Deep inside, Luke has strong urges to be hostile and aggressive. By profession, he is a
hockey player. When asked about his violence during games, he explains that that is what
he is paid to do.
Luke's explanation best illustrates the Freudian defense mechanism of
a. reaction formation.
b. denial.
c. repression.
d. sublimation.
e. rationalization.
e. rationalization.
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The adult thinking process in which every idea implies an opposite idea, and both the idea and its opposite can be integrated into a synthesis is referred to as
formal operational thought. adaptive logic. dialectical thought. moral reasoning.
In evaluating retrieval rates for category information for a concept, Collins and Quillian's semantic network approach would predict the slowest reaction times for which of the following statements using a sentence verification technique?
a. A field sparrow is a bird. b. A field sparrow is a sparrow. c. A field sparrow is an animal. d. A field sparrow is a field sparrow.