Your teacher organizes a debate on Freudian theory. You are assigned to be on the anti-Freud side and therefore must point out problems in the theory. Which of the following would be a reasonable argument for you to make?
A. Parents have little influence on their children's motives.
B. Freud's interpretations of what his patients told him were ambiguous.
C. Defense mechanisms actually increase anxiety.
D. Psychoanalytic therapy is effective for treating psychotics only.
Answer: B
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A) Anxiety disorders B) Dissociative disorders C) Personality disorders D) Schizophrenia
Martha always has drama in her life. When she has a boyfriend, she is at first head over heels in love. Her boyfriends get tired of her demanding reassurance that they love her just as much. Eventually they do some little thing that she perceives as abandonment. She has even cut on herself to show them how hurt she is. Her moods change often in a day and she is frequently impulsive. Martha best fits the description of which of the following disorders?
a) social anxiety disorder b) borderline personality disorder c) antisocial personality disorder d) schizotypal personality disorder
Ken Dodge proposed a ________ model to explain some of the differences in the ways children perceive, interpret, and respond to information in social settings
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Compared to the suicide rate at age 50, the suicide rate at age 85 is _____ for men and _____ for women
a. much higher; much higher b. slightly lower; slightly higher c. about the same; slightly higher d. considerably higher, slightly lower