When we are ______________ motivated we act on the basis of our own desires and choices and tend to behave in ways that we find satisfying.
a. classically
b. operantly
c. extrinsically
d. intrinsically
Question 2Contemporary cognitive psychology still contains a concept of a cognitive unconscious that is motivated and goal driven. The concept is different from Freuds ideas about the unconscious primarily in that the modern concept conceives of the unconscious as
a. a much weaker, inconsequential cognitive factor.
b. somewhat darker, more conniving and controlling in its activity
c. more powerful in its ability to keep information from the light of consciousness.
d. more of a helper with the regulation of thoughts, emotions, etc.
Question 3In the topographic model, thoughts that are just outside our awareness but are easily accessible are contained in the
a. unconscious.
b. motivated conscious.
c. preconscious.
d. anticonscious.
Question 4You are on the editorial committee for a new textbook in personality. You have been asked to summarize the issue of suppression vs. repression and the status of either as a real defense mechanism. Discuss the current evidence with regard to this controversy.
What will be an ideal response?
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