Regarding Freud's theories, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Freud's theory provides numerous ways to explain almost any thought, action, or feeling after it has occurred but leads to few predictions, which makes his claims difficult to test.
b. Contemporary psychodynamic theorists do not share Freud's focus on the motivating power of sex and death and see other motives and cognitive factors as of equal importance.
c. Freud's idea of the role of a stern or threatening father in the development of a strong conscience in males and his ideas on the development of women have been accepted by contemporary psychodynamic theorists.
d. Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages, which cover development from birth to old age, are a modern offshoot of Freudian thinking.
C
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a. negative. b. strong. c. weak. d. positive.
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a. statistically significant b. positively correlated c. internally valid d. externally valid
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a. mood-dependent cues b. state-dependent cues c. place-dependent cues d. situated cognition
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A) from the top of the body downward. B) from the core of the body outward. C) in different parts of the body according to different time tables. D) along a relatively predetermined path.