Kieran is an executive for a major corporation. She constantly needs to find ways to meet the corporation's goals and objectives, while taking into consideration factors such as laws and financial resources. In making these decisions, Kieran is acting most like the portion of the personality that Freud referred to as:
a. the preconscious
b. the ego
c. the id
d. the superego
B
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A. behavioral genetics B. developmental counseling C. biopsychology D. genetic counseling
Most adolescents who drink, smoke, or take drugs
a. will wind up in jail. b. will become addicts. c. are simply exploring what it feels like to try these substances. d. will have long-term behavioral problems.
Sarah tries to wipe up the juice that she spilled all over the living room floor so that her dad doesn't see that she disobeyed him by taking juice out of the kitchen. This suggests that Sarah
a. is capable of love withdrawal. b. has developed a morality based on rules and authority. c. can engage in deceitful behavior, and is capable of planting a false belief in others. d. cannot be trusted to make appropriate moral decisions.
Trisha is working with teachers to help them identify early signs of child abuse. She feels that if children's problems are detected early, there may be something that can be done to improve the situation or at least keep it from becoming worse. Trisha's approach is that of ____
a. ?person-centered therapy b. ?family psychology c. ?aversive conditioning d. ?community psychology