What is the term that Freud used to refer to a discharging of tension that can act to reduce the discomfort that is caused by stress?
a. cathexis
b. catharsis
c. reaction formation
d. regression
b
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A. Most research has shown that there are three basic emotions. B. People can train themselves to increase activation in the area of the brain associated with happiness. C. L-dopa is known as the “love hormone.” D. Genetic makeup is less important to the long-term quality of our emotional lives than is learned behavior or the quality of early childhood environment.
After appearing live on Australian television, memory expert Donald Thomson was accused of rape
It turns out that the victim was watching him on TV when the actual rapist broke into her apartment. This tragic case of mistaken identity was due to a. source confusion. b. encoding failure. c. retroactive suppression. d. "memory jamming."
Regarding polygraph testing, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
a. The polygraph test cannot tell the difference between lying, fear, or anxiety. b. The polygraph test is much more likely to label a guilty person innocent than an innocent person guilty. c. The polygraph cannot be thrown off by self-inflicted pain or using tranquilizing drugs. d. All of these statements are true.
The correlational method answers what question?
a. “Does variable A cause variable B?” b. “How is a control group influenced by the absence of an independent variable?” c. “What impact does random assignment have on psychological behavior?” d. “Are two or more variables related in some systematic way?”