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In Order to Determine If Students on a College Campus

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In order to determine if students on a college campus are in favor of a tuition hike to pay for expanded parking services, a member of the student senate surveys 25 people in a commuter parking lot. Why is this a poor sampling technique?


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Oral-Retentive

Characterized by behaviors thought to be the result of a fixation in the oral stage of psychosexual development, often manifesting as meticulousness or stinginess.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to others.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censorship as a way to uncover the unconscious.

Repressed Memories

Memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to the memory being associated with a high level of stress or trauma.

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