What contribution to our thinking about abnormal behavior did Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer make?

What will be an ideal response?


They made the discovery of the unconscious and argued that processes outside a person's awareness could help determine behavior. They showed that emotional tensions that patients were not aware of could cause hysteria.

Psychology

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Anything that draws two or more people together is called ____

a. attraction b. exclusion c. rejection d. social acceptance

Psychology

Because psychology students tend to define "negative" as "bad," students often incorrectly define "negative reinforcement" as a punishment. This illustrates which barrier to problem solving?

a. emotional b. cultural c. learned d. perceptual

Psychology

According to the ____, behaviors that lead to positive consequences will be strengthened and behaviors that lead to negative consequences will be weakened

a. ?law of effect b. ?contingency effect c. ?contiguity effect d. ?reflex law

Psychology

Babies placed in absolute darkness open their eyes wide and search around

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology