Describe at least two criticism of Freud's psychoanalytic theory
What will be an ideal response?
There is little scientific evidence that supports Freud's theory. Also, Freud believed that little change in personality
occurred during the latency stage of development, a belief that is at odds with research findings.
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Narcolepsy sometimes involves unpredictable attacks of muscle paralysis called________, which can be triggered by laughing
a. cataplexy. b. apoplexy. c. epilepsy. d. apnea.
Knowing nothing more than that IQ and memory scores are correlated 0.84, you could validly conclude that _________
a. good memory causes high IQ b. high IQ causes good memory c. neither good memory nor high IQ cause each other d. a third variable causes both good memory and high IQ e. none of these
Using the sociocognitive theory of hypnosis, which of the following explains how Judy was able to be successfully hypnotized?
a) Judy had an unconscious desire to undergo hypnosis. b) Judy's executive function control was weakened. c) Judy experienced a split between her planning and monitoring functions. d) Judy had a high level of expectation for the hypnosis to work.
The tendency to look for evidence in support of a belief and to ignore evidence that would disprove a belief is called the ________
a. representativeness heuristic b. idealized cognitive model c. confirmation bias d. availability heuristic