Technology and Financial Information

question 5

Essay

Technology and financial information
Explain how technology impacts the accountants' role as providers of information.

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Definitions:

Iceberg

Often used as a metaphor in psychology to describe the mind's structure: the conscious mind as the tip of the iceberg and the unconscious mind as the much larger part beneath the surface.

Freud

The founder of psychoanalysis, an Austrian neurologist known as Sigmund Freud, introduced a therapeutic method that involves dialogues between psychoanalysts and patients to treat psychopathology.

Mind's Structure

The organization of the mental aspects and processes of an individual, often conceptualized as having various parts like the id, ego, and superego in Freudian theory.

Psychoanalyst

A therapist who practices psychoanalysis, a method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud that explores the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior.