a list of twenty objects, and Polina had to mentally rate how effective each object would be if she was stranded on a deserted island. The experimenter then asked her to count backward by threes from one hundred. This task, known as __________, ensures Polina does not rehearse the information to keep it in her short-term memory.
A. motivated forgetting B. chunking C. the Brown-Peterson distractor technique D. the relearning method