Reginald works at a local counseling center and one of his clients, Sara, is seeking help because she has never been able to maintain a long-term, satisfying romantic relationship. Reginald believes Sara's problem stems from an insecure attachment to her mother. Reginald is taking a contemporary psychodynamic approach to personality known as ____

a. ?the collective unconscious
b. ?reciprocal determinism
c. ?object relations
d. ?striving for superiority


ANSWER:
c

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a. devaluation and loss b. preexisting and dangerous c. biological and unpredictable d. feeling trapped and devalued

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Sometimes we reject the null hypothesis when it is true. This is technically referred to as

a. a Type I error. b. a Type II error. c. a mistake. d. good fortune.

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To give research participants a verbal description of the true nature and purpose of a study after the study has occurred is called __________

a. deception b. informed consent c. research ethics d. debriefing

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Criticizing others, in an effort to raise self-esteem, is counterproductive

A) ?True. B) ?False.

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