According to psychoanalytic theory, the prime focus of pleasure in early infancy is

the mouth.
the anus.
the stomach.
the hands and feet.


the mouth.

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Discussions between clinician and patient regarding the benefits of taking medication and disadvantages of not taking medication help with

a. patient understanding. b. symptom management. c. compliance. d. medication effectiveness.

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Patrick is at Murphy's Pub when he sees a short man wearing a green suit, top hat, and buckled shoes. Also, the man is carrying a pot of shiny gold. Based on what Patrick knows about leprechauns and how they act, he assumes this fellow must be a leprechaun, too. Patrick has used a(n) __________ heuristic to make his inference.

A. schematic B. anchoring C. availability D. representativeness

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The kind of therapythat is directed at providingpeople with insight into their unconscious

motivations and impulses is called a. client-centered therapy. b. Gestalt therapy. c. psychoanalysis. d. rational-emotive therapy. e. cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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Due to the long list of problems associated with memory, especially of witnesses and in cases of sexual abuse, psychologists have developed new techniques to help aid recall. Which of these is a new technique?

a) cognitive interview b) a combination of hypnosis and truth serum c) a combination of improved levels-of-processing and rehearsal d) paired-associate learning in which elements of the story are embedded in the pairs

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