A basic ego defense that occurs when a person banishes threatening feelings, thoughts, or impulses from consciousness is
a. reaction formation.
b. repression.
c. regression.
d. projection.
b
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A. "The corpus callosum is like a house in a neighborhood." B. "The corpus callosum is like a bridge that connects several islands." C. "The corpus callosum is like an interpreter of a foreign language." D. "The corpus callosum is like a general ordering his troops."
A sleep-wake disorder characterized by frequent interruption of sleep or early waking is known as a. onset insomnia
b. maintenance insomnia. c. SIDS. d. REM behavior disorder.
Which of the following was NOT cited in the textbook as being a syntactical cue?
a. Word order b. Prosody c. Function words d. Semantics e. Word meaning
A positive correlation between two factors means _____
a) the value of one increases as the other decreases. b) the value of each moves in the same direction. c) the value of both only increases. d) there is no relationship between the two variables.