A mother of a young infant has many positive emotional reactions to childbirth. Which of the following positive reactions is not likely to be reported?
a. A feeling of confidence because she has given birth.
b. A sense of amazing energy, because she is no longer carrying the weight of a baby
c. Enjoyment of family activities that include the baby
d. Pleasure in her private interactions with the baby
B
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A psychologist explains a woman's fear of snakes in terms of her unconscious fear of her father. This psychologist is using which approach to personality?
A. Psychoanalytic B. Trait C. Humanistic D. Behavioral/social learning
In studies with a group of individuals being tested in a series of treatment conditions, factors such as history, instrumentation, and maturation threaten ____
a. internal validity only b. external validity only c. both internal and external validity d. neither internal nor external validity
Quasi experimental designs that involve two preexisting groups have as a problem that
a. The focus is entirely on individuals b. Alternative hypotheses cannot ever be ruled out c. Differences between the groups may have existed before the experiment started d. They are by definition confounded
The information-processing perspective focuses on how people
A) develop the abilities to use formal logic. B) cognitively move from one stage to the next. C) take in, use, and store information. D) have multiple kinds of intelligences.