Asked by Natalie Medina on May 12, 2024
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Contemporary psychologists are LEAST likely to agree with Freud's belief that
A) conscience and gender identity form during the process of resolving the Oedipus complex.
B) conscious awareness of our own mental processes is very limited.
C) memories are often distorted and incomplete.
D) defense mechanisms help protect individuals from anxiety.
Oedipus Complex
A psychoanalytic theory introduced by Sigmund Freud, which suggests that a child has unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.
Conscience
An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
Defense Mechanisms
Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image.
- Identify modern psychology's standpoint on Freud's theories.
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Learning Objectives
- Identify modern psychology's standpoint on Freud's theories.
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