Disapproving of her friend Amy's fiancé, Mindy told her boyfriend that she dreaded going to Amy's funeral when she meant to say "Amy's wedding." This speech error is an example of:
A) a lapse of consciousness.
B) repression.
C) a rebound effect of thought suppression.
D) a Freudian slip.
D) a Freudian slip.
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The matching hypothesis predicts that Sandra will look for a partner who
a. lives near her apartment. b. is similar to her in physical attractiveness. c. regularly compliments her. d. comes from the same town or city. e. is interested in her.
Many psychologists note that pitting nature and nurture against one another is an example of a false _____.
A. conflict B. interaction C. cognition D. dichotomy
Which tends to be considered a feminine-valued characteristic?
a. Independence b. Interdependence c. Self-sufficiency d. Competitiveness
In April 2010, a homeless man helped a young woman fend off an attacker in Queens, New York. For his trouble, he was stabbed and fell to the sidewalk where he laid in a pool of his own blood. When emergency aid arrived over an hour later, Hugo Tale-Yax was already dead. Horrifyingly, surveillance video revealed that 25 people walked past him while he lay dying on the street. These 25 people
exhibited what is known as the a. mean worldview. b. bystander effect. c. instinctual nature of self-preservation. d. weapons effect on observers.