Samantha insists on buying a new dress even though she has no money and isn't sure how she will pay her bills if she buys it. Which component of the structure of personality best explains this behavior?

a. id
b. ego
c. superego
d. superid


a

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listening tasks indicates that a. the procedure produces auditory illusions. b. the filtration of the message in the attended ear is "leaky." c. the filtration of the message in the unattended ear is "leaky." d. the quality of the filters is better for the attended than for the unattended ear. e. the filtration is only applied after the sounds in the unattended ear are identified as words.

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A) launching the normative approach. B) constructing the first intelligence test. C) writing the first parenting books. D) conducting child observations and parent interviews.

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Autism spectrum disorder is strongly heritable, so researchers have found that

A. concordance rates are much higher for identical than fraternal twins. B. concordance rates are higher for fraternal twins than identical twins. C. adoption studies demonstrate evidence for a high genetic factor in autism. D. concordance rates are high in the general population.

Psychology