Which Statement Best Summarizes Psychoanalytic Thinking About Mental Energy

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which statement best summarizes psychoanalytic thinking about mental energy?

• A) Freud believed that mental energy was limited, whereas modern psychologists believe that the mind's processing ability is limited.
• B) Freud believed that the mind's processing ability was limited, whereas modern psychoanalysts believe that mental energy is limited.
• C) Freud, like modern psychoanalysts, believed that mental energy is limited.
• D) Freud and his followers believed that mental energy could be precisely quantified through the process of psychoanalysis.

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