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Chapter 10 Questions

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Inaccurate accounts of important events that are later recanted are known as ___.
false memories
___ is a technique used to get patients to recall freely childhood experiences within the protection of a relaxed, suggestion-induced, trancelike state.
Hypnosis
A characteristic of the imagination inflation effect is that it ___.
causes false confidence
A tendency to look only for evidence that confirms a previous hunch and to not look for evidence that might disconfirm that belief is termed ___.
confirmatory bias
During a test, Jennifer was given a list of words associated with a critical word: work. She was able to recall this critical word based on the stimulation from the words on the list. This phenomenon can be explained by the ___ model.
spreading activation
According to the concept of constructive memory, human memory is ___.
fallible
Cognitive unconscious view
Holds that information can hey into our memories without our ever being aware of the information
Motivated conscious view
Holds that the unconscious can have its own autonomous motivation
___ is a technique to make associated material more accessible to conscious awareness than material that is not primed.
Priming
An example of an individual's search for identity is ___.
committing to various causes or ideals
According to Erikson, people who develop role confusion are generally ___.
unstable in their relationship
The descendants of Zuba send their adolescent sons into the forest for 40 days to mark their transition into adulthood. This ritual is known as the
rite of passage.
An example of an identity based on an undesirable social role is a ___.
street gang member
A true statement about people in identity foreclosure is that they ___.
are moralistic and concentional
Taking time to explore options before making a commitment to an identity refers to the notion of a
moratorium
T/F: Connecting with others, both in terms of friendships and intimate relationships, becomes a prime concern toward the latter half of adulthood.
False
Karen Horney taught that the penis was a symbol of ___ ___ rather than an organ women actually desire.
social power
Karen Horney was among the first psychoanalysis to stress the ___ and ___ determinants of personality.
cultural; historical
Karen Horney coined the term __ _ ___ to highlight a gender difference in response to competition and achievement situations.
fear of success
The differences in culturally ascribed roles and traits refer to ___.
gender differences
The ___ bias refers to the common tendency for people to take credit for successes yet to deny responsibility for failure.
self-serving
Narcissism can be characterized as an ___.
extreme self-focus
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