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imowrer

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The secondary gain of conversion symptoms refers most closely to which of the following?
 
  a. The symptom prevents the individual from having to confront stressful or conflict-laden situations. b. The symptom symbolizes an underlying struggle between opposing motives.
  c. The symptom enhances the employment of defense mechanisms.
  d. The symptom causes the person to have a certain amount of indifference toward it. e. The maintenance of the symptoms as conditioned responses.

Question 2

Your text mentions a young woman who headed home before finishing a college tour after noticing a student who was wearing unfashionable shoes. This woman was using the representativeness heuristic by assuming that
 
  a. a sample represented the larger population.
  b. easily recalled examples represented more prevalent categories. c. more people agreed with her than actually did.
  d. her point of view was unique.
  e. her initial hypothesis was correct despite evidence against it.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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