According to Freud, defense mechanisms are unconscious attempts to minimize feelings of
A) denial.
B) anxiety.
C) repression.
D) regression.
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A major advantage of the Raven Progressive Matrices Test is that it
a. has better validity documentation than most group tests. b. does not correlate with traditional tests such as the Wechsler or Binet Scales. c. predicts creativity. d. minimizes the effects of language and culture.
Suppose that, at your 60th high school reunion, you gather together the senior portraits and relate your classmates' facial expressions to their mortality rates. Based on the study of baseball players, what would you expect to find?
a. Facial expressions in the portraits were unrelated to mortality rates. b. Students with big smiles and those with half smiles lived longer than those who did not smile at all, but those with big and half smiles had similar lifespans. c. Students who frowned had very short lifespans while those who smiled even a little had average life spans. d. Students with big smiles had the longest lifespans, followed by those with partial smiles, and then by those with no smiles.
What refers to how well a study is conducted, including the avoidance of confounding variables?
A. internal validity B. external validity C. reliability D. generalizability