If a Psychologist Is Investigating Test Anxiety by Examining the Way

question 123

Multiple Choice

If a psychologist is investigating test anxiety by examining the way students' thoughts, prior to an exam, affect their feelings about the exam, the psychologist is primarily looking at events at the level of the ________.

• A) brain
• B) person
• C) group
• D) environment

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Definitions:

Mentally Ill

Refers to individuals who suffer from mental health disorders that affect their mood, thinking, and behavior.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud, focused on unconscious motives and conflicts.

Id

A component of the psychoanalytic theory representing the instinctual drives and the source of bodily needs, wants, desires, and impulses.

Superego

A component of Freud's psychoanalytic theory referring to the moral part of the mind, which internalizes societal rules and parental standards, regulating behavior through guilt and shame.