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Which psychosexual stage, per Freud, occurs during infancy and centers on the mouth?
Freud's oral stage (birth to about 18 months) centers on feeding and mouth-related gratification - the first of his five psychosexual stages.
A child can solve simple addition alone but can solve more complex problems with a parent's guided hints. What concept describes the gap between these two ability levels?
The Zone of Proximal Development is the gap between what a learner can do independently and what they can accomplish with guided assistance from a more knowledgeable other.
A patient reports sadness, loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities, and low energy for the past 3 weeks. What disorder is most consistent with this?
Depressed mood or anhedonia plus associated symptoms (like low energy) for at least 2 weeks meets the duration threshold for a Major Depressive Episode; 3 weeks satisfies this.
A manager sets a specific, challenging target ("increase sales 15% this quarter") rather than a vague one ("do your best"), and sees higher performance. What theory explains this?
Locke's Goal-Setting Theory holds that specific, challenging goals lead to higher performance than vague or easy goals.
On a 100-item test, 65 of 100 examinees answer Item 12 correctly. Find the item difficulty index (p-value).
Item difficulty (p-value) is the proportion answering correctly: p = 65/100 = 0.65.
A test has mean 100, SD 15. A person scores 130. Compute the z-score.
- the score is 2 standard deviations above the mean.
A child has a mental age of 12 and a chronological age of 10. Using the historical ratio IQ formula, compute their IQ.
The ratio IQ formula is .
A clinician shows a patient symmetrical inkblots and asks what they see, interpreting responses for underlying personality dynamics. What test is this?
The Rorschach uses symmetrical inkblots, with responses interpreted as projections of underlying personality dynamics.
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