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tnt_battle · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

From the psychoanalytic perspective, it is possible for a person to unconsciously banish unacceptable wishes, urges, and impulses. This type of motivated forgetting, thought by Freud to be a primary defense mechanism, is called

a. sublimation.
b. repression.
c. regression.
d. reaction formation. e. projection.

Question 2

Regarding tranquilizers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Tranquilizers are widely used in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia.
b. Tranquilizers can lead to addiction.
c. Benzodiazepines are a family of tranquilizer drugs that act by boosting the availability of GABA in the brain.
d. Tranquilizers are more toxic than barbiturates.
e. Tranquilizers can reduce excess nervous system activity.