An appeasement gesture is a ritualized behavior that communicates

a. the possibility of attack.
b. sexual interest or receptivity.
c. surrender.
d. the marking of a territorial boundary.
e. independence.

c. surrender.

Psychology

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a. stereotypes b. customs c. expectations d. values

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In Freud's view, a partial or complete halt in an individual's psychosexual development is called ______

a. fixation c. thanatos b. libido d. abreaction

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