Which of the following Freudian concepts motivates us to better ourselves and live up to our ideals?
a. id
b. ego
c. reality principle
d. superego
d
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In longitudinal studies, prospective designs are preferred to retrospective designs because
a. it is easier to follow subjects forward in time than to follow them backward in time. b. retrospective studies are limited by distorted memories. c. only prospective designs can rule out reverse causality. d. prospective designs can be conducted more quickly.
One of the processes related to adaptational failure is deviance
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the late 1800s, the emphasis on a biological cause of mental disorder ironically resulted in reduced interest in treatments for mental patients because it was thought that a. physicians should devote more time to the physically ill
b. patients would improve more rapidly if they were not hospitalized. c. the hospital staff was not adequately trained to administer new treatments. d. mental illness due to brain pathology was incurable.
What do measures of variability represent?
a. The middle of a distribution b. The probability the mean falls in the center of the distribution c. Statistics that vary from one distribution to another d. How spread out a group of scores is