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HUM 115- Test ch. 7,8,9 questions well answered
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HUM 115- Test ch. 7,8,9defense mechanism - correct answer ✔✔a technique aimed at self-protection through avoidance of
unpleasant realities
rationalization - correct answer ✔✔a defense technique that underlies many other; it involves justifying
or making sense and explaining things away that should be brought under examination
cognitive dissonance - correct answer ✔✔a state of mental discomfort that occurs whenever 2 ideas are
out of sync or when behavior is in consistent with beliefs
egocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the tendency to view everything else in relationship to oneself; ones
own desires, values, beliefs, and actions seem to be self-evidently correct or superior to those of other,
self centered
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the tendency to view one's own race or culture as central based,
based on deep-seated belief that one's own group is superior to all others
conformity - correct answer ✔✔the tendency to follow others uncritically to gain acceptance or avoid
conflict
denotation - correct answer ✔✔specific object or action that a word points to, refers to, or indicates
connotation - correct answer ✔✔imply meaning beyond the given word
reification - correct answer ✔✔words become more powerful and real than it was meant to be
vagueness - correct answer ✔✔means to be abstract
ambiguity - correct answer ✔✔means the words has multiple meanings
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