A. relief from anxiety
B. defending the ego
C. protecting one’s self – image
D. avoiding existential anxiety
Related Mcqs:
- Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.
A. acquisition
B. development
C. performance
D. generalization - Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:
A. increase; increase
B. decrease; increase
C. decrease; decrease
D. eliminate; eliminate - According to through behaviorists, learning of an individual can be seen though:
A. inner states
B. Observable behavior
C. Individual differences
D. Measurement of personality - According to behaviorists:
A. hostile generous, or destructive impulses arise in the unconscious
B. personality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning
C. personality is strongly influenced by one’s self image
D. personality develops from initial feelings of inferiority - Harvey Hedonist has devoted his life to the search for physical pleasure and immediate need and gratification. Freud would say that Harvey is dominated by:
A. his ego
B. his superego
C. his id
D. Bacchus - An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?
A. John Watson
B. Max Wertheimer
C. Hermann von Helmholtz
D. Edward Titchener - Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 4 - Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:
A. transference
B. counterconditioning
C. unconditional positive regard
D. the placebo effect - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence
