Identity Requires ________ for It to Persist and Serve a Useful

question 72

Multiple Choice

Identity requires ________ for it to persist and serve a useful function, which is why we pursue ________.

• A) social validation; impressive self-description
• B) social validation; expressive self-presentation
• C) social competency; impressive self-description
• D) social competency; expressive self-presentation

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Definitions:

Occam's Razor

A principle suggesting that the simplest explanation is often the correct one when presented with competing hypotheses.

Countertransference

A psychological phenomenon where therapists project their own personal biases, feelings, and experiences onto their patients.

Topographic Model

A theory in psychoanalysis introduced by Freud that divides the human psyche into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.

Conscious Mind

The aspect of the mind that involves awareness of the self, the environment, and one's thoughts, feelings, and experiences at any given moment.