What operates according to the pleasure principle, in which the goal is to maximize satisfaction and reduce tension

A. conscious
B. ego
C. id
D. superego


Ans: C. id

Psychology

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Psychology

Tori has a head cold, and she can barely taste her food. This BEST illustrates:

A) the role of expectancies in the perception of flavour. B) a valence-centred approach to taste perception. C) genetic-based determinants of taste perception. D) the role of olfaction in the perception of flavour.

Psychology

A research technique in which an investigator deliberately manipulates selected events or circumstances and then measures the effects of those manipulations on subsequent behavior is the ______ method

a. correlational b. experimental c. survey d. naturalistic observation

Psychology

How are generations defined?

A. clearly, based on demographic changes that take place every 5 years B. arbitrarily, representing 15- to 20-year periods C. arbitrarily, changing from culture to culture D. arbitrarily, based on the start of significant historical events

Psychology