Having a rather poor sense of self-worth, Bruce attempts to make himself feel important by driving a European sports car, belonging to an exclusive tennis club, and eating at the best restaurants. Bruce may be using the defense mechanism of

A group of five students is sharing a house. Each student likes to take long, hot showers in the morning, but when they do, there is not enough hot water for their housemates

Which of the following will be LEAST successful in getting the students to take shorter showers? a. Establish open communication between the housemates. b. Make their behavior as public as possible by posting a list on the refrigerator of how long each person's shower was that day. c. Have each person sign a pledge to take short showers and think about the times they took long showers. d. Have each person sign a pledge to take short showers, but not think about the times they took long showers.

Professor Merrick wishes to study the percentage of men from various social classes who drop out of school. Which of the following methods would be most useful?

a) the experiment b) the case study c) epidemiological research d) the mixed designs