When anxiety-provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness, such as not remembering lying to parents, it is called

a. denial.
b. sublimation.
c. repression.
d. regression.
e. projection.


c. repression.

Psychology

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a. was not noticed by most subjects b. increased the intensity of shocks given by one subject to another c. had no influence on the intensity of shocks given by one subject to another d. served as a situational cue that elicited reduced aggression

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Sensations from the mechanoreceptors in the skin of the face, mouth, tongue, and the dura mater of the brain travels centrally along branches of a. the medial lemniscus

b. the dorsal column. c. cranial nerve V. d. cranial nerve VIII.

Psychology

What is the most accurate information regarding how much weight women gain during pregnancy?

a. All women should gain 10 pounds or fewer during pregnancy. b. Overweight women may gain less and slender women may gain more than 25-35 pounds during pregnancy. c. Women should gain the most during their first trimester of pregnancy. d. All of the weight gain should be in the baby, not in the mother's body.

Psychology

In a ________ factorial design, each subject is exposed to every combination of levels of all the factors.

A. between-subjects B. higher-order C. within-subjects D. mixed between-within

Psychology