According to Erikson, the major goal of adolescent development is:
a) learning to deal with new sexuality.
b) learning to think abstractly.
c) distinguishing oneself from younger siblings.
d) developing a sense of identity.
ANS: D
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Stemming from the work of Pinel and Tuke, moral management treatment __________.
A. focused on the physiological problems that mental patients supposedly had, rather than their mental state B. focused on the symptoms that mental patients had, rather than on their moral character C. focused on warehousing and punishing mental patients, so that they would choose to become well D. focused on the moral and spiritual development of mental patients, rather than on their disorder
Children became more visible in the ____, fostering awareness of childhood as a special time of life.
A. Industrial Revolution B. Middle Ages C. twentieth century D. age of reason
According to your textbook, which of the following is NOT a pseudopsychology?
a. psychoanalysis b. palmistry c. phrenology d. astrology
Regarding repression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Feelings of hostility toward a family member, names of people we dislike, and past failures are common targets of repression. b. Recent research suggests that we are most likely to repress information that threatens our self-image. c. Freud noticed that his patients had tremendous difficulty recalling shocking or traumatic events from childhood. d. Repression involves protecting ourselves from unpleasant reality by consciously refusing to perceive it.