AP PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

THERAPY AND TREATMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A psychoanalyst who believes in the theories of Freud would see mental disorders as caused by
A
birth trauma
B
repressed sexuality and aggression
C
bizarre dreams
D
immature personal relationships
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Psychoanalysis was founded by Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that people could be cured by making their unconscious a conscious thought and motivations, and by that gaining “insight". The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e. make the unconscious conscious.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freud believed that psychological disorders, and particularly the experience of anxiety, occur when there is conflict or imbalance among the motivations of the id, ego, and superego.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychoanalytic theories explain human behavior in terms of the interaction of various components of personality. Sigmund Freud was the founder of this school of thought.

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