The Major Modern Application of Psychoanalytic Theory Has Been in the Area

question 29

Multiple Choice

The major modern application of psychoanalytic theory has been in the area of

• A) neuroscience.
• B) ethnography.
• C) developmental psychopathology.
• D) information processing.

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Definitions:

Intracellular Pathogens

Microorganisms that invade and replicate within the cells of a host, including viruses, some bacteria, and parasites.

Interleukins

A group of cytokines that were first seen to be expressed by white blood cells (leukocytes) and play an important role in the immune system by regulating cell growth, differentiation, and mobility.

White Blood Cells

Cells of the immune system that defend the body against both infectious disease and foreign materials.

Macrophages

Macrophages are a type of white blood cell part of the immune system that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and cancer cells in a process called phagocytosis.