According to the Textbook, "Common Sense" Theories About Social Psychology

question 81

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, "common sense" theories about social psychology are ____.

• A) almost always wrong
• B) often misleading or contradictory
• C) very often correct
• D) very often correct when they have to do with dyadic (two-person) relationships, but usually wrong when they have to do with group behavior

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Definitions:

Instincts

In Freud’s system, mental representations of internal stimuli, such as hunger, that drive a person to take certain actions.

Conscious

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

Psychic Energy

A concept in psychoanalysis that describes the energy derived from instinctual drives and instincts, influencing and driving human behavior.

Cathexis

An investment of psychic energy in an object or person.