_______________ occurs when people refuse to admit that something unpleasant is happening, that they have a problem, or that they are feeling a forbidden emotion
a. Projection
b. Sublimation
c. Displacement
d. Denial
Answer: d
You might also like to view...
A revised approach to behaviorism, which examines mental or cognitive processes as well as observable behaviors, is called the ____ approach.
A. psychoanalytic B. cognitive C. social cognitive D. structuralism
If kittens are raised in an environment that contains only verticals, you would predict that most of the neurons in their visual cortex would respond best to the visual presentation of a
A. brick wall. B. chain link fence. C. solid wall. D. picket fence.
The cause of depression according to Aaron Beck is that depressed patients
a. suffer from an imbalance of serotonin in their brains. b. are reinforced for their depressed behaviors. c. have low self-efficacy. d. use self-deprecating statements. e. have had many childhood traumas.
Personality reflects shared human tendencies, but how are these tendencies typically conceptualized?
A. as a part of our evolutionary heritage, honed to a common point over time B. as individual differences that vary from person to person C. as internal workings of human nature that cannot be measured D. as core traits that are exhibited to the same degree across people