Strategies Used by the Ego to Help Reduce the Anxiety

question 135

Multiple Choice

Strategies used by the ego to help reduce the anxiety caused by too much conflict between the id and superego are called _____

• A)the psychosexual stages.
• B)fixations.
• C)defense mechanisms.
• D)archetypes.

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Definitions:

Operationally Defining

The process of defining a concept or variable in terms of the specific procedures or measures used to produce or manipulate it.

Curvilinear Relationship

A type of relationship between two variables where the change in one variable does not result in a linear change in another, often depicted as a curved graph.

Negative Relationship

A type of correlation where an increase in one variable is associated with a decrease in another variable.

No Relationship

Outcome of research in which two variables are not related; changes in the first variable are not associated with changes in the second variable.