When Csikszentmihalyi Asked People to Identify a Moment When They

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Multiple Choice

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive, participants in his study said that

• A) they were engaged in a challenging task.
• B) the task demanded the person's full concentration.
• C) each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next.
• D) all of these are correct

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Definitions:

Conscientiousness

A personality trait characterized by diligence, carefulness, thoroughness, and a desire to do a task well.

Freudian Theory

Freudian Theory postulates the existence of unconscious mental processes, sexual and aggressive instincts, and the defense mechanisms of the psyche.

Reality Principle

The reality principle is a psychoanalytic concept describing the process of delaying gratification of desires when necessary, based on the understanding of the constraints of the physical and social world.

Superego

A component of Freud's psychoanalytic theory representing the moral conscience and ideals acquired from society and parents.