According to Freud, what do the "defense mechanisms" defend against?

a. Anxiety
b. The superego
c. The id
d. The unconscious


a. Anxiety

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Structuralism asked, "What does the mind do?" whereas functionalism asked, "How does it do it?"?

a. True b. False

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Rousseau supported Protestantism because:

a. God’s existence could be defended on the basis of individual feelings. b. in contrast to Catholicism, Protestantism accepted free will. c. Protestantism reconciled God and individual feelings. d. unlike local officials, the church governed with compassion.

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Daphna was raised on an Israeli kibbutz while her distant cousin Joseph attended a daycare center in Germany. Studies on attachment suggest that

a. Daphna is more likely than Joseph to show disoriented attachment. b. Joseph is more likely than Daphna to show disorganized attachment. c. Daphna and Joseph are equally likely to be securely attached. d. Joseph is more likely to display avoidant attachment than Daphna.

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According to Table 12.1 in the text, which research method is most likely to meet (at least moderately well) all three goals of generalizability to people, generalizability to situations, and precision?

A) laboratory experiment B) population survey C) correlational study D) quasi-experiment

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