Identify the two categories of defense people use to deal with incongruence. Then give an example of a defense from each category
What will be an ideal response?
DISTORTION OF EXPERIENCE: (1) Rationalization: Creating a plausible but untrue reason for why something is the way it is; (2) Perceiving an event as different from the way it actually is.
PREVENTING EXPERIENCES FROM REACHING AWARENESS: (1) Denial: Refusal to admit that a situation exists or an experience took place; (2) Avoiding situations where certain unwanted experiences would be possible.
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a. He has enlarged ventricles. b. He has experienced a loss of personal information due to some stressful event. c. He has suddenly left town and consciously adopted a new identity. d. He has no long-term memory due to some form of substance abuse.
The _____ variable is what the experimenter "manipulates" or varies
A) control B) dependent C) operational D) independent
Correlation coefficients are often calculated on what are called "continuous
measures," such as height, weight, amount of rainfall, size of trees, IQ scores, etc. It is symbolized by the letter r. The kind of correlation coefficient that is used for a 2 X 2 table is called a/an ____ coefficient. (a) alpha (b) beta (c) chi (d) phi (e) omega
Across cultures, the kind of stereotype found most consistently in advertising is that
a. people of color are portrayed as relying on physical attributes to succeed, while whites are portrayed as relying on their intellectual abilities for success. b. men are portrayed as lacking the ability to communicate emotions. c. women are portrayed as passive and dependent. d. older people are portrayed as physically weak and needy.