Define the three major structures of the personality that were identified by Freud and briefly describe the role of each
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The id is the raw, unorganized, inborn part of personality that is present at birth. The role of the id is to house the
primitive drives related to sex, hunger, aggression, and irrational impulses. The ego is the part of personality that is
rational and reasonable. The role of the ego is to act as a buffer between the real world outside us and the primitive
id. The superego represents a person's conscience. The role of the superego is to make distinctions between right
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Explain Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, and discuss how it is similar and different from traditional notions of intelligence.
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Don is a group therapist. When in group therapy, he often feels uncomfortable, because he does not like having to help people with their problems—which is just what a good therapist should do. Don may be experiencing
a. intrarole conflict. b. interrole conflict. c. person-role conflict. d. differentiation ambiguity.
A(n) __________ refers to a group of people who lived during the same time period
A) cohort B) constituency C) peer group D) age cluster
The most widely used diagnostic manual worldwide is the___________
a. DSM-5 b. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) c. World Health Organization classification of Mental Disorders (WHO-MD) d. Physician's Desk Reference