The Desire to Be in Love for Its Own Sake

question 17

True/False

The desire to be in love for its own sake is called the Cyrano style of unrequited love.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychology

A psychological approach that emphasizes understanding the whole context or pattern rather than its individual components, often summarized by the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

Transactional Analysis

A psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator as a basis for understanding behavior.

Behaviorism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, emphasizing observable behaviors over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Sigmund Freud that aims to explore the unconscious mind to resolve repressed conflicts and psychological problems.