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___________________ Is a state of being of a person; characteristics and qualities that form a persons distinctive character.

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Dictionary

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What are the truths about personality?

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  1. Everybody has one
  2. The word ( I) is what defines you.
  3. Personality characteristics are relatively stable and predictable.
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Origin of the word personality

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the latin word persona refers to the mask used by actors.

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What are the factors that influence the development of personality?

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Race
Gender
Culture
Perception of individualism
Child rearing practices
Self enhancement
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The person on social media___________

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Online personality

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On average people have the tendency to present themselves online being much more ____________ ____________ than they really are.

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Emotionally stable

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Do men or women take more selfies?

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women

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Repetitive use of a selfie can _________ closeness of a friendship.

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reduce

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Excessive time spent using the internet can result in ________ and __________.

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anxiety depression

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______________ is known to change portions of the brain which are linked to depression and increased irritability.

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Correlation

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Why is it important to access personality?

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Because relationships, compatibility, career, education tools are going to be successful, diagnosis research for helping others in the future.

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What are the principles of measurement?

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Validity

Reliability

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__________ looks at the accuracy (assessment measuring what its supposed to)

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Validity

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___________ is the consistency of results.

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Reliability

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_____________ is a method of answering questions about yourself asking participants to report on themselves about behavior, feelings, experiences and cognitions.

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Self report

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What does ( MMPI-2) stand for?

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

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____________ is translated into 140 different languages and its the worlds widely used psychological test with 567 true/false questions.

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MMPI-2

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_______________ measures personality characteristics like depression, paranoia, hypochondriasis, schizophrenia, hysteria, and defensiveness.

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MMPI-2 test

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Advantages of taking the MMPI-2 test.

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Its online and convenient, acceptable for younger population

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Dissadvantages of MMPI2 test.

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reading level is different, the test being online then on paper may be harder for some people.

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____________ are subjects that presume to project personal needs, fears, and values. The participant is shown ambiguous stimuli and asked open ended questions.

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Projective Techniques

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__________________ have 10 inkblots, some are black and white and some are water colored. This evaluates patterns or themes. ( red flag words)

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Rorschach Inkblot Technique

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_____________ has 19 ambiguous black and white pictures, including one blank card. ( 20 cards)

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Thematic Apperception Test

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What does (TAT) stands for?

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Thematic Apperception Test

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______________ are revalent questions about past and present life experiences.

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Clinical Interviews

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_______________ is observation of behaviors in different situations.

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Behavioral assessment

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27
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_______________ is when somebody records thoughts at intervals over time, modern technology with timers and reminders help this type of testing,

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Thought and experience sampling

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____________ is detail history of an individual and contains data from a variety of sources. ( can take a long time to collect information)

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Case history

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____________ determines the affect of one variable or events on behavior.

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Experimental Method

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30
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____________ looks at the relationships between variables.

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Correlational Method

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___________ is the correlations coefficient - is a number between -1 and +1.

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Correlation statistic

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_____________ tells us both variables are moving in the same direction.

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Positive correlation

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33
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_____________is when the variables are moving in opposite directions.

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Negative correlation

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34
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____________ is a online test administration, a test , surveys, or stimuli.

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Virtual Research

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35
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___________ had several siblings, was his moms favorite, and had 8 kids.

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Sigmund Freud

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36
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____________ had a personal sexual conflict and a negative attitude and blamed wife because she got pregnant to easy.

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Sigmund Freud

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37
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_______________ is the theory of personality and system of therapy for treating mental disorders.

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Psychoanalysis

38
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____________ is the propelling forces of personality.

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Instincts

39
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__________ is orientated toward survival.

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Life instincts

40
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Frued said that the _________ was the life energy for life instincts.

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libido

41
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_____________ is when Frued said that death instincts was an unconscious way to die.

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Death instincts

42
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What are the levels of personality?

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Conscious
Unconscious
Preconscious

43
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____________ personality deals with what you are aware of.

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conscious

44
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___________ personality is the home of the instincts.

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Unconscious

45
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____________ store house of memories, perceptions, and thoughts. ( Things you can call in our conscious level of personality)

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Preconscious

46
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___________ resides in the unconscious and works on the pleasure principle.

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I.D

47
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_________ is the reservoir of insticts and libido.

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I.D.

48
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__________ resides in the conscious, preconscious, and the unconscious and satisfies needs through the secondary process of thoughts.

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Ego

49
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_______________ is largely in the unconscious moral side and it develops in the ages of 5 and 6 years old.

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Superego

50
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___________ is the feeling of fear or dread without obvious causes.

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anxiety

51
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____________ anxiety is the fear of dangers.

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Reality

52
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_____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and ego. (Ex. Eating desert before your meal)

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Neurotic

53
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____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and superego. ( Ex. feelings guilty for doing something wrong.)

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Moral

54
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________ is unconsciously forgetting about something that causes anxiety.

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Repression

55
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____________ is refusing existence of something causing anxiety.

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Denial

56
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___________ Is the Expression of the opposite ID impulse

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Reaction Formation

57
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____________ is attributing the disturbing impulse to someone else.

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Projection

58
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_____________ is retreating to an earlier period of life.

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Regression

59
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_____________ is reinterpreting the behavior.

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Rationalization

60
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________________ is shifting the ID impose to a suitable object.

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Displacement.

61
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_____________ is Displacing ID impulses into socially acceptable behaviors.

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Sublimation

62
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Freud felt that personality was developed by the ___________year.

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5th

63
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_____________ stage was birth to 1 year.

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Oral

64
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________________ someone who is overly concerned with the activities of the mouth.

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Oral incorporative

65
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_____________ someone who is obsessively hostile or negative with the mouth.

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Oral aggressive

66
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____________ stage is one to 3 years of age. Main focus is toilet training

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Anal

67
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They reduce their frustration through ___________.

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defecation

68
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____________ is when the baby holds from going to the bathroom.

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Anal retentive personality

69
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_____________ stage is 4-5 years old

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Phallic

70
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The Phallic stage focuses on the __________.

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genitals

71
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_______________ is the unconscious desire for the parent of the opposite sex and to replace or destroy the same sex parent.

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Oedipus complex

72
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____________ had penis any and wanted to replace their mothers for not giving them a penis

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Females

73
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_____________ stage is period of rest 5-6 years

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Latency

74
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______________ stage is the final stage of adolescence to adulthood.

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Genital

75
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___________ is letting the clients speak.

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Free of association

76
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___________ is the expression of emotion.

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Catharsis

77
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_______________ blockage or refusal to disclose painful memories.

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Resistance

78
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___________ is the actual dream event.

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Manifest content

79
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___________ is the symbolic meaning.

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Latent content

80
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__________ was born in 1875 and had a emotionally unstable mother.

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Carl Jung

81
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Who was the more power parent in Carl Jung childhood.

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Mom

82
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Carl described his father as ____________ and _____________.

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powerfulness weak

83
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How many sisters did carl have?

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1

84
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How many years younger was carl sister than him?

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9

85
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How did carl characterize his childhood?

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lonely

86
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What would happen to carl in school?

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have fainting spells

87
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What did carl study?

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Psychiatry

88
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Who did carl study with?

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Eugene bleuler

89
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___________ was at a mental hospital in Zurich and coined the term schizophrenia.

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Bleuler

90
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_________ had a neurotic stage at 38

A

bleuler

91
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How did bleuler work through his episode?

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self analysis

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