Many Current Cognitive Psychologists Have Adapted Freud's Theory of the Unconscious

question 59

Multiple Choice

Many current cognitive psychologists have adapted Freud's theory of the unconscious by stating that only a small fraction of psychological activity is conscious. This is known as

• A) catharsis.
• B) consecutive conscious thought.
• C) parallel distributed processing.
• D) object relations theory.

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