Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

question 10

Multiple Choice

Read each of the following essay introductions. Then select the method the writer used to begin the essay. The essay below begins with a
Few Americans stay put for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move, we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.
⎯ Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux, "On Friendship,"
In A Way of Seeing . Morrow, 1974, page 45

• A) general idea that is narrowed to a specific thesis statement.
• B) direct quotation.
• C) contradiction.

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Definitions:

Wish-Fulfillment Hypothesis

A theory in psychoanalysis that dreams represent the fulfillment of repressed desires.

Sigmund Freud

A neurologist from Austria who is considered the pioneer of psychoanalysis, which is a therapeutic approach that involves conversations between a psychoanalyst and a patient to address mental health issues.

Role-Playing Theory

A theory suggesting that much of behavior is learned by adopting roles and acting them out, as influenced by societal expectations and norms.

Dissociative Theory

A psychological theory that explains phenomena like amnesia, fugue states, and identity disorders through a separation of consciousness.