Tom Saw a Weight-Loss Program Advertised on Late-Night Television

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Tom saw a weight-loss program advertised on late-night television. The ad claimed that deep breathing exercises would speed up metabolism, causing people to lose weight. He mailed a check for $99.95. When the plan arrived, Tom rearranged his day so that he could complete the breathing exercises as scheduled. They made him nauseated and dizzy, and before long, Tom's friends began to think that he was going overboard with the program, and they began to avoid him. After the end of the ten-week program, Tom got on the scale and saw that he hadn't lost an ounce! Still, he remained enthusiastic and thought, "I may not have lost any weight, but I feel so much healthier!" This situation is best explained by __________.

• A) the justification of suffering
• B) the self-fulfilling prophecy
• C) delusional thinking
• D) accurate self-perceptions

Identify and explain Freud's defense mechanisms and their role in psychoanalytic theory.

Describe the psychosexual stages of development according to Freud and how they influence personality.

Recognize other psychoanalytic theorists, such as Adler and Jung, and their contributions to psychology, including concepts like striving for superiority, compensation, personal unconscious, and collective unconscious.

Differentiate between Freud’s psychosexual stages and understand the behaviors associated with each stage.

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Definitions:

Age Of Industrial Entrepreneurs

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Communication

The process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, and feelings between two or more people through verbal, written, or non-verbal methods.

Wages And Interest

This refers to the payment to labor for their contribution to production and the payment made for the use of capital, respectively.