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Chapter 11
Personality
Term | Definition |
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Psychodynamic Theory | forces outside of a person's awareness explain why they behave a certain way. |
Psychoanalysis | the focus is on the unconscious mind rather than the conscious mind. |
Psychoanalytic Therapy | laying down on a couch, can't see the therapist, low lighting, therapists have a soft voice. |
Conscious | mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access. |
Subconscious | the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness. |
Unconscious | mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access. |
Free Association | a basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, in which the patient is encouraged to verbalize without censorship or selection whatever thoughts come to mind, no matter how embarrassing, illogical, or irrelevant. |
Id | aspect |