Which Statement Best Summarizes Freud and Modern Psychoanalytic Thinking About

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which statement best summarizes Freud and modern psychoanalytic thinking about mental energy?

• A) Freud believed that mental energy was limited, whereas modern psychologists believe that it is the mind's ability to process information that is limited.
• B) Freud believed that the mind's processing ability was limited, whereas modern psychoanalysts believe that mental energy is limited.
• C) Both Freud and modern psychologists believed that mental energy is limited.
• D) Freud and his current followers believed that mental energy could be precisely quantified through the process of psychoanalysis.

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Organic molecule composed of an amino group and an acid group; covalently bonds to produce peptide molecules.

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