A key element of psychoanalysis is the concept of psychic determinism. What does this concept refer to?
A) The structure of the mind is like an iceberg.
B) We seek immediate gratification of our wants and desires.
C) Our motives are known to ourselves, yet unknowable to others.
D) Unconscious processes underlie all conscious thoughts and actions.
D) Unconscious processes underlie all conscious thoughts and actions.
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Whether to accept universal or culturally relative definitions of abnormality is a source of continuing controversy in psychology
a) True b) False
Cognitive developmental theory focuses specifically on how
a. knowing emerges and is transformed into logical, systematic capacities for reasoning. b. the ego interprets experiences into logical, systematic, thought processes. c. evolution continues throughout the life span of a specific species based on cognition. d. various systems within a family impact an individual's capacity for thought.
In castrated male rats, the medial preoptic area ____
a. does not have as much dopamine as other rats b. has normal levels of dopamine released in the presence of a receptive female c. has as much dopamine as normal rats, but the presence of a receptive female does not evoke much release of it d. releases the same level of dopamine, but not testosterone, as a normal rat
Fraternal twinning occurs __________
A) less often with each additional birth B) more often among women with poor diets C) more often among women of slight body build D) more often among women whose sisters gave birth to fraternal twins