Hal is strongly attracted to one of the women that he works with. However, his coworker is married. To deal with the anxiety that his feelings have generated, he has unconsciously convinced himself that his coworker is attracted to him. According to Freud, Hal may be unconsciously dealing with the anxiety caused by his feelings toward his coworker by using the ego-defense mechanism of:
a. repression
b. projection
c. reaction formation
d. sublimation
B
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a) insight. b) latent learning. c) placebo learning. d) innate learning.
Which of the following statements about adolescent sexual activity is correct?
A) Less than 1/3 of sexually active children report using condoms in their most recent sexual activity. B) Of the students using contraception, more use the birth control pill than use condoms. C) Teens who are involved in sports or after-school activities have lower rates of sexual activity than teens who do not participate in such activities. D) Among girls, those who are sexually active are less likely to have had early menarche.