Informative Abstracts

question 3

Multiple Choice

Informative abstracts

• A) identify the issue that prompted the document.
• B) describe research methods used.
• C) offer the main findings.
• D) avoid revealing conclusions.
• E) a, b, and c.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

Psychosexual Theory

A theory proposed by Sigmund Freud that suggests human development occurs in a series of fixed stages, each characterized by sexual pleasure centered on a particular part of the body.

Oral

Pertaining to the mouth or oral phase in psychosexual development, where pleasure is centered on oral activities such as sucking and biting.

Psychosexual Theory

A theory proposed by Freud suggesting that psychological development in childhood takes place in a series of fixed psychosexual stages.