Your friend thinks that denial and repression are the same thing. Explain how they are different
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Repression involves keeping unconscious impulses or wishes completely out of the consciousness. It differs from denial because in denial, someone acknowledges the possibility of the impulses and then discards them; in repression, people are not aware of the impulses.
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The social-cognitive approach to personality is sometimes criticized for:
a. relying on case studies that may not be representative of the general population b. focusing on the unconscious, which cannot be studied objectively c. failing to emphasize adequately the role of biological and genetic factors in development d. relying on self-reports that may not be reliable and accurate
Thoughts and beliefs hold the key to understanding psychological disorders, according to ________ therapy
a) behavior b) cognitive c) psychoanalytic d) client-centered
Gestalt psychologists believe in the ______
a. tendency to perceive patterns b. superiority of auditory perception c. tendency to perceive detached sensory features d. theory that the whole is the sum of its parts
White matter
A) decreases steadily throughout childhood. B) consists largely of myelinated nerve fibers. C) does not exist in the prefrontal cortex. D) contains mostly of neurons and supportive material.