Freud concluded that every dream is a ____, meaning a symbolic expression of a desire that the dreamer could not express directly without experiencing anxiety.

a. transference
b. cathexis
c. wish fulfillment
d. anticathexis


c. wish fulfillment

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Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother stepped through the door with his new baby sister

He can still picture the tiny little baby with a stocking cap on her head! His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after his sister was born and that his memory never happened! Chad's memory is an example of ________ a. anterograde amnesia. b. confabulation. c. psychogenic amnesia. d. repression.

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All of the following situations have been associated with lowered immune system functioning EXCEPT

A. marital conflict or relationship difficulties. B. job loss. C. death of a loved one. D. pregnancy.

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Which of the following would agree with theresults of a research study that followed older couples from before the deathof a spouse until 18 months after the death?

A. Jim, a chronic griever, was depressed before his partner became ill.  B. Joanna, considered resilient, had an unhappy and unsatisfying marriage. C. The context of his loss did not affect Kevin's grieving process. D. Dillon felta relative lack of grief-related symptoms that was not due to denial but wasevidence of appropriate coping.

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In Real People, Real Disorders, the case of Andrea Yates is presented. She is the mother who drowned her five children while suffering from postpartum psychosis. According to your authors, the risk for postpartum psychosis is higher among women who

__________. A) experience difficult pregnancies and births B) have been diagnosed before pregnancy as having schizoaffective disorder C) have a preexisting psychological disorder and/or experience a stressful life event D) experience a highly stressful life event just before delivery

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