Sara has tried for an hour to retrieve her ball from the roof of the house, without success. She's growing increasingly frustrated and has begun to yell at her friends. Her father intervenes to halt her aggression and suggests that Sara go into the garage and scream until her throat hurts and her ears ring. Sara's father is apparently a proponent of _______ as a means of reducing aggression.
A) reaction formation
B) projection
C) catharsis
D) displacement
E) frustration-aggression theory
C) catharsis
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Eli is afraid of bees, and has been ever since he was nearly stung by one a few months ago. Lately, his father has been very distressed to see that Eli is now afraid of any flying insect, even tiny ones like gnats. The fact that Eli gets terribly afraid and runs to another room whenever he sees a flying “bug” demonstrates _____
a. ?generalization b. ?inhibition c. ?acquisition d. ?discrimination
Freud's ideas such as id, the Oedipus complex, and the basic drives of sex and aggression:
A. are very difficult to demonstrate experimentally or verify B. have been proven in several studies C. were actually developed by Carl Jung D. are assumed to be incorrect by most psychoanalytical theorists
Victims of homicide are most likely to be
a. Black males. c. Black females. b. White males. d. White females.
The mean is used most often in behavioral research because researchers tend to
a. measure variables that have interval or ratio scores, and the scores form approximately normal distributions. b. conduct research in which the mathematical center of a distribution is required. c. conduct research in which only the most frequently occurring score is needed. d. measure variables that have interval or ratio scores, and the scores usually do not form a normal distribution.