Empirical research on Freud’s defense mechanism has found evidence for reaction formation, but it may be a by-product of other defenses

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: FALSE

Psychology

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Living wills, when a person states ahead of time under what conditions food, water, and medical treatment should be given, are an example of

a. care directives. b. care decisions. c. advance directives. d. advance care.

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Which of the following is a way in which new drugs are discovered?

a. accidental observation of an unexpected drug effect b. the synthesis of known or novel compounds c. the rediscovery of folk usages of naturally occurring products d. all of these

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In instrumental conditioning, reinforcement is ____.

A. any food that the organism likes B. a stimulus that produces a reflexive response C. an event that decreases the future probability of a response D. an event that increases the future probability of a response

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The sociocognitive approach to hypnosis suggests that ________

a. the hypnotized person is unconsciously playing a role. b. the hypnotized person is consciously faking or playing a role. c. past-life regression may be a real phenomenon. d. hypnosis is an interaction between the executive and imaginative functions of an individual's mind.

Psychology