Using Sullivan’s theory, interpret Tammy and Brian’s feeding experiences.
What will be an ideal response?
Tammy was uncomfortable with breastfeeding and her anxiety was communicated to Brian who, in turn, developed anxiety through empathy. Also, good feeding sessions were associated with the good mother personification and bad feeding sessions were associated with the bad mother personification by Brian, thereby developing the dual personification of good mother/bad mother.
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a. learned task; learned anxiety b. stress; anxiety c. learned task; learned hopelessness d. learned helplessness; learned anxiety
What is one of the ways in which positive psychology differs from humanism?
a. ?It emphasizes scientific reasoning and research. b. ?It emphasizes trait theory and personality types. c. ?It emphasizes stages of psychosexual development and defense mechanisms. d. ?It emphasizes human growth and fulfillment.
Bill has been diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. Almost every day he stares blankly ahead at the TV. Bill is exhibiting
a) flat affect. b) hypoemotionality. c) hyperemotionality. d) inappropriate affect.
Several middle-school girls watch their classmates, Jon and Jason, engage in a rough-and-tumble wrestling match. The attention of the girls seems to intensify the boys' play. A psychologist trained in the functionalist school would wonder:
a. What are the most basic elements of the boys' behavior? b. Do these boys have smaller head bumps devoted to "cautiousness" than most boys? c. What is the purpose of rough-and-tumble play in the adaptive changes of early adolescence? d. Did these boys experience childhood traumas that unconsciously cause aggression?