Olivia, a sophomore, wants to participate in a soccer tournament. She possesses the physical stamina required for the game. Because her peers consider it a masculine game, she represses her masculine qualities and traits to fit in with her peers. In the context of Carl Jung's psychoanalytic perspective of personality, Olivia represses her

A. anima.
B. superego.
C. ego.
D. animus.

Answer: D

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a. children got gradually better with age at some tasks but not others. b. children showed a dramatic gain in task performance between ages 7 and 8 on all tasks. c. gains were gradual across age on all tasks between 6 and 9 years of age. d. children’s performance was quite similar across tasks at each age, indicating that a single underlying ability was changing with age.

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The word psychology is a combination of two Greek words: psyche (or psuche), meaning “the soul,” and logos, meaning “the ____.”

a. law of b. expression of c. study of d. representation of

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