Regarding specific phobias, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. People affected by phobias do not recognize that their fears are unreasonable.
b. People affected by phobias cannot control their reactions to the overwhelming fear they feel.
c. Almost everyone has a few mild phobias.
d. For a phobic disorder to exist rather than a mild phobia, the person's fear must disrupt his or her daily life.
A
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b. Study the material all at once, but interrupt the reading to test yourself. c. Spread out the material into several sessions, and spend the whole time reading. d. Spread out the material into several sessions, but interrupt it to test yourself.
Which of the following statements is true of Wundt's cultural psychology??
a. ?It was the same thing as folk psychology. b. ?It became the discipline known as anthropology. c. ?It was never published, although some lectures and articles remain. d. ?It was the study of socioeconomic strata in society. e. ?It dealt with various stages of human mental development.
Six-year-old Jean hits another child and steals the child's lunch money. A psychologist who takes a psychodynamic approach would suggest that Jean ____.?
a. ?learned that hitting someone would result in a reward b. ?has an unconscious drive for aggression, causing her to act out c. ?asserted herself, an example of bettering herself as a person d. ?hit the child for food, an adaptive mechanism to survive
There are critics who argue that the humanistic approach is more of a ____ than a ____
a. scientific explanation of personality development; philosophy of life b. scientifically proven fact; hypothetical model c. theory of well-being; theory of abnormality d. philosophy of life; scientific explanation of personality development