By Learning How to "Let Go" of Their Attempts to Control

question 14

Multiple Choice

By learning how to "let go" of their attempts to control a dysfunctional person's behavior, the codependent person is expressing

• A) contempt for that person.
• B) anger towards that person.
• C) detachment from that person.
• D) over-involvement with the dysfunctional person.

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Definitions:

Ego

The part of the mind that mediates between conscious and unconscious thoughts, balancing desires based on reality.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis.