What is Freud's term for the executive of the personality that has a realistic plan for obtaining gratification of an individual's desires?
a) id
b) ego
c) superego
d) preconscious
ANS: B
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Modern psychology differs from philosophy in which of the following ways??
a. ?Modern psychology is concerned with the study of mental processes such as learning, memory, and perception. Philosophy is concerned with the study of human nature. b. ?Modern psychology uses objective methods to study questions. Philosophy depends upon speculation and intuition in order to answer questions. c. ?Modern psychology studies only the brain. Philosophy studies only the mind. d. ?Modern psychology is based upon the use of inductive reasoning. Philosophy is based upon the use of deductive reasoning. e. ?None of the choices are correct.
Tina has a very limited list of restaurants at which she will eat, and she is unwilling to try new foods. This is the behavior of someone who is low in what trait?
A. Machiavellianism B. openness to experience C. extraversion D. neuroticism
A scientist and a child are alike in that both:
a. experience the state of synesthesia as reality is discovered. b. learn to understand the world by relying on authority. c. follow logical principles to test hypotheses. d. learn to understand the world through experience.
Research indicates that, when faces with uncontrollable stress, some lower socioeconomic status individuals may develop ____ strategies that lessen their susceptibility to disease
a. ?tend and befriend b. ?shift and persist c. ?fight or flight d. ?fix it or forget it