When You Deal with an Unpleasant or Threatening Feeling by Turning

question 42

Multiple Choice

When you deal with an unpleasant or threatening feeling by turning it into a more objective thought, you use ________.

• A) rationalization
• B) repression
• C) intellectualization
• D) reaction formation

Understand the basic structure and function of neurons.

Learn the process and significance of action potentials and neural transmission.

Recognize the different stages and components involved in neurotransmission.

Identify the roles and effects of various neurotransmitters in the brain.

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Definitions:

Ego Ideal

A component of personality in Freudian psychology representing an individual's ideal self and aspirations.

Personality Theory

A framework for understanding individual differences in patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of basic needs.

Superego

The part of the personality in Freudian psychoanalytic theory that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment.