Exorcism Is ________

question 92

Multiple Choice

Exorcism is ________

• A) still occasionally practiced today for the treatment of psychological problems, sometimes with fatal results.
• B) a religious rite that is no longer used for the treatment of psychological problems.
• C) a symbolic act that can still be useful in changing psychological functioning.
• D) a treatment that, throughout history, was never a very popular method of treating psychological problems.

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Definitions:

Childhood

The period in a human's life that spans from birth to adolescence, characterized by growth, learning, and play.

Psychic Birth

refers to a psychoanalytic concept describing the moment or process through which an individual begins to form a separate, independent identity from their primary caregiver, often associated with early childhood development.

Ego

In psychoanalysis, part of the psychic apparatus that mediates between the desires of the id and the morals of the superego, often associated with conscious identity.

Puberty

The period of sexual maturation, where a child's body transitions into an adult body capable of reproduction.