The Renaissance Was

question 6

Multiple Choice

The Renaissance was

• A) a movement to breathe new life into Christian religion.
• B) the rebirth of feudalism.
• C) a movement celebrating cultural difference.
• D) an intellectual and artistic flowering in fourteenth century Europe.
• E) a period of great exploration and expansion.

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Definitions:

Castration Anxiety

A fear identified in psychoanalytic theory, particularly in the context of the Oedipus complex, concerning the anxiety over losing one's genitalia or their power.

Freud's Psychosexual

A theory proposed by Sigmund Freud that describes how personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id focus on certain erogenous zones.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development, occurring roughly between the ages of 3 and 6, where the libido's focus is on the genital area.

Defense Mechanisms

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