According to Gordon Allport, a compulsive lifestyle, one marked by unconscious strivings, plays an important role in

A. the lives of all people.
B. motivating healthy adult behavior.
C. motivating pathological behavior.
D. no real-life situations.


Answer: C

Psychology

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Meredith is a 17-year-old girl who weighs 82 pounds and is gaunt and frail. Although she fears food and eating, she focuses on food by talking about it, collecting cookbooks, and cooking huge meals for others. Whenever she looks at herself in the mirror, she thinks she is disgustingly fat. Meredith is suffering from __________.

A. anorexia nervosa B. binge eating C. bipolar disorder D. bulimia

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As a preview to the next lecture, Dr. Cooper said that your brain has its own drug factory. What did your professor mean by that remark?

A. like a regular factory, a certain percentage of the manufactured product is defective B. dopamine is a powerful pain killer C. your brain produces its own pain killer called endorphin D. illegal drugs can affect the brain

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Attention is the process of ________

a. storing information b. representing information c. selectively noticing stimuli d. recognizing visual sensations

Psychology

A researcher observes the behavior of a student with a disability in a classroom setting for 3 days with his primary teacher, then for 3 days with a substitute teacher, and again for 3 days with his primary teacher. The researcher expects that the level of outbursts will change when the substitute teacher is present. What type of single-case design is described in this example?

A. multiple-baseline design B. reversal design C. changing-criterion design D. forward design

Psychology