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One Patient Has Cancer of the Bone; a Second Patient

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One patient has cancer of the bone; a second patient has cancer in the connective tissues of the leg muscles; and a third patient has cancer in the vascular tissues.Which type of tumour is common to these patients?

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Alfred Adler

An Austrian psychiatrist and founder of Adlerian psychology, emphasizing the importance of the feeling of inferiority in the development of personality.

Oedipal Complex

A Freudian theory in psychoanalytic psychology that a child, typically around the age of three to five, experiences a desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Phallic Complex

A Freudian theory phase of childhood development characterized by attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety and to cope with reality.