Mary tends to see her own shortcomings, such as her bad temper, and her unacceptable aggressive impulses in others. She believes that others intentionally provoke her to anger, and that it is these other people who are the aggressors, not her. Mary is using which defense mechanism?
a. regression
b. repression
c. reaction formation
d. projection
D
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a. infancy. b. middle childhood. c. late adolescence. d. middle age.
Clara has been diagnosed with a psychological disorder. It seems like she has two different personalities. She is allergic to peanuts but the other personality, residing within her, is not allergic to peanuts. Clara has most likely been diagnosed with__________
A) illness anxiety disorder B) somatoform disorder C) bipolar disorder D) dissociative identity disorder E) Select
In an experiment, a buzzer sounds and then a puff of air hits the participant's eye, leading to a blink. Eventually, the participant blinks as soon as he hears the buzzer. The buzzer is the:
a. stimulus control. b. conditioned stimulus. c. unconditioned stimulus. d. higher order stimulus.
A one factor between groups design is called a between groups design because _____
a. the same people participate in (move between) all the groups b. different people serve in the different treatment groups c. the average performance of all people in the experiment is averaged and graphed d. both independent variables are compared with each other between all groups