Often when a newborn baby is brought home from the hospital, the preschool sibling will begin to exhibit behaviors,
such as sucking his or her thumb or wetting the bed. These reactions illustrate which defense mechanism?
a. compensation
b. repression
c. reaction formation
d. regression
ANSWER: d
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a. psychosomatic illnesses are only imaginary and no threat to a person's health. b. people with psychosomatic illnesses are just seeking attention. c. this list is now only maintained in the ICD. d. medicine now takes a more holistic view of illness, including both the body and mind.
Assessment and treatment of sexual dysfunctions should proceed by
a. simultaneous physical and psychological measures. b. first psychological, then physical measures. c. first physical, then psychological measures. d. using neither physical nor psychological measures.
According to Harter, your overall evaluation of yourself is called ________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Two groups of kids from different schools start a game of basketball in a public park. If we applied research on the causes of aggression to this scenario, we might predict that
A. both teams will show less aggression if the two teams interact often. B. both teams will show less aggression if the park is a new environment for them. C. one team will show more aggression if they have lost games to the other team in the past. D. both teams will show more aggression if their members are of high social status.