The Approach to Personality That Explains Aggressive Behavior as Unconscious

question 12

Multiple Choice

The approach to personality that explains aggressive behavior as unconscious impulses turned outward on other people is the

• A) psychoanalytic approach.
• B) trait approach.
• C) behavioral/social learning approach.
• D) cognitive approach.

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Definitions:

Experimental Study

A research methodology involving the manipulation of variables to determine their effect on a particular outcome or to test a hypothesis.

Masked Design

A research design in which participants do not know which treatment group they are in to prevent bias; also known as a blinded design.

Placebo

An inert or non-therapeutic substance given to a control group in clinical trials to assess the psychological impact of receiving a treatment.

Natural

Naturally occurring and not manufactured or created by human beings.