Diversion of anger toward a substitute target was noted by Sigmund Freud, who called it

A) ?displacement.
B) ?projection.
C) ?rationalization.
D) ?reaction formation.


A

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a.) id; ego b.) ego; superego c.) superego; id d.) superego; ego

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Vern is retiring from his position as chief financial officer (CFO) of the bank he has worked at for the past 20 years. Instead of stopping work altogether, he moves from his CFO position to a half-time role mentoring new managers and officers. In a year, he reduces to 10 hours per week, helping around the bank with short-term projects, before he finally retires completely. Vern has experienced:

a. mandatory retirement. b. defined-contribution retirement. c. defined-benefit retirement. d. phased retirement.

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A) explicit B) episodic C) semantic D) implicit

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Placebo effects (e.g., for clinical depression) tend to

a) Have small effects on psychological problems b) Be a little better than no treatment but for many people c) Produce powerful and dramatic effects d) Be very transient which is why active drugs work better

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