Identify three defense mechanisms and briefly describe how they operate
What will be an ideal response?
Among the possibilities, (1) Repression: Process of keeping things out of consciousness; (2) Denial: Refusal to believe a threatening event exists or took place; reconstrual of the meaning of the event, so the threat is gone; (3) Projection: Ascribing your own unacceptable impulses, wishes, and desires to someone else; (4) Rationalization: Finding a rational explanation (or excuse) for a behavior that was really done for unacceptable reasons; (5) Intellectualization: Tendency to think about threats in cold, analytical, and detached terms; (6) Displacement: Shifting an impulse from one target to another; (7) Sublimation: Transforming the id impulse.
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The multiple correlation of several variables with a dependent variable is
a. less than the largest individual correlation. b. equal to the correlation of the dependent variable to the values predicted by the regression equation. c. noticeably less than the correlation of the dependent variable to the values predicted by the regression equation. d. It could take on any value.
Which statement best describes Kaufman's (2001) findings on the pattern of IQ change from young adulthood though old age generated by cross-sectional studies?
a. IQ scores peak in young adulthood (age 20-30) and decline steadily through middle age (40-50) and old age (80-90). b. IQ scores rise gradually until middle age (age 40-50) then decline slowly until old age (around 80) when the decline accelerates. c. IQ scores remain fairly constant across the lifespan. d. IQ scores increase gradually between young adulthood (age 20-30) and old age (80-90).
According to _______, leaders are one of six behavioral types and each type is only effective in a particular situation
a. IMPACT theory b. Fiedler's contingency model c. path goal theory d. McGregor's theory X and theory Y
Cialdini and colleagues (1975) concluded that the door-in-the-face effect was due to a motive called:
a. social conformity b. reciprocal concessions c. social facilitation d. revenge