Cooley's term, the _____, refers to the idea that we learn who we are by seeing how others react to us

A) looking-glass self
B) social ego
C) referenced self
D) generalized other


Answer: A

Psychology

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Ernest has collected and examined his research data, and now has a set of general principles that he believes accounts for the acquisition of personality traits. Ernest has formed a(n) __________ of personality.

A. theory B. operational definition C. experimental design D. opinion

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____________________ is the ability of infants and children to repeat an action well after it was first observed

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Current psychodynamic treatment is focused on helping clients to

A. explore aspects of the self that are unconscious. B. repress the desires of the id. C. turn their focus from the unconscious to the conscious. D. suppress the expression of abnormal sexual desires.

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Experimenters can ensure results that are representative of a given population through

A. random selection. B. controlling for all relevant variables. C. random assignment. D. convenience sampling.

Psychology