One night after he heard his parents arguing, 4-year-old Wei had a vivid dream in which he saved his mother from being bitten by a large snake. A psychoanalyst would most likely suspect that Wei's dream reflects a(n)
A. reaction formation.
B. oral fixation.
C. self-serving bias.
D. Oedipus complex.
Answer is D. Oedipus complex.
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A population has µ = 50 and ? = 5 . If 10 points are added to every score in the population, what are the new values for the mean and standard deviation?
a. µ = 50 and ? = 5 c. µ = 60 and ? = 5 b. µ = 50 and ? = 15 d. µ = 60 and ? = 15
Kai assumes that employees are usually late because of things beyond their control, such as bad weather or heavy traffic. Kai is relying on what to make this assumption?
A. external attribution B. covariation model of attribution C. internal attribution D. principle of noncommon effects
One reason that traditional educational practices may not lead to critical thinking is that
A) those educational practices do not account for how adolescents make cognitive progress from one stage to the next stage. B) the focus is on what to think instead of how to think. C) the emphasis is on mental shortcuts that can be used to solve problems. D) there are cultural differences in the meaning of critical thinking.
Generally, an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is likely to produce
A. different unconditioned responses (UCR) in different people. B. the same unconditioned response (UCR) in most people. C. an unconditioned response (UCR) in some people and a conditioned response (CR) in others. D. a conditioned stimulus (CS) in some people and a conditioned response (CR) in others.