Which defense mechanism involves unconscious expulsion or conscious suppression of disturbing material from awareness?

a. Repression
b. Regression
c. Displacement
d. Projection


Answer: a

Psychology

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a. ?It was the same thing as folk psychology. b. ?It became the discipline known as anthropology. c. ?It was never published, although some lectures and articles remain. d. ?It was the study of socioeconomic strata in society. e. ?It dealt with various stages of human mental development.

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What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

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A) Picture completion B) Sentence completion C) Vocabulary recognition D) General information

Psychology

The difference between perceiving many fine distinctions between colors and being color blind begins at the _____ level

a) retinal b) visual cortex c) genetic d) phenotypical

Psychology