Compare two of Freud's stages of his psychosexual theory.
What will be an ideal response?
A complete answer will include a comparison of any two of the following stages: The oral stage of infancy is when sexual sensations are concentrated in the mouth. Infants derive pleasure from sucking, chewing, and biting. The anal stage, beginning at about a year and a half, is when sexual sensations are concentrated in the anus. Toddlers derive their greatest pleasure from the act of elimination and are fascinated by feces. The phallic stage, from about age 3 to 6, is when sexual sensations become located in the genitals, but the child's sexual desires are focused particularly on the other-sex parent. The latency stage, lasting from about age 6 until puberty, is a period when the child experiences incestuous desires for the opposite-sex parent. Fearing punishment from these desires, the child represses them and instead identifies with the same-sex parent and focuses on learning social and intellectual skills. The genital stage, from puberty onward, is when the sexual drive reemerges, but this time it is directed toward persons outside the family.
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A. things we learn about negative experiences B. unconscious conflicts that arise between the id and superego with the ego in the middle C. discrepancies between the way the world is and the way we want it to be D. the subconscious belief that good things cannot last forever, but bad things can
A psychologist develops a test to measure individual differences in social anxiety. She obtains social anxiety scores from a large group of participants, and then tries to predict how those scoring high on the test will act in a social situation as compared to those scoring low. This psychologist would probably be identified with which approach to personality?
A. Psychoanalytic B. Trait C. Humanistic D. Behavioral/social learning
Compared to other species, what is our best developed feature?
a. sharp eyesight c. keen sense of smell b. use of symbols d. running fast
When you consider the text's discussion of ruminative thinking, you should recall that a primary component of this cognitive style is that it is ________.
A. minimizing B. personalizing C. intrusive D. dialectical