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How would you respond to the following statement? "I'm just going to have to take a sales job until I find a more interesting and more promising career opportunity."


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Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human personality that is rational, reality-oriented, and operates according to the principle of seeking pleasure and avoiding pain.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that posits individuals seek immediate gratification to avoid pain and increase pleasure, driving much of human behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Primary Process

A term from psychoanalytic theory that describes the irrational and instinctual thought processes of the unconscious mind.

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