Patrick has long wanted a luxury car, but only recently has he realized that he will never
be able to afford one. Rather than continuing to admire the car, he begins to ridicule it
and the people who drive it.
He says things such as "Only a snob would drive that car"
and "It spends more time in the shop than on the road." Patrick's comments reflect
a. sublimation.
b. projection.
c. reaction formation.
d. rationalization.
e. repression.
c. reaction formation.
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In Exercise 29 you compared to the effects of extinction in two difference conditions: one in which a mild electric shock was administered following the first response in extinction versus one in which no shock was administered during extinction. In terms of the number of responses required to meet the extinction criterion, you likely found that the number of responses was
a. much larger when the shock occurred. b. much smaller when the shock occurred. c. about the same under the two conditions. d. a poor measure of the difference between the two conditions, as Sniffy never responded after the shock was delivered.
According to Freud, if your superego were to speak, it would most likely say ____.
Adolescents who are uniformly disliked by their peers are referred to as ________ adolescents
A) popular B) neglected C) controversial D) rejected
According to your text, a perfect study would involve
a. random assignment; random selection; realistic setting; control of all extraneous variables. b. random assignment or random selection; control over all extraneous variables. c. high levels of external validity. d. an experiment, which shows that one variable causes another.