What is the Electra Complex?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: When a girl develops negative feelings toward her mother because she discovers she lacks a penis (penis envy). The girls wants to beat mom out for dad's attention and will ID with mom when the child doesn't achieve his or her goal.
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Hostile, antisocial youngsters who abuse drugs tend to have parents who have parenting styles that are
a. high in acceptance and high in control. b. high in acceptance and low in control. c. low in acceptance and low in control. d. low in acceptance and high in control.
All of the following are characteristics common to specific phobias EXCEPT a. strong and persistent anxiety related to a specific object or situation
b. significant attempts by the anxious individual to avoid the phobic situation. c. recognition by the person with the phobia that the anxiety is excessive or unreasonable. d. Chronically decreased arousal of the autonomic nervous system.
The point in the brain where axons from the retina cross over to the other side of the brain is called the ______.
A. pituitary cortex B. inferior colliculus C. optic chiasm D. lateral geniculate nucleus
The process of learning to respond only to a single specific object or event is called _______
a. extinction b. inhibition c. stimulus generalization d. discrimination