What Question Is Most Useful to Ask When Evaluating the Psychoanalytic

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Multiple Choice

What question is most useful to ask when evaluating the psychoanalytic approach?

• A) Is this approach scientific?
• B) Is this approach morally wrong?
• C) Does this approach raise unanswered questions about human behavior?
• D) How would Freud use this approach to evaluate the behavior of his patients?

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Definitions:

Actuarial Gains

Increases in the estimated value of a company’s pension plan benefits, resulting from changes in assumptions or improved performance.

Experience Adjustments

Changes to actuarial assumptions regarding pensions or other post-employment benefits based on differences between prior predictions and actual experience.

Actuarial Assumptions

Assumptions about future events affecting pension and insurance contracts, used to estimate the value of liabilities and premiums.

Defined Contribution Plans

Post-employment plans for which an employer pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (e.g., superannuation fund) on behalf of the employee.