Venice Enjoys Spending Time Alone

question 365

Multiple Choice

Venice enjoys spending time alone. As much as she values her time with her friends, she is easily overwhelmed by crowds and noise. She particularly likes the peacefulness of nature trails and quiet beaches, and recently turned down a lucrative job offer because she would have had to live in a city. Hans Eysenck would say that

• A)Venice's brain is too electrically active, so she tries to minimize stimulation to get down to her optimal arousal level.
• B)conflicts between the superego and the id have led Venice to rely on displacement in her day-to-day functioning.
• C)Venice is probably a highly unstable person, which leads her to withdraw from others.
• D)Venice is building her life around threat reactivity.
• E)Venice is building her life around sublimation.

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Definitions:

Varying Amounts of Time

Pertains to instances or situations where the duration or period can differ significantly, not fixed or consistent.

Unconditioned Response

A response that occurs naturally in reaction to an unconditioned stimulus, without the need for prior learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.

Negative Reinforcer

An undesirable event or condition that, when removed after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.