Amy, an 18-month-old child, resorts to taking her baby sister's bottle even though she has previously been weaned. This behavior illustrates which Freudian defense mechanism?
A. repression
B. stubbornness
C. regression
D. fixation
Answer: C
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Leslie visits her garden to discover that her tomatoes and beans have been eaten by an animal. Certain it’s a deer, she constructs a fence around the garden. A week later, the vegetables have been eaten again, so she installs an even taller fence. Leslie has not considered that an animal may be burrowing into her garden, likely because ____.?
a. ?she has ascribed too much utility to her initial solution b. ?an availability heuristic has blocked her from considering another hypothesis c. ?she did not apply logic before problem-solving d. ?her original proposition was based on a false premise
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. A psychologist is a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of emotional disturbances. b. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of emotional disturbances. c. Clinical psychologists treat severe psychological disturbances and psychiatrists treat mild disorders. d. Both clinical psychologists and psychiatrists can prescribe medications to their patients.
What is meant when psychology is called a "hub" field?
A. It is an area of study that links and unifies other areas of study. B. "Hub" fields attract a small number of researchers investigating a single, highly focused topic. C. It is a field of inquiry that is tangential to other major, more substantial fields. D. "Hub" fields represent areas of study that have reached a theoretical dead end.
All genes are composed of specific sequences of __________ molecules
a) DNA b) zygote c) ovum d) sperm