Primary-process thought is believed to function within the ego

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: F
FEEDBACK: The id has no awareness of reality. The only ways the id can attempt to satisfy its needs are through reflex action and wish-fulfilling hallucinatory or fantasy experience, which Freud labeled primary-process thought.

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Why do neither matched samples nor matched pairs effectively eliminate the possibility of a third-variable correlation?

A) Each technique depends on the other; matched samples are studied first, followed later by matched pairs. B) Both techniques allow us to rule out a particular third variable as a causal agent, but not the possibility of other third variables. C) Both techniques fail to utilize random sampling. D) By eliminating specific third variables, cause-and-effect relations are artificially established.

Psychology

Subjective well-being is another name for

a. happiness. b. a healthy lifestyle. c. the euphoric state induced by cocaine. d. psychomania. e. being rich.

Psychology

As children grow older, they become ____ egocentric and they engage in ____ physical aggression

a. more; more b. less; less c. more; less d. less; more

Psychology

One of the main roles of the midbrain is to

a. help in storing skill memories. b. control motives, such as hunger and thirst. c. serve as a link between the forebrain and the brainstem. d. keep the brain aroused and alert.

Psychology