The Oedipus complex, the psychosexual conflict that occurs at the phallic stage of development, is characterized by a three- to five-year-old boy who

a. represses his need for genital self-stimulation

b. loves his mother but has feelings of anger and envy toward his father.
c. loves his father but has feelings of anger and envy toward his mother.
d. fantasizes about tragic Greek heroes.

b

Psychology

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The ________ is involved with some motor activities associated with fighting and sexual behavior

a. midbrain b. forebrain c. hindbrain d. corpus callosum

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In a study on working memory, one group of participants repeated a sound, thereby blocking acoustic coding for other material. This research showed that

a. working memory disappeared completely. b. when acoustic coding was blocked, people often used visual coding. c. acoustic coding was even more likely in long-term memory than in working memory. d. semantic coding was the dominant mode in working memory, whereas acoustic coding was more likely in long-term memory.

Psychology