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For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is the __________.

According to the cognitive perspective, disordered behavior is the result of __________.

Which of the following is a symptom of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder?

A disorder in which excessive anxiety and worry occur more days than not for at least 6 months is called __________ disorder.

Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something should go wrong is called __________.

Max is an executive with a large financial firm. Anytime his investments do poorly, he throws temper tantrums and breaks things. Then he starts barking orders at his secretary. Which personality structure would Freud say is exerting control?

Young Brady says to his friend, “What do you want to play at recess today, war or forts?” His comrade, Deion, replies, “Why don’t we try something different today and play with the girls?” Completely aghast, Brady yells back “Are you crazy? Girls have COOTIES!” Which stage of personality development is Brady likely in, according to Freud?

Jackson is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the __________ stage of psychosexual development.

The psychodynamic model holds that abnormal behavior is the result of __________.

There were three friends. Maybe you’ve heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure-seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Ron was mostly __________.