The Underground Railroad

question 52

Multiple Choice

The Underground Railroad

• A) provided an effective way for slaves to escape.
• B) was a network that helped slaves to escape.
• C) offered slaves the opportunity to leave a plantation for a few days before returning.
• D) helped close to 25,000 slaves escape to the North.
• E) was largely financed by wealthy southern abolitionists.

Identify and understand the various psychosexual stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.

Understand the concept of fixation and how it affects personality according to Freud.

Recognize the Oedipus and Electra complexes and their outcomes.

Understand the development and functioning of the superego across different stages of life.

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Definitions:

Electroencephalograph

An instrument used to record the electrical activity of the brain, typically via electrodes placed on the scalp.

Brain-Wave Activity

The patterns of neuronal electrical oscillations in the brain, detectable with techniques such as EEG, and associated with different states of consciousness.

Epilepsy

A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

Reticular Formation

A system in the midbrain comprising a diffuse collection of neurons involved in stereotyped patterns of behavior such as walking, sleeping, and turning to attend to a sudden noise.