Lester is always accusing his wife of being attracted to other men, but in reality, it is Lester who has frequent thoughts about having affairs with other women. Freud might suggest that Lester is dealing with the anxiety that these unacceptable wishes create by using the defense mechanism of:
a. projection
b. repression
c. denial
d. reaction formation
A
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The idea that hypnosis is associated with divided consciousness and is an altered state is MOST consistent with which of the following theories of hypnosis?
a. Barber's role theory b. Schachter's cognitive theory c. Freud's psychoanalytic theory d. Hilgard's dissociation theory
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about formal operational thinking?
a. No new skills are required; there is a more complex intermingling of skills learned in previous stages. b. It is best developed through rote learning of complex material. c. New skills help the person anticipate the consequences of their actions. d. It depends upon thoughts generated by remote associations to well-learned concepts.
Bias in survey research can come from
a. The subject's reported level of pain b. The general context of the survey c. The reliability of the study d. The validity of the study
Psychologists who adopt an idiographic approach are most interested in
a. behavior that is typical. c. behavior that is individual. b. behavior that is extreme. d. behavior that is new.