Elizabeth Is Interested in the Best Way to Study Achievement

question 78

Multiple Choice

Elizabeth is interested in the best way to study achievement among middle-school children, and she is also interested in the factors that underlie student motivation. Elizabeth would MOST likely describe her research interests as ​

• A)cognitive psychology.
• B)psychometrics.
• C)educational psychology.
• D)developmental psychology.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Freud, focusing on exploring unconscious motivations and conflicts as a method of treating psychological disorders.

Trait Theories

Theories in psychology that focus on identifying and classifying individual differences in behavior as stable traits.

Free Association

A therapeutic method in psychoanalysis where the individual speaks their thoughts freely without self-censorship to delve into the unconscious.

Defense Mechanisms

In psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.