Selma has no memory of being sexually abused as a child. Which defense mechanism is most likely at work in this situation?

a. projection
b. sublimation
c. isolation
d. repression

ANSWER: d

Psychology

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A) moves away from a metacognitive level of understanding. B) changes from abstract to concrete. C) becomes better organized with age. D) develops more slowly than nonsocial cognition.

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If the null hypothesis is not rejected with a .05 significance level, then we know that _____

a. there is a statistically significant difference b. the alpha level is greater than .05 c. a non-directional test was used d. the observed value of the test statistic did not fall into the rejection region

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