Sigmund Freud Based Much of His Psychoanalytic Theory on His

question 87

Multiple Choice

Sigmund Freud based much of his psychoanalytic theory on his investigation of people suffering from

• A)feelings of persistent depression, sadness, and loneliness
• B)physical symptoms such as paralysis that had no apparent bodily cause
• C)insanity and madness
• D)multiple personalities

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