When Saqui Breaks Up with Her Boyfriend She Cannot Decide

question 82

Multiple Choice

When Saqui breaks up with her boyfriend she cannot decide whether to date her best friend Bradan or a fascinating new man, because they have different attractive qualities. After deciding on the new guy, Saqui finds that she no longer likes Bradan. Even though he wants to continue their long friendship, she keeps finding more things to dislike about him. Saqui is experiencing:

• A) cognitive dissonance
• B) attributional bias
• C) postdecisional dissonance
• D) emergence of an implicit attitude

Distinguish between the principles of reinforcement schedules in behavior modification.

Understand Freud's psychosexual stages and their sequence.

Recognize the development and role of defense mechanisms according to Freudian theory.

Explain the principle concepts of Freudian theory including the id, ego, and superego.

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Definitions:

Oxidized

A chemical process where a substance loses electrons, often associated with the gain of oxygen or the loss of hydrogen.

Non-metal Free Elements

Elements that exist in their natural state not combined with other elements and do not display metallic characteristics; examples include oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2).

Redox Reaction

A chemical reaction where the oxidation states of atoms are changed through the transfer of electrons.

Oxidation State

The measure of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a substance, indicating the number of electrons lost or gained by an atom.