Don Is Running Late for Work, and Arrives Ten Minutes

question 69

Multiple Choice

Don is running late for work, and arrives ten minutes late. Which of the following represents an internal attribution that his supervisor would make?

• A) "I'm sure you just couldn't find a parking spot-it's okay."
• B) "You probably overslept again because you're so lazy."
• C) "You probably got delayed by a train."
• D) "You probably just had trouble getting your kids up and out the door."

Describe Freud's stages of psychosexual development.

Recognize the defense mechanisms in psychoanalytic theory.

Identify the contributions of Freud, Jung, Adler, and Horney to the development of personality theories.

Differentiate between the pleasure principle and the reality principle.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.