The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, First Published in 1952, Is

question 7

True/False

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, first published in 1952, is a highly theoretical and descriptive approach to diagnosis.

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Definitions:

Freudian Slips

Unintended errors in speech or action that are interpreted as revealing subconscious thoughts or desires.

Penis Envy

The envy the female feels toward the male because the male possesses a penis; this is accompanied by a sense of loss because the female does not have a penis.

Female Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic concept referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Dream Analysis

A technique involving the interpretation of dreams to uncover unconscious conflicts. Dreams have a manifest content (the actual events in the dream) and a latent content (the symbolic meaning of the dream events).