The Department of Defense

question 44

Multiple Choice

The Department of Defense

• A) is smaller than the State Department.
• B) was created in 1947, to gather all military activities under one department secretary.
• C) is headed by the military joint chiefs of staff.
• D) has consistently grown in size under every president.
• E) is staffed entirely by uniformed personnel.

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Definitions:

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious, responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

Id's Desires

Refers to the component of Sigmund Freud's personality theory containing the primitive and instinctive behaviors and urges.

Defense Mechanism

Unconscious psychological mechanisms that reduce anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.

Sublimation

Channeling socially unacceptable impulses and urges into socially acceptable behavior.