A young man dreams of pulling a pistol from his waistband and aiming at a target, while his wife watches. The pistol repeatedly fails to discharge, and the man's wife laughs at him. According to Freud, these aspects of the dream that the patient tells the therapist constitute which type of dream content?
a. transference
b. lucid
c. manifest
d. latent
C
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Negative reinforcers _____ and positive punishers _____ the future probability of the behaviour that led to these respective consequences.
A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase
Which of these infantile measures is known to identify neurological disorders or signs of mental retardation?
a. Circular reactions that are oval in shape b. Low DQ score on the Bayley Scales c. Low IQ score on the Stanford-Binet d. Low IQ score on the WISC-IV-R
The ____ of the brain stem controls and coordinates many sensory and motor activities such as the auditory and visual systems as well as voluntary movement. a. midbrain c. substantia nigra b. medulla d. neurosubstrate
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Brazilian adolescent boys who feel invulnerable and engage in risky behavior such as riding the roofs of high-speed trains are exhibiting __________
a) formal operation thought disorder b) adolescent egocentrism c) personal fables d) an imaginary audience