Slang

question 20

Multiple Choice

Slang

• A) is composed of informal words with arbitrary and extravagantly changed meanings.
• B) is acceptable to use in business messages.
• C) involves the use of technical expressions that have become fashionable and are often meant to impress rather than express.
• D) All answer choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Personality Theory

The study of personality that aims to understand the differences in individuals’ characteristics, behaviors, and thinking patterns.

Psychic Energy

In psychoanalytic theory, a fundamental concept representing the drive or force within the psyche that motivates human behavior.

Libido

To Freud, the form of psychic energy, manifested by the life instincts, that drives a person toward pleasurable behaviors and thoughts. To Jung, a broader and more generalized form of psychic energy.

Primary Motivation

The underlying drives or forces that stimulate action or behavior, often relating to basic needs such as hunger, thirst, or safety.