A college student wants to be a scientist but cannot achieve the grades she needs to get into a good university. So, since her second favorite academic area is history, she redirects her energies into getting a degree in history. This is an example of ___
a. displacement c. reaction formation
b. projection d. sublimation
d
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Which of the following is true of the corpus callosum?
A. It is the central fissure. B. It connects the thalamus and the hypothalamus. C. It connects the right and left hemispheres. D. Severing it can cause epilepsy.
Humans have about _____ ORN types, permitting us to discriminate among some _____ different odorants.
A) 10,000; 10 million B) 10 million; 10,000 C) 350; 10 million D) 350; 10,000
Developmentalists have found that
a. although social class can influence development, human development is the same across cultures. b. race and ethnicity influence development, whereas social class does not. c. social class, race, and ethnicity can exert a strong influence on the course of development. d. social class, race, and ethnicity exert no influence on development.
Your 14-year-old nephew just walked in the door from school and told you that he is not going to go back. You ask why, and he tells you that everyone laughed at him because he forgot to put on deodorant
Although you tried to help, he was inconsolable. He tells you that everyone knew his armpits smelled. You do not notice any odor coming from him and ask him why he thinks he smells. He replies, "You can't really smell it, but I'm sure everyone noticed my body odor!" Your nephew was experiencing what David Elkin regarded as ____ the imaginary audience || egocentrism || the personal fable || the adolescent growth spurt || || ||