According to Freud, Society Performs an Essential and Beneficial Function

question 27

Multiple Choice

According to Freud, society performs an essential and beneficial function in regulating the instinct of aggression by:

• A) forbidding opportunities for people to express their aggressive feelings
• B) giving people free reign to express their aggressive feelings at those who provoke their anger
• C) helping people to sublimate destructive energy into acceptable or useful behavior
• D) helping people to direct their aggressive energy inward in the form of self-punishment

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Definitions:

Anchoring and Adjustment Bias

A cognitive bias where an initial piece of information (anchor) influences subsequent judgments or decisions, leading to potential errors in estimation.

Representativeness Bias

A cognitive bias in decision-making where the likelihood of an event is estimated based on how similar it is to the population of interest or its parent population.

Availability Bias

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the probability of events associated with memorable or vivid occurrences.

Adjustment Bias

A cognitive bias influencing how individuals respond or adapt to new or changing information, often hindering accurate decision-making.