When Maria was born, her 5-year old sister became intensely jealous of all of the attention that was directed to the baby. She tried to be a good big sister, but as each day went on she became more and more resentful of the new sister
Maria, who had long-since been toilet trained, suddenly began wetting her bed again. A psychodynamic theorist would explain this as an example of the defense mechanism called __________.
a. identification
b. projection
c. regression
d. rationalization
Answer: C
Psychology
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Holding a variable constant is a technique for removing one threat to ____ but it can limit the ____ of an experiment
a. internal validity; external validity b. external validity; internal validity c. internal validity; reliability d. external validity; reliability
Psychology
Experimental Group (condition)
What will be an ideal response?
Psychology