According to psychoanalytic theory, boys' fear of castration is most closely associated with
a. learned helplessness
b. free association
c. an oral fixation
d. the Oedipus complex
Ans: d. the Oedipus complex
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a. first six to 12 hours. b. third to sixth day. c. second to third week. d. second to third month.
Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, used a technique he called "The Big Lie." He knew that people begin to believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times. The formal name for this technique is ________
a. the validity effect. b. groupthink. c. diffusion of responsibility. d. symbolic racism.
Customary sentences that the law provides for particular crimes have no bearing on criminal
commitment. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the American Psychiatric Association, postpartum psychosis affects:
A. all women after delivery. B. about 1 in 1,000 women. C. about 2 in 5 women. D. around 4 in 5 women.