Which of the Following Is an Example of Repression

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of repression?

• A) Gustavo does not remember being humiliated by his football coach.
• B) Bernard asks a professor to raise his grade; when the professor refuses, Bernard throws a temper tantrum.
• C) Hua explains that he ate an entire chocolate cake so that it wouldn't spoil in the summer heat.
• D) Paul redirects anger from his boss to his dog.

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Definitions:

Temporal Summation

Summation of the local potential that results when two or more action potentials arrive at a single synapse in rapid succession.

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that travel along the membrane of a neuron signaling the cell to perform its function.

Synapse

The junction between two nerve cells, where electrical signals are transmitted from one neuron to another.

Sensory Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.