A defense mechanism in which impulses are not only repressed, but are also held in check by through the exaggeration of opposite behavior, is known as
a. projection.
b. rationalization.
c. regression.
d. reaction formation.
D
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a. upward social comparison b. downward social comparison c. internal attribution d. external attribution
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b. unimportant in love relationships for females but important for males. c. important in love relationships for females but unimportant for males. d. important in love relationships for both males and females.
researcher who creates a measure of joy but does not consider other cultural perspectives, other languages, and how it is measured across cultures might find that the measure has poor ______
a. construct equivalence b. theoretical equivalence c. psychometric equivalence d. cultural equivalence
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When this happens the animal will lose its fear of objects that might ordinarily cause terror and extreme avoidant behaviors. a. prefrontal cortex b. amygdala c. reticular activating system d. medulla oblongata