A greedy shop owner uses deceptive business practices because he believes that his customers are out to cheat him any way they can. This shop owner is protecting his self-image by using which defense mechanism?
a. reaction formation
b. projection
c. displacement
d. sublimation
B
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Stephanie is studying her vocabulary words for German class. Each time she reads the German word and thinks of the English equivalent, she finds it easier to recall the meaning. Stephanie's experience is best explained by the role of ____.?
a. ?classical conditioning b. ?operant conditioning c. ?neural networks d. ?latent learning
Phenomenology refers to:
A) how things seem to the conscious person. B) how things seem to a person during a dream. C) the comparison of a single phenomenon with a transcendental state. D) the practice of determining traits by examining bumps on the skull.
The loss of weak nerve cell connections in the brain is known as ____________
A) synaptogenesis B) neuronal loss C) conservation D) synaptic pruning
In the definition of psychology, the term mental processes refers to __________
a) internal, unobservable behaviors b) outward behavior c) overt actions and reactions d) only animal behavior