Adopting public behaviors that are the extreme opposite of one's genuine desires in
order to keep those desires repressed is called ______.
a. displacement c. reaction formation
b. sublimation d. denial
C
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Which of the following is a way to distinguish between someone with conversion disorder and someone who is malingering?
A. People with conversion disorder are very willing to talk about their symptoms; malingerers will be more cautious. B. People with conversion disorder will be very cautious in talking about their symptoms; malingerers are very willing to talk about them. C. People with conversion disorder are usually very defensive; malingerers will try to seem very open and trusting. D. If their symptoms are shown to be inconsistent, people with conversion disorder become very defensive, while malingerers do not.
When we make judgments based on the ease with which examples come to mind, we are using
a. the availability heuristic. b. the representativeness heuristic. c. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic. d. the conjunction fallacy.
You are talking to a stranger. He says something that is not clear, but you understand him anyway. You are able to determine the underlying meaning of his speech. You have determined the ____ of his comments
a. surface structure c. morphology b. mental grammar d. deep structure
In the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment, which strategy resulted in the greatest reduction of subsequent offenses?
A. referral of the whole family to a crisis clinic B. ordering one of the parties to leave the residence C. trained intervention (but not arrests) by police D. arresting the batterer