Tarrin is a teenager who is struggling with feelings of hostility and angst

Because she was arrested for vandalism, she was court-ordered to therapy. Her treatment goal is to understand these feelings or at least to learn how to keep them in check. If Freud were her psychoanalyst, he would speculate that her _____ was to blame for her hostility and angst.
a) superego
b) death instinct
c) libido
d) life instinct


Answer: b

Psychology

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a. guided exercise b. contingent practice c. restitution d. contingent exercise

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Michelle, whose first language is Spanish, is currently learning French in university. When she goes to see her Spanish-speaking grandmother, she inserts French words into her Spanish. Michelle is experiencing:

A) proactive interference. B) blocking. C) retroactive interference. D) transfer-appropriate processing.

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A. nightmares B. sleep terror disorder C. REM behavior disorder D. sleep walking

Psychology

Who has mastered the stable-order principle?

a. Jacob, who sometimes counts five objects as "1, 2, 4, 5, 6" and other times as "1, 2, 3, 5, 7." b. Will, who always counts five objects as "1, 2, 5, 7, 8." c. Nate, who consistently counts five objects as "1, 2, 3, 4, 5." d. Both Will and Nate.

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