Which is an illustration of the defense mechanism "repression"?
a. Mary witnessed the death of her child but cannot remember it.
b. Mark wants to remember what he ate for lunch but is not sure whether it was tuna or hamburger.
c. Michael tells people he did not cheat in high school but knows it is untrue.
d. Rachel thought about going to a party, but her mother forced her to stay home.
A
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a. the person must be punished frequently. b. reinforcements must be unpredictable. c. punishment must be delivered consistently. d. attention must be paid to the "proper" responses. e. all possible reinforcers must be withheld.
The Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, was developed by
A) Charles Darwin. B) Karen Horney. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Erik Erikson. E) Henry Murray and Christiana Morgan.
Diverse processes such as joining a group, forming in-group and out-group attitudes, stereotyping, rejecting a group,and exercising leadership in a group, are all examples of group
A. referencing. B. reflecting. C. representations. D. operations.
In 1980, Robert Selman described five stages in children's changing concepts of friendship. In the _____ stage, children remain egoistic. Their concept of a friend is one who likes to play with the same things and lives nearby
A) autonomous interdependence B) momentary physical interaction C) fair-weather cooperation D) intimate and mutual sharing