In the ecological framework of coping in Chapter 8, an enduring change in your life that demands learning new skills, such as entering college, is termed a:
a. distal contextual factor.
b. life transition.
c. daily hassle.
d. coping process.
b
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When Stacey's husband has had a frustrating day at work, he is easily irritated and sometimes screams at her. According to Freud, when Stacey's husband yells at her, he is employing the defense mechanism known as ____
a. ??displacement b. ?rationalization c. ?sublimation d. ?repression
The major reason why structuralism ultimately failed as a school of psychology was that:
A) by associating itself with Darwin, it drew harsh criticism from some religious authorities. B) there was no evidence suggesting that Freud's theories were accurate. C) the methods used by structuralists did not produce replicable observations. D) it denied the existence of the mind.
According to Freud, the superego is the portion of the personality:
a. that is governed by inborn instinctual drives b. that motivates people to act in accordance with society's moral customs c. that induces people to act with reason and deliberation d. that is usually inactive but contains potentially accessible thoughts and memories