When Lin was 7, she witnessed a terrible traffic accident on her way to school. Today, at the age of 32, she has no memory of the traffic accident. Even when she saw pictures of the accident in a recent news flashback, she didn't remember witnessing the accident 25 years ago. According to Freud, Lin may be unconsciously dealing with the potential anxiety related to witnessing the accident by
using the ego-defense mechanism of:
a. projection
b. reaction formation
c. repression
d. sublimation
C
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If we have calculated a confidence interval and we find that it does NOT include the population mean,
a. we must have done something wrong in collecting data. b. our interval was too wide. c. we made a mistake in calculation. d. this will happen a fixed percentage of the time.
You overhear a psychologist presenting a lecture to an introductory psychology class. The teacher mentions "physiological and psychological factors that account for the arousal, direction, and persistence of behavior."
You recognize that the professor is talking about a) motivation. b) emotion. c) self-efficacy. d) self-esteem.
Dr. Trevino is a therapist who describes her role as accepting her clients fully, communicating to them that she is listening, and respecting their worth and dignity despite their problems. What type of therapist is Dr. Trevino?
a) humanistic b) psychoanalyst c) social-learning d) rational-emotive
Most neural proliferation in the developing neural tube occurs in the layer that adjacent to
A) the fluid-filled central canal. B) the cortex. C) the marginal zone. D) layer 6. E) the neural crest.