When Charna was a preschooler, her father was always yelling at her mother and breaking things. Her mom noticed that Charna began hanging on the sidelines when playing with other children and became uncharacteristically quiet at meals when the family gathered. Karen Horney might describe this behavior as symptomatic of:

A. intrapsychic conflict.
B. instinctual self-preservation.
C. fear of her father's anger.
D. basic anxiety.


Answer: D

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Who is using a cross-sectional research design?

a. Fred, who is assessing study habits in fifth graders in three different countries b. Barney, who is assessing the study habits in a group of fifth graders and who will follow and assess this same group when they get to eighth and then eleventh grade c. Wilma, who is simultaneously testing the study habits of fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders d. Betty, who is assessing the study habits of fifth graders in the year 2003, and plans to assess eighth-graders' study habits in 2004 and eleventh graders' habits in 2005

Psychology

Individuals who are comfortable in using correct etiquette, feel equal to others, speak calmly and firmly, and are able to say no without feeling guilty are engaging in ____________________ behavior.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology

In regard to the way rods and cones operate, ______

a. neither rods nor cones pool their signals on the way to bipolar cells b. rods, but not cones, tend to pool their signals on their way to bipolar cells c. cones, but not rods, tend to pool their signals on their way to bipolar cells d. both cones and rods tend to pool their signals on their way to bipolar cells

Psychology

Studies of people who have had their vision restored after a lifetime of blindness show that much of perception is

A. Completely inborn B. Due to innate perceptual constancies C. Extrasensory D. Based on learning and past experience

Psychology