According to Sullivan, when a person is able to avoid embarrassment by keeping thoughts unconscious, she/he is using
A) the oblivious technique.
B) selective inattention.
C) the cowardly technique.
D) the emotional self-preservation technique.
Answer: B
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a. the child behaves and is obedient. b. the child is stubborn. c. the parents are unhappy with their child's independence. d. the child may have a developmental problem.
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What will be an ideal response?
Opioid agonists acting in the nucleus accumbens increase dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens by:
a. inhibiting GABA neurons that terminate on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area. b. binding to opioid receptors on dopamine axon terminals. c. by inhibiting glutamate neurons which no longer inhibit GABA neurons acting on dopamine neurons in the nucleus accumbens. d. inhibiting opioid neurons which terminate in the ventral tegmental area.
Monotonous jobs typically inspire
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