What does it mean to say that a personality measure is "projective" in nature?
a. It requires the test taker to "project" his or her personality onto an ambiguous test stimulus.
b. It requires the test taker to complete a complex task or project.
c. It is presented to the test taker via a projector.
d. The results allow the test giver to make projections about the test taker's future success.
A
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a. aversion therapy b. flooding c. in vivo desensitization d. systematic desensitization
Why have researchers had difficulty studying insight while using brain recording technologies?
A. It is difficult to pinpoint which part of the brain handles "executive function" tasks such as insights. B. It is difficult to pinpoint when insight will occur in any particular study or research subject. C. Brain recording technologies are too expensive and time-consuming to use in this type of study. D. Electrochemical activity in the human brain can be determined only by self-reporting.
According to Freud, a period beginning around age 3 during which a child's pleasure focuses on the genitals is known as the ________ stage.
A. anal B. phallic C. genital D. oral
A table in which the scores are grouped into intervals and listed along with the frequency of scores in each interval is a _____
a. bar graph b. histogram c. class interval frequency distribution d. class interval frequency polygon