The most successful way to cope with loneliness is to
a. adopt active or behavioral strategies to overcome loneliness
b. distract yourself by watching television
c. realize loneliness is due to a variety of internal factors
d. attribute our loneliness to unlucky circumstances
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When it comes to same-sex and opposite-sex friendships,
a. jealousies and rejection are more common among men
b. only men turn to opposite-sex friends to learn about attracting a mate
c. women are developing more “activity friends”
d. men are more likely to share intimate details about their lives
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Propinquity is especially important in the
a. middle stages of attraction
b. later stages of attraction
c. early stages of attraction
d. attraction between partners online
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According to Freud, defense mechanisms are unconscious attempts to minimize feelings of __________.
A) denial
B) anxiety
C) repression
D) regression
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One path for achieving self-actualization was through the attainment of __________.
A) desired reinforcers
B) gratification of the id
C) peak experiences
D) gratification of the superego
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Eila is a 16-year-old girl. Her mom just got remarried to Brick, a strikingly handsome and very kind man. Recently, Eila has begun to taunt Brick about his physique and even tells her mom that she cant stand him even though deep down she is sexually attracted to her stepfather. What defense mechanism is she exhibiting?
A) rationalization
B) regression
C) reaction-formation
D) projection
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The fact that a general statement can be seen by five different individuals as being an insightful analysis of their personality is most likely due to the __________.
A) information given by the individuals
B) skills of the assessor
C) P. T. Barnum effect
D) reliability and validity of personality assessment tools
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The extent to which people believe that reinforcers and punishers lie inside or outside of their control refers to __________.
A) humanism
B) locus of control
C) self-actualization
D) archetypes
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Whenever Olivia feels bad about an exam performance, she visits the professor and breaks down into tears. As the professor attempts to console her, she is psychologically returned to her childhood. Sigmund Freud would say that Olivia is using __________ to alleviate her anxieties about her academic abilities.
A) displacement
B) projection
C) sublimation
D) regression
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According to Freud, mature romantic relationships are only possible when an individual has attained the __________ stage of psychosexual development.
A) anal
B) genital
C) oral
D) phallic
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