College Students with an Anxious/ambivalent Attachment Style Were Most Likely

question 77

Multiple Choice

College students with an anxious/ambivalent attachment style were most likely to have sex to:

• A)satisfy their own physical needs
• B)reduce insecurity and foster intimacy
• C)impress their friends
• D)express their love for their partner

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Definitions:

Alfred Adler

An Austrian psychiatrist and founder of Adlerian psychology, emphasizing the importance of the feeling of inferiority in the development of personality.

Oedipal Complex

A Freudian theory in psychoanalytic psychology that a child, typically around the age of three to five, experiences a desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Phallic Complex

A Freudian theory phase of childhood development characterized by attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety and to cope with reality.