When Candace ordered a hot fudge sundae and a diet soda, she told herself that the calories from the ice cream really were not a big deal because the diet soda sort of balanced it all out. Which of Freud's defense mechanisms is motivating Candace?
a) repression
b) rationalization
c) sublimation
d) projection
ANS: B, Rationalization occurs when threatening thoughts or actions are justified with intellectual explanations.
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Kahneman theorizes that we have two decision-making processes:
a. one fast, and one slow. b. one based on positive emotions and one based on negative emotions. c. one used for family and the other used for strangers. d. one based on male thinking and the other based on female thinking
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A. Adaptive self-regulation B. Social identity C. Ego functioning D. Social learning
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What will be an ideal response?