Sigmund Freud's basic assumption was that ______.

A. sex is the key drive for all behaviors
B. biology is destiny, and our entire lives are preordained and predetermined
C. many motivations, and protective psychological processes are unconscious
D. the ego does not begin to develop until adulthood


Ans: C. many motivations, and protective psychological processes are unconscious

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A) less; they are more likely to rely on holistic medicine B) less; they are less optimistic that treatment will work C) more; their medical care is paid for by the government D) more; they are more trusting of the medical profession in general

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Which one of the following is a criticism of Freud's psychoanalytic theory?

A) It failed to recognize the importance of repression. B) It ignored the role of sexual drives. C) It was too vague to scientifically measure the psychic structures. D) It disregarded the far-reaching effects of childhood events.

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a. situational interviews b. patterned behavior description interviews c. unstructured interviews d. structured interviews

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According to Piaget, in accommodation, children

A) build schemes through direct interaction with the environment. B) create new schemes or adjust old ones. C) use current schemes to interpret the external world. D) rearrange schemes, linking them with other schemes.

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