Deirdre has been undergoing psychoanalysis for 6 months and is starting to become conscious of hostile feelings toward her mother. Rather than discussing these uncomfortable feelings during therapy, Deirdre focuses excessively on rather petty complaints about work. Analysts would probably recognize this behavior as
a. sociopathic.
b. resistance.
c. a "flight into health."
d. a reaction formation.
B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. an abused child. b. a preterm child. c. using the fussy cry to manipulate her mother's behavior. d. unaware that her mother cannot see her toy.
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a. 3 months of age. b. 6 months of age. c. 1 year of age. d. 3 years of age.
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A. normal distribution B. metamemory C. inverted-U D. variance from the mean