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Example Question #421 : Ap Psychology
Which theory describes the idea that humans inherited their behaviors and personality from ancient ancestors?
Rational theory
Humanistic theory
Evolutionary theory
None of these
Evolutionary theory
Evolutionary psychology describes the idea that human behavior has evolved over time and has been passed down from generation to generation. In evolutionary psychology, humans’ behavioral tendencies were passed down from our ancestors.
Example Question #15 : Individual Psychology And Behavior
Which option describes when an analyst forms an emotional attachment to the patient?
Deviation
Transference
Attachment
Countertransference
Countertransference
Countertransference describes when an analyst becomes emotionally attached or involved with a patient as if they are an important person in their life. The opposite of this phenomenon, when a patient becomes attached to an analyst, is called transference.
Example Question #16 : Individual Psychology And Behavior
You are driving a car and run a red light, you look behind you and see a police officer. You become fearful you will be pulled over and given a ticket. What type of anxiety would this be an example of?
Neurotic anxiety
None of these
Moral anxiety
Realistic anxiety
Realistic anxiety
Freud outlined three basic kinds of anxiety (anxiety, for Freud, being the feelings associated with an imminent danger). Realistic anxiety is fear of being in genuine danger. It occurs when there is an actual threat to the person. Moral anxiety is the fear of one's internal values being challenged or compromised. Neurotic anxiety is the fear of the id overpowering the ego.
Example Question #422 : Ap Psychology
Janet was abused as a child. As an adult she has absolutely no recollection of any of these events. This would be an example of what Freudian defense mechanism?
None of these
Repression
Regression
Identification
Repression
According to Freud, repression was the mind’s first defense against harmful memories or psychological issues. Freud defined repression as the ego blocking an inappropriate wish or desire from being known or recognized consciously.
Example Question #423 : Ap Psychology
Tommy is well known for being a liar. He goes on a date with a woman and when it does not work out he tells his friends he broke it off because she was a liar (even though she was an honest person). This is an example of what Freudian defense mechanism?
Reaction formation
Identification
Projection
Regression
Projection
Projection is giving an unconscious desire or inappropriate behavior to someone else. In this example, Tommy is a liar, and recognizes that about himself in other people, instead of realizing that he is the one with a lying problem. Think of a movie projection, which puts forth an image onto a blanks screen.
Example Question #424 : Ap Psychology
Jessica is extremely courteous and friendly to her coworker, Brian. Jessica is actually an unfriendly person and does not like Brian at all. Of what Freudian defense mechanism is this an example?
Repression
Reaction formation
Identification
Projection
Reaction formation
Reaction formation is described as expressing an impulse by doing the opposite. Projection describes the process of denying a negative aspect of one's own personality by projecting it onto someone else ("I'm not irritable, you are."). Identification describes the process of takes in and models one's own behavior on another's. Repression refers to the process of forgetting, or pushing away, traumatic childhood experiences.
Example Question #425 : Ap Psychology
Josh is 27 and recently went through a traumatic car crash. He has found himself recently wetting the bed, which he has not done since he was a child. Of which Freudian defense mechanism would this be an example?
Regression
Repression
Identification
Reaction
Regression
Regression is described as reverting back to an earlier behavior used to express an impulse. Common behaviors of regression are childhood behaviors like bed wetting or thumb sucking.
Example Question #426 : Ap Psychology
Judy is a compulsive thief. She regularly steals large amounts of office supplies from her job. She does not think this is wrong because she believes that she needs them and everybody in the office takes things. This is an example of what Freudian defense mechanism?
Projection
Rationalization
Avoidance
Regression
Rationalization
Rationalization is described as attempting to intellectually justify inappropriate desires or behaviors. “Everybody else does it” or “This really is not hurting anyone” are examples of rationalization thought processes.
Example Question #22 : Personality
The hidden meaning behind a dream in psychoanalysis is called __________.
Secret content
Subliminal content
Manifest content
Latent content
Latent content
Latent content is the hidden meaning behind a dream that only a psychoanalyst can access from a patient’s dream. The word "latent" means something is inherent or dormant within a person or thing.
Example Question #23 : Personality
Carl Jung emphasized the idea that human behavior is drawn by the future and has a purpose. This is called __________.
Teleology
Synchronicity
Causality
Parsimony
Teleology
Teleology is the idea that there is a purpose to human behavior and we are drawn by the future. People make choices and behave because of the future in mind.
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