Working with persons suffering from various mental health problems, Freud concluded that a consistent theme across patients was that they seemed to have experienced some kind of ____

a. incongruent self-concept that is interfering with daily functioning
b. momentous event that classically conditioned a fear within them
c. traumatic event in childhood now buried in their unconscious
d. biological unfolding of the genetic code that is interfering with daily life


C. The essence of Freudian psychotherapy is unlocking traumatic events from one's childhood that are buried in the unconscious.

Psychology

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b. norepinephrine. c. serotonin. d. orexins.

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Which of the following characterizes Object Relations Theories?

A) Theories that have to do with how people relate to the material world B) Theories that have to do with how people learn in school C) Theories that have to do with how people cooperate with others in a group D) Theories that have to do with psychic drives and the importance of relations with others in defining ourselves E) Theories that have to do with how people react in stressful situations in which an object is the cause, i.e., a person's computer breaks during a project

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Inherited genetic mutations are most likely to lead to which kinds of cancers?

A) ?Cancers of the reproductive systems B) ?Cancers of the endocrine system C) ?Cancers of the digestive system D) ?Cancers of both (a) and (c)

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