According to Freud, the pleasure principle is the way in which ______
a. the ego tries to delay satisfying the id's desires until it can do so safely and successfully
b. the id tries to obtain immediate gratification and avoid pain
c. the ego ideal tries to set up standards of what one would like to be
d. young children instinctively seek self-actualization
B
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a. criterion b. basal c. ceiling d. floor
Recent medical school graduate Dr. Boykin is undertaking his psychiatry residency with Dr. Stone, an expert in repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). As the two doctors prepare for a clinical trial involving rTMS, Dr. Stone warns that rTMS can have negative effects on patients with a history of ____; therefore, these patients must be excluded from the study
a. ?depression b. ?bipolar disorder c. ?attention deficit hyperactivity disorder d. ?bipolar disorder
Important elements of a stimulus pattern, such as lines, shapes, edges, spots, and colors, are referred to as
a. perceptual features. b. sensory amplifiers. c. perceptual transducers. d. phosphenes.
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A) alcohol abuse. B) alcoholism. C) circumstantial-situational use. D) intensified alcohol use.