Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the
A. ego.
B. defense mechanism.
C. superego.
D. id.
Answer: C
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Drew has a pet dog. His sister, Amelia, has a pet cat. So, Drew's scheme of "things that are pets" includes both dogs and cats. However, he visits a friend who has a pet parrot. This parrot does not fit into Drew's existing scheme. So, he accommodates this information. Now his "things that are pets" scheme includes birds as well. This restoring of cognitive balance is called
a. assimilation. b. shaping of schemes. c. equilibration. d. cognitive dissonance.
How do young children first view themselves? How are self-concepts related to childhood fears?
What will be an ideal response?
Compared to followers of traditional Freudian psychoanalysis, modern psychodynamic therapists place more emphasis on
a. the conflict between id and superego. b. childhood experiences. c. the patient's current social environment. d. biological instincts and selfish concerns.
Social psychology differs from psychology in its focus on ______
a) people's susceptibility to clever advertising b) the influences of the social world in which we exist c) abnormal behavior d) conformity