Which defense mechanism involves taking on some of the characteristics of an admired person or persons, usually as a way of compensating for perceived personal weaknesses or faults?

a. identification
b. rationalization
c. intellectualization
d. fantasy


a

Psychology

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Brain damage that effects information-processing skills involved in the retrieval of information is likely to be located in the

a. diencephalic system. b. frontal lobes. c. medial temporal lobes. d. ventromedial hippocampus.

Psychology

Models are often utilized by scientists to ____

a. provide a clear and definitive explanation for a phenomenon b. describe or explain a phenomenon they cannot directly observe c. directly observe a phenomenon with unobservable causes d. infer a phenomenon fromsomething more abstract

Psychology

Which is the most likely candidate for completed suicide?

a. Elderly woman b. Elderly man c. Middle-aged woman with an alcohol problem d. Elderly woman with an alcohol problem e. Elderly man with an alcohol problem

Psychology

Hobby skills are commonly taught by experts to novices via the approach Rogoff called

a. trial-and-error learning from one's mistakes. b. context-independent learning. c. self-discovery learning. d. guided participation.

Psychology