Sixty-Five-Year-Old Bernice Is Taking Courses at the University with the Intention

question 62

Multiple Choice

Sixty-five-year-old Bernice is taking courses at the university with the intention of completing a bachelor's degree.Some members of her family think she is not likely to succeed because she is much too old to learn new information.This family's thinking about Bernice illustrates

• A) hindsight bias.
• B) prejudice.
• C) social scripts.
• D) stereotyping.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A theory by Freud describing phases of a child's development, each marked by a different area of psychosexual satisfaction and conflict.

Developmental Stage

A distinct phase within the human lifecycle in which typical behaviors, thoughts, or feelings emerge as part of the individual's growth and maturation.

Conflict

To Horney, the basic incompatibility of the neurotic trends.

Sexual Fantasies

Imaginative thoughts or daydreams about sexual activities or desires that can serve various psychological functions and are a normal aspect of human sexuality.