According to Erikson, ego _____ involves looking back on one's life and accepting the outcome of it; whereas, ego _____ entails regrets and bitterness about the course of one's life, and a conclusion that it has not gone well and now cannot be changed

Briana just gave birth to her sixth daughter. She unconsciously resents the baby's birth and wishes the infant had died at birth. However, when she cares for her daughter, she smothers her with exaggerated care and affection. According to Freud, Briana may be unconsciously dealing with her feelings by using the ego-defense mechanism of:

a. repression b. rationalization c. sublimation d. reaction formation

Taking the available evidence into account, what is the causal direction linking life events and personality traits?

A. Traits predict experiences and experiences predict changes in traits. B. Changes in traits predict experiences. C. Changes in experiences predict traits. D. Changes in experiences and changes in traits are unrelated to one another.