The Difference Between Theatre and Performance Is That

question 26

Multiple Choice

The difference between theatre and performance is that

• A)theatre takes place only within specialized spaces but performance can be anywhere.
• B)theatre makes performance into a formal mode of artistic expression.
• C)theatre is made only by professionals but anyone can create performance.
• D)theatre includes identity behaviors such as gender but performance does not.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A theory in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards mental processes.

Psychoanalysis

Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. Freud’s therapeutic technique used in treating psychological disorders. Freud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences—and the analyst’s interpretations of them—released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight.

Humanistic Psychology

A historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential.

Evolutionary Psychology

A theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective.