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Freud Flashcards

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set of related assumptions that allow scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses

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theory

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not from a single concept, idea, or assumption

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set

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integrative, not isolated, capable of generating meaningful hypothesis and possessing internal consistency

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related

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not proven facts but accepted as if they were true

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assumptions

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to create meaning and contribute to the ongoing process of theory construction

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logical deductive reasoning

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suggests the possibility for future scientists to develop the necessary means to test the assumptions of the theory

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testable

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theory starts with ______

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what you know or your experiences

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why are there different theories?

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  • to further improve the objectivity in gathering data
  • divergent theories can be useful references for agreement or contrast with other theories
  • to further generate research and explain research data and other observations
  • the nature of theory dictates having continuous speculations and assumptions in a particular perspective
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all personality theories are:

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  • reflection of the authors’ personal background
  • childhood experiences
  • philosophy of life
  • interpersonal relationships
  • unique manner of looking at the world
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what makes a theory useful?

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  • generates research
  • is falsifiable
  • organizes data
  • guides action
  • is internally consistent
  • is parsimonious
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has the ability to stimulate and guide further research

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generates research

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2 different kinds of research that a useful theory generates:

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  • descriptive
  • hypothesis-testing
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has the ability to be confirmed or disconfirmed, verify or falsify through research

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falsifiable

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a theory is falsifiable because it is ______

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not fixed

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capable of integrating what is currently known

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organizes data

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stimulates thought and action in other disciplines and broad range of scholarly fields

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guides action

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its limitation of scope are carefully defined and it does not offer explanation outside its bounds of scope

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internally consistent

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simple, straightforward, understandable

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parsimonious

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law of parsimony

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“plurality should not be posited without necessity”

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proponent of classical psychoanalytic theory

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sigmund freud

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freud learned to treat hysteria from

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Jean-Martin Charcot

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freud learned catharsis from

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Josef Breuer

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focus of psychoanalysis

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hysteria

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age wherein personality is already complete

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catharsis =

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venting out

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levels of mental life

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  • conscious
  • preconscious
  • unconscious
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mental elements of awareness at any given point in time

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concsious

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conscious level are perceptions that are not too ____but disguised as ______ or dream elements

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  • threatening
  • defense behaviors
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perceived consciousness in a transitory period but is disguised

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preconscious

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the preconscious is disguised as:

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  • defensive behaviors
  • slip of the tongue
  • dream elements
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slip of the tongue is called

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Freudian slip

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contains all the drives, urges, instincts beyond awareness motivating words, feelings, and actions

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unconscious

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unthreatened level

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conscious

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level in which some threats are present but the preconscious coats them with defense mechanisms

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preconcsious

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fundamental rule of psychoanalysis

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free association

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free association is simply ______

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bringing out your catharsis

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dreams (acc to freud) can be either translated into either:

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  • sexual urges
  • wish fulfillment
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types of dreams

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  • manifest
  • latent
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3 kinds of dream distortion

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  • condensation
  • synthesis
  • dislocation
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summary of one’s day

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synthesis

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dream wherein the person is in one place but is actually thinking of another place

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dislocation

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occurs when a single dream image carries two or more familiar creatures

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condensation

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states that all human behaviors has a cause, nothing happened by chance

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everyday life

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everyday life includes:

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  • lapses of memory
  • freudian slips
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disturbed area of your life

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humor

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for a joke to be funny, it must contain _____

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anxiety-provoking material

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structure of personality is also called

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provinces of the mind

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most primitive part of the mind

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id

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id is governed by what principle

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pleasure principle

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id exists on what level of the mind

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unconscious

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in contact with reality

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ego

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ego is governed by

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reality principle

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used by ego to defend itself against anxiety, from mediation of divergent forces

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defense mechanisms

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ego acts as the _____ between the id and superego

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mediator

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represents the moral and ideal aspects of personality

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superego

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superego is governed by what principle

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moralistic & idealistic principle

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is superego realistic in its demands for perfection?

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no, because it grows out of the ego and has no contact with reality

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superego is divided into:

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  • conscience
  • ego-ideal
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why should the id and superego not be always conflicted?

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the ego will be troubled

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is there ego & superego in psychosis?

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no, id overpowers the two

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motivational principle behind people’s actions

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dynamics of personality

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characterized by an impetus, a source, an aim, and an object

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drives

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2 major headings of drives

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  • sex
  • aggression
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______ is the eros, while _____ is the thanatos

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  • sex
  • aggression
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sex drive

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libido

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life instinct; drive for recreation

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sex

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death instinct

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aggression (thanatos)

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result of conflict between the 3 structures of personality

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anxiety

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3 kinds of anxiety

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  • reality anxiety
  • neurotic anxiety
  • moral anxiety
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fear that id will overwhelm the ego and cause for punishment

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neurotic anxiety

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fear that superego will not be headed and result to guilt

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moral anxiety

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real, objective source of danger in the environment

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reality anxiety

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it is the “should have & could have”

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moral anxiety

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defense mechanisms:

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  • repression
  • regression
  • displacement
  • introjection
  • reaction formation
  • projection
  • rationalization
  • denial
  • intellectualization
  • sublimation
  • fixation
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pushing thoughts into the unconscious

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repression

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coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable outcome

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rationalization

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unaccepted feeling, trait, or doing is repressed and seen in someone else instead

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projection

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redirecting one’s feelings toward another person to lesser threatening things

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displacement

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channeling one’s frustration toward something creative and cultural accomplishment

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sublimation

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permanent attachment of the libido onto an earlier, more primitive stage of development

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fixation

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undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic to cover up feelings / anxiety

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intellectualizatio

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not accepting the ego-threatening truth

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denial

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returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior

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regression

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to increase personal feelings of worth by taking on the characteristics of someone viewed successful

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introjection

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psychosexual stages of development

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  • oral stage
  • anal stage
  • phallic stage
  • latency stage
  • genital stage
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child represses sexual interest, develops social and intellectual skills

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latency stage

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latency stage is also called

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interlude

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time of sexual reawakening

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genital

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mouth is the erogenous zone

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oral stage

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genitals are the erogenous zone

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phallic stage

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anus is the erogenous zone

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anal stage

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crucial in anal stage

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toilet training

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2 complexes under phallic stage

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  • oedipal complex
  • electra complex
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applications of psychoanalytic theory

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  • birth trauma
  • free association and hypnotherapy
  • transference and countertransference
  • dream analysis and wish fulfillment
  • freudian slips
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term for the trauma after being separated from the womb of the mother

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birth trauma

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inconsistent personality, dangerous, constantly changing

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incongruent personality

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incongruent personality happens if

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the person wasn’t able to regulate the 3 structures of personality

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