Term ID: T1713

Freudian Theory

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Sigmund Freud's comprehensive framework of personality development, psychopathology, and therapeutic technique emphasizing unconscious processes, psychosexual development, and intrapsychic conflict.
Example: Understanding adult personality through childhood experiences, unconscious conflicts between id impulses and superego restrictions, and defense mechanisms that manage psychological tension.

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Reference: Freud (1923)