According to Freud, aggressive behaviour is the result of a build-up of emotions that then needs to be released. _______ is the modern explanation for aggression that is most similar to Freud's.
A) The weapons effect
B) Ego tension
C) Social learning theory
D) Catharsis
E) Reactance theory
D) Catharsis
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According to Piaget, what is the major accomplishment of the "beginnings of thought" substage of the sensorimotor period?
A. Children understand that a person or object continues to exist even if it cannot be seen B. Children are able to show purposeful acts with deliberate variety C. Children employ goal-directed behavior D. Children exhibit the capacity for mental representation
Death anxiety
a. consists solely of the component of fear b. is very hard to measure. c. appears independent from pain, punishment, and humiliation. d. is expressed identically in public and private settings.
The founder of psychoanalytic psychology was
a. Carl Rogers. b. Wilhelm Wundt. c. Sigmund Freud. d. William James.
Catastrophizing over the extent to which a loss will result in more problems can
a. heighten the individual's emotional reaction. b. foster feelings of hopelessness. c. lower the person's coping ability. d. all of these