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Projective tests are most closely associated with the ________ perspective.A. socialcognitive B. psychoanalytic C. humanisticD. trait
Alfred Adler was a neo-Freudian who coined the termA. oral fixation.B. reciprocal determinism.C. inferiority complex.D. unconditional positive regard.
A refusal to believe direct and highly credible evidence that your spouse is suffering a terminal illness best illustratesA. denial.B. displacement. C. fixation.D. projection.
Neo-Freudian personality theorists were most likely to disagree with Freud about the importance ofA. the unconscious dynamics underlying behavior. B. childhood sexual instincts.C. anxiety and defense mechanisms.D. distinguishing between id, ego, and superego.
Refusing to believe or even to perceive painful realities constitutes the defense mechanism known asA. regression.B. denial.C. displacement.D. projection.
Freud suggested that slips of the tongue illustrate an incompleteA. fixation.B. displacement. C. rationalization. D. repression.
Mr. Dutoit was asked by his psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each. Mr. Dutoit was most likely taking the
According to Freud, defense mechanisms are used by theA. id to defend against the accusations and guilt feelings produced by the superego. B. ego to prevent threatening impulses from being consciously recognized.C. superego to prevent expression of sexual and aggressive drives.D. id, ego, and superego in a repetitive sequence of internal conflicts.
Freud suggested that orally fixated adults are especially likely to exhibitA. passive dependence. B. an inferiority complex. C. an Electra complex. D. the spotlight effect.
Freud suggested that a boy's identification with his father during the phallic stage illustrates the process ofA. unconditional positive regard. B. self-transcendence.C. free association.D. conflict resolution.
Which theory would most likely predict that boys raised without a father figure will have difficulty developing astrongly masculine gender identity? A. Allport's trait theoryB. Maslow's humanistic theoryC. Bandura's social-cognitive theory D. Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Freud would have suggested that an excessive fixation is most likely to contribute to A. regression.B. learned helplessness. C. reciprocal determinism. D. self-serving bias.
Some psychoanalysts in Freud's era believed that girls experienced unconscious sexual desires for their father during the phallic stage. These feelings, they thought, reflected.
Gene spends a good deal of time bragging about his numerous sexual exploits. Freud would have suggested thatGene is fixated at the ________ stage. A. oralB. latency C. phallic D. anal
Reaction formation refers to the process by which peopleA. disguise unacceptable unconscious impulses by attributing them to others.B. consciously express feelings that are the opposite of unacceptable unconscious impulses.C. retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of an earlier stage of development.D. offer self-justifying explanations in place of the real but unacceptable unconscious reasons for action.
Freud suggested that the remembered events and images in our dreams were a censored expression of the dream'sA. psychosexual stages. B. latent content.C. reality principle.D. collective unconscious.
Arjean's opinions are so dependent on what her friends think that she will swallow just about anything they tellher. Freud would have suggested that Arjean demonstrates a A. fixation.B. free association.C. reaction formation.D. collective unconscious.
Four-year-old Timmy had not wet his bed for over a year. However, he started bed-wetting again soon after hissister was born. Timmy's behavior best illustrates A. reaction formation.B. projection.C. regression.D. denial.
Freud emphasized that the id operates on the ________ principle.A. self-transcendence B. collectivismC. identityD. pleasure
When she was 8 years old, Inge was sexually abused by her uncle. At 14, Inge felt uncomfortable whenever she saw this uncle but was unable to understand why she felt this way. A psychoanalyst would be most likely to suggest that Inge is using the defense mechanism of