Thuy is faced with a dilemma. She lives in a war-torn country in which for years, the economy has been severely disrupted. In order to feed herself and her children, she steals food, but she feels a great sense of guilt when she does. According to Freud, the personality structure involved in the guilt she feels for stealing the food is the ____
a. ego c. id
b. superego d. subconsciousness
B
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A device used in the operant conditioning of animals that limits the available responses, and thus increases the likelihood that the desired response will occur, is called a __________.
A. trial box B. response box C. Watson box D. Skinner box
Anxiety is created by the ego in response to:
A. the manifest content of dreams B. Freudian slips C. the collective unconscious D. id-superego conflict
One disadvantage of the deviation-from-the-norm criterion for mental disorders is that
a. not all behaviors are maladaptive. b. cultures differ in how they define what is normal. c. daily problems prompt people to seek treatment. d. statistical deviance offers clear guidelines for researchers.
Anna has been in a car accident in which her best friend died. Six months later, she cannot even remember that the accident occurred. This event is probably in her __________ mind
a. hyperconscious b. subterfuge c. unconscious d. conscious