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Ahmed is studying alone in his room late at night when he hears a loud noise downstairs.His heartbeat increases significantly and his breathing becomes shallow.He wonders if a burglar has entered the house and decides to investigate.When he gets downstairs he discovers his cat has knocked over a plant stand.His body begins to relax and return to normal.Which part of his nervous system is responsible for returning Ahmed to a normal state?
Pleasure Principle
A psychoanalytic concept that posits individuals seek immediate gratification to avoid pain and increase pleasure, driving much of human behavior.
Freud
Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.
Primary Process
A term from psychoanalytic theory that describes the irrational and instinctual thought processes of the unconscious mind.
Condensation
In psychoanalytic theory, the method of primary process thinking in which several ideas are compressed into one.
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