Seven-year-old Andy reacted to his newborn sister's birth by sucking his thumb, a behavior he had
quit long ago. His way of coping with his anxiety is in the form of what defense mechanism?
a. displacement
b. identification
c. regression
d. repression
c
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Which of the following is a reliable means by which to determine which side of the brain is dominant for speech?
A) Ask whether an individual is left-handed or right-handed. B) Watch the direction of eye movement when a person thinks of a purely linguistic question. C) Assess changes in cerebral blood flow during verbal behavior. D) Administer a CT scan. E) Note in which hand the person holds a book while reading aloud.
Some studies find that it is not divorce, per se, that leads to problems among children. Rather, ____ is an important contributing factor
a. maternal depression b. loss of the child's friends due to moving to a new neighborhood c. paternal depression d. increased fighting among siblings