Repression refers to the defense mechanism by which people

A) offer self-justifying explanations in place of the real but threatening unconscious reasons for action.
B) retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of a more infantile stage of development.
C) disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
D) banish anxiety-arousing thoughts from consciousness.

A body area that is sexually sensitive or responsive is called a/an

A) sensate focus.
B) refractory area.
C) autoerotic zone.
D) erogenous zone.

Personality psychology and clinical psychology overlap most often when approaching which topic?

A) personality processes
B) personality disorders
C) personality development
D) None of the answer options is correct.

In Cattell's view,the necessary goal in life is

A) self-actualization.
B) full development of all factors.
C) tension reduction.
D) Cattell does not suggest a necessary goal.

An item is easier to remember ________.

A) if it is part of our episodic memory
B) the fewer links or associations it has in long-term memory
C) if it is stored in short-term memory
D) the more links or associations it has in long-term memory

At conception,your ________ is/are fixed.

A) genotype
B) phenotype
C) genotype and phenotype
D) None of the choices are fixed at conception.