Which of the Following Is Not a Core Principle That

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a core principle that organizes contemporary psychodynamic theory:

• A)Healthy development involves moving from an immature personality to a mature personality.
• B)Mental representations of self and others form in childhood and guide later social motivations and relationships.
• C)Much of mental life is unconscious.
• D)Therapy works when the therapist discovers, understands, and removes the client's unconscious childhood traumas.

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